About Flirting with Scandal
When Charlotte Ashton first encounters the notorious rake, Nathaniel White, in an otherwise empty hallway, she does what any other reasonable eighteen-year-old daughter of an earl would do. She seeks refuge in the nearby window dressings. Unfortunately, the curtains fail to provide an adequate hiding place. Upon discovering her, Nathaniel casts a spell on her young heart with a kiss on the cheek and a quick compliment. And then, he runs away proving that he is in fact, a rake.
In the aftermath of their brief encounter, Charlotte vows to marry for love. Thus, six years later, when the specifics of her father’s will all but demand a hasty marriage of convenience, Charlotte turns to her friend Amelia, London’s unofficial queen of wild schemes. She soon finds herself playing the part of the virtuous courtesan, where she once again encounters Nathaniel, now the Earl of Abingdon. After a series of missteps and mishaps, Charlotte finds herself falling for the scandalous earl – he just might be the only man who can spark her guarded but passionate heart.
Enchanted by the so-called courtesan, Nathaniel determines to make the mysterious woman his mistress. Unfortunately, Amelia’s plan goes awry. With a trip to the altar looming, Nathaniel decides to follow the honorable path. But first, he must win Charlotte’s heart without sacrificing his own in the process. How can a man with his rakish reputation win Charlotte’s love when she refuses to see beyond his past?
Wit and humor abound in this comedy of errors as Charlotte and Nathaniel fight to overcome their pasts in order to find their future.
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About Courting Scandal
Courting Scandal is a Regency era battle of the sexes between London’s unofficial queen of wild schemes, Lady Amelia Spencer, and James, the reserved Duke of Thornhill. The battle begins when James finds his breakfast room invaded by his marriage-minded aunt and his four teenage sisters. Desperate to remove his family from his London home, he turns to Lady Amelia for assistance only to find himself at the center of her latest plan—one that, if successful, would result in his engagement to a noted wallflower. Determined to evade Amelia’s misguided attempts at matchmaking, he vows to outwit the so-called queen of schemes, even if it means creating the biggest scandal society has witnessed in decades.
Over the course of his battle to out maneuver Amelia, James discovers that she might be the one woman who is strong enough to bind herself to the man behind his illustrious title, to the man haunted by his veiled past. For her part, Amelia has little interest in the lofty peer—apart from the Duke’s well-defined shoulders and his stolen, if somewhat inappropriate, kisses— but can she resist falling for the compassionate white knight that lies beneath the rigid veneer?