A Scandalous Deal
The Four Hundred Series
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4.8 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Joanna Shupe returns with another unforgettable novel set in the glittering world of New York City’s Gilded Age…
They call her Lady Unlucky…
With three dead fiancés, Lady Eva Hyde has positively no luck when it comes to love. She sets sail for New York City, determined that nothing will deter her dream of becoming an architect, certainly not an unexpected passionate shipboard encounter with a mysterious stranger. But Eva’s misfortune strikes once more when she discovers the stranger who swept her off her feet is none other than her new employer.
Or is it Lady Irresistible?
Phillip Mansfield reluctantly agrees to let the fiery Lady Eva oversee his luxury hotel project while vowing to keep their relationship strictly professional. Yet Eva is more capable—and more alluring—than Phillip first thought, and he cannot keep from drawing up a plan of his own to seduce her.
When a series of onsite “accidents” make it clear someone wants Lady Unlucky to earn her nickname, Phillip discovers he’s willing to do anything to protect her—even if it requires a scandalous deal…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Shupe's shimmering second Four Hundred historical romance (after A Daring Arrangement), set in the late 19th century, a daring architect falls for her employer. Lady Eva Hyde travels from London to New York to start working on the Mansfield hotel project in lieu of her father, famed architect E.M. Hyde, who was commissioned for the project but is too ill to complete it. While aboard ship, Eva shares a memorable champagne-infused evening with Phillip, a handsome fellow passenger. Both are shocked when they meet again in New York: Phillip is Phillip Mansfield, the hotel's owner. He reluctantly agrees to allow Eva at the construction site if she purports to be Hyde's secretary and only stays until Hyde can join them. He is unaware that the designs are Eva's own and that her father will never be well enough to come to New York to work. As Phillip starts to thaw towards her professionally and becomes increasingly enamored of her personally, sexual tension leads to romantic interludes. Readers will adore Eva's determination to succeed professionally and insistence that Phillip must respect her career goals if they are to have any chance at love.
Customer Reviews
PHENOMENAL !!!
This is my honest unbiased opinion. Thank you to Edelweiss, the publisher and the author for this ARC.
This is the second in the fabulous Joanna Shupe’s amazing Four Hundred series.
This story starts off with a bang, Lady Eva Hyde is on a ship to New York. She’s determined to carry through her fathers last architect contract, she’s been overseeing and dealing with since his illness. She’s a gifted architect and no-one has realized it’s not her father coming up with the designs. Time away from London will stop the gossips and her moniker -Lady Unlucky - because of the unfortunate demise of her fiancés.
An encounter with a sinfully attractive man on the way to New York turns complicated, when she meets her employer, shes shocked to see that he’s none other than Philip Mansfield!
Eva sets the rules that she will not mix business with pleasure Philippe has other plans for them, because truthfully he can’t keep his hands off her.
This was a decadent story full of passion, mystery and a heroine that has backbone. I loved that Philipe wasn’t shy to stand and support the woman he loves, even though he was reluctant in the beginning. Sinfully, deliciousness in every page!
Joanna Shupe crafts an absorbing passionate tale in The Gilded Era! I highly recommend this!