A Scandal in the Making

Perennial New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Eloisa James returns with a sparkling Gothic romp in which a resourceful heiress transforms into a lady while sparring with a gruff Scottish surgeon.

Orphaned Araminta “Minty” Justice has made a fortune as one of England’s most sought-after household fixers. But when she learns of a lost Scottish heiress who shares her name, she travels to Edinburgh in search of the family she’s always longed for.

There she encounters the bad-tempered, gorgeous Lord Rory Stratton, a surgeon determined to expose her as a fraud. After all, she is the third Araminta to present herself! Every quarrel makes the desire between them flare higher. Yet Rory was raised to marry a true lady—and he’s already betrothed to one.

Not everyone wants Minty to inherit, and someone is willing to kill to block her claim. While she tries to learn the truth about her parents, Minty finds an unexpected family that includes a friendly ghost in pink brocade and a parrot named Hamlet who throws small wooden skulls.

And Rory? He is the man Minty never dared to dream of. But how can a gentleman bound by duty defy his upbringing and break his engagement for a woman who began life below stairs?

A Scandal in the Making sews danger and desire together in a wickedly witty novel that will keep you reading all night.