Lady Scandal
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4.5 • 16 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From a New York Times bestselling author comes a dazzling Victorian romance featuring a haughty businessman and the headstrong event planner who steals his heart—perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Amalie Howard!
Delia Stratham is an unconventional woman. While other ladies learned proper decorum at finishing school, she composed naughty limericks and admired the gardener’s muscular legs. So naturally when she’s widowed for the third time, she does the unthinkable: she gets a job. Planning events for the Savoy Hotel is perfect for someone with her skills. But her dream career turns into a nightmare when she’s forced to work with the most annoying—and gorgeous—man she’s ever met.
Hotel magnate Simon Hayden knows something fishy is going on at the Savoy: the hotel is constantly busy, yet the books say it’s in the red. He’s determined to root out the fraud and its perpetrators, and that means spending time with one of the most likely suspects: the delectable, infuriating Lady Stratham. She’s definitely getting in his way and under his skin and he can’t decide whether to fire her or kiss her until she stops arguing. But when the sparks between them flare into flame, Simon must choose between his love for Delia and his duty to the hotel. Will his choice bring them together or tear them apart?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The sparkling second Victorian romance in bestseller Guhrke's Scandal at the Savoy series (after Bookshop Cinderella) follows a glamorous young widow turned savvy businesswoman. After Lady Delia Stratham's third husband died, she was severely depressed. Then an acquaintance offered her a job helping to manage the Savoy, an upscale London hotel. Though some members of society were shocked, the position has given Delia's life new purpose. So she's not exactly welcoming when the hotel's board sends Simon Hayden, Lord Calderon, to improve efficiency and secretly conduct an investigation into the potential misappropriation of funds. Delia finds Calderon attractive but cold while he assumes she may be involved in the embezzlement. Inevitably, their antagonism turns into a passion that surprises them both, but Calderon fears Delia will reject him once she learns his real purpose for auditing the hotel, especially if she loses the job she loves. Guhrke makes the historical setting more than mere set dressing, basing the Savoy's business troubles on a real incident. With appealing protagonists and some convincingly steamy scenes, this will appeal to fans of Julia Quinn and Amanda Quick.
