He is trying to get away from some trauma that happened when he was younger but he also wants to fight his own battles and find his own way without his meddlesome family, The romance was such fun, the way that these two banter with each other was beyond fun and they are both so independent but also see each other.

Then we have Jake, who appeared to be a wild rake but is so much more to him than a playful rogue. I liked that she wanted to make her own rules in life and have a semblance of control when there wasn’t much. I loved her drive and passion and independent she wanted to be from her family and society. I will admit that she took some getting used to but she wormed her way into my heart. I know some people had reservations about this book due to Freyja actions in the previous books but, to be honest it’s been years since I have read those books so I didn’t have that issue at all. Then Freyja agrees to act as his betrothed to protect him and then her family becomes involved and what was to be a temporary relationship turns into something more real than either of them imagined.

And that is not whom he would ever want to marry, he loves his cousin but more in a brotherly way. She decides to do a visit to Bath, and then she has a stranger storm into her room, who is being hunted by others, and instant chemistry builds between these two but through a set of events that occur, they come to a mutual arrangement that will benefit them both….a fake engagement, Jake the Marquest of Hallmere, is being almost forced into an engagement with his cousin by his aunt who is determined to claim the title for her daughter no matter the cost. I loved everything about this book here and I was really interested in seeing how this author would write this story and develop the story and the way it would differ from her more recently released releases and I have to say I love the charm and the higher level of heat that she uses and in Slightly Scandalous we see a story that just has this gritty feel to it with the same level of charm, regency authenticity and a romance you can cheer on, Summaryįreyja Bedwyn has four brothers that she has had to compete with and even as much as she loves them she needs some distance from them and from a heart hurting when a man she thinks that she loves chose another woman to love.

I really wanted to explore it more and see how I would enjoy these older books from this series and I grabbed this one in audio and I am really happy that I did because It just ended up being such a win I am not sure if it was the book or the narration or a combination of both but it ended up being such a win of a read. I have been meaning to return to this series, I have seen lately quite a bit of creators talk about this series lately and it helps me realize that I have been neglecting it in that I haven’t read it at all.

Slightly mary balogh