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The Faringdon Scandals #3
The Enigmatic Rake
Secrets!
A spy for the British Government, Lord Joshua Sherboune Faringdon must foster his notoriety as a rake as a front for his secret activities. Until an undercover exercise almost costs
him his life
Passion!
Miss Sarah Russell, newly appointed housekeeper, knows only of her lord's rakish reputation. She's unprepared for his surprise proposal of marriage- and the way her body responds to him!
Espionage!
Burning desire turns to passion for Joshua and Sarah, until rumours and whisperings rear their ugly heads. Who is the shadow following Sarah's every move? Did Joshua really murder his late wife? just what is this intriguing man hiding?
The Faringdon Scandals
A lavish tale of love, sex and slander!
A spy for the British Government, Lord Joshua Sherboune Faringdon must foster his notoriety as a rake as a front for his secret activities. Until an undercover exercise almost costs
him his life
Passion!
Miss Sarah Russell, newly appointed housekeeper, knows only of her lord's rakish reputation. She's unprepared for his surprise proposal of marriage- and the way her body responds to him!
Espionage!
Burning desire turns to passion for Joshua and Sarah, until rumours and whisperings rear their ugly heads. Who is the shadow following Sarah's every move? Did Joshua really murder his late wife? just what is this intriguing man hiding?
The Faringdon Scandals
A lavish tale of love, sex and slander!
297 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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Anne O'Brien
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My home is in the Welsh Marches, although much of my early life was spent in Yorkshire, most recently in the East Riding.Ann O'Brien The Marches is a remote region of England, surrounded by echoes from the past. Hereford is close with its famous Mappa Mundi and chained library.So is Shrewsbury, and also Ludlow with its splendid castle and its connections with our Plantagenet and Tudor kings. With my husband, I live in an eighteenth century timber framed cottage, which itself must have seen much history over two hundred years.
I have always enjoyed the appeal of History.I taught the subject with enthusiasm but it became my ambition to write historical romances. My first novel, The Runaway Heiress, was published by Mills and Boon in 2004.
This first book was a Regency Romance in the great tradition of Georgette Heyer - who has not admired her skill and delicate touch for the period? I have drawn on my interest in the Stuart century to write about the English Civil War and Restoration England of Charles II. Living in the Marches however I soon discovered the wealth of atmosphere and legend in this isolated part of England from medieval times. It was not long before I was encouraged to create a medieval romance inConquering Knight, Captive Lady.
When not writing, I have a large rambling garden where George and I grow organic vegetables and soft fruit - or perhaps I should admit that he grows them whilst I pick and cook them. We have a wild garden, an orchard, a formal pond and herbaceous flower borders. We share it all with rabbits and pheasants, frogs and goldfinches, hedgehogs and buzzards. It is a beautiful place. When we first settled into our cottage I planted a herb garden on a Tudor pattern with stone pathways and clipped box hedges. From this I developed my interest in herbs and their uses.
Nicholas Culpeper's The Complete Herbal, a fascinating resource to a historical novelist first published in 1649, has become essential bedside reading. As a result the use of herbs in medicine and witchcraft, for both good and ill, has appeared in some of my novels.
For pure relaxation I enjoy yoga as well as singing with a local Choral Society. Watercolour painting allows me to simply sit and appreciate the landscape and the flowers in my garden, when my mind is busy constructing my next plot.
My home is in the Welsh Marches, although much of my early life was spent in Yorkshire, most recently in the East Riding.Ann O'Brien The Marches is a remote region of England, surrounded by echoes from the past. Hereford is close with its famous Mappa Mundi and chained library.So is Shrewsbury, and also Ludlow with its splendid castle and its connections with our Plantagenet and Tudor kings. With my husband, I live in an eighteenth century timber framed cottage, which itself must have seen much history over two hundred years.
I have always enjoyed the appeal of History.I taught the subject with enthusiasm but it became my ambition to write historical romances. My first novel, The Runaway Heiress, was published by Mills and Boon in 2004.
This first book was a Regency Romance in the great tradition of Georgette Heyer - who has not admired her skill and delicate touch for the period? I have drawn on my interest in the Stuart century to write about the English Civil War and Restoration England of Charles II. Living in the Marches however I soon discovered the wealth of atmosphere and legend in this isolated part of England from medieval times. It was not long before I was encouraged to create a medieval romance inConquering Knight, Captive Lady.
When not writing, I have a large rambling garden where George and I grow organic vegetables and soft fruit - or perhaps I should admit that he grows them whilst I pick and cook them. We have a wild garden, an orchard, a formal pond and herbaceous flower borders. We share it all with rabbits and pheasants, frogs and goldfinches, hedgehogs and buzzards. It is a beautiful place. When we first settled into our cottage I planted a herb garden on a Tudor pattern with stone pathways and clipped box hedges. From this I developed my interest in herbs and their uses.
Nicholas Culpeper's The Complete Herbal, a fascinating resource to a historical novelist first published in 1649, has become essential bedside reading. As a result the use of herbs in medicine and witchcraft, for both good and ill, has appeared in some of my novels.
For pure relaxation I enjoy yoga as well as singing with a local Choral Society. Watercolour painting allows me to simply sit and appreciate the landscape and the flowers in my garden, when my mind is busy constructing my next plot.
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May 8, 2018
The second of the books left behind by the former homeowner.
I actually really enjoyed this one, despite discovering it was, once again, a latter installment of a trilogy of books. *sigh* Now I've got to locate and read the first two...
Much better than quite a lot of the sillier of such novels. There's an actual plot here, a good one, despite being predictable (Marianne, anyone...? and that countess...) and it was refreshing NOT to have pages of love scenes, but, rather, something tastefully done, instead. My one annoyance would be that this book deserves a better title. It's almost as if the author had to work to make the reader believe Farindgon was an "enigmatic rake". Oh, he's so enigmatic! Oh, he said that enigmatically! Oh, what a rake!
Oh, please!
I look forward to reading the rest.
I actually really enjoyed this one, despite discovering it was, once again, a latter installment of a trilogy of books. *sigh* Now I've got to locate and read the first two...
Much better than quite a lot of the sillier of such novels. There's an actual plot here, a good one, despite being predictable (Marianne, anyone...? and that countess...) and it was refreshing NOT to have pages of love scenes, but, rather, something tastefully done, instead. My one annoyance would be that this book deserves a better title. It's almost as if the author had to work to make the reader believe Farindgon was an "enigmatic rake". Oh, he's so enigmatic! Oh, he said that enigmatically! Oh, what a rake!
Oh, please!
I look forward to reading the rest.
January 25, 2019
On my first read I really enjoyed this, so I will let my original 5 star rating stand but this time around there were so many things that irked I would probably only give it a 3.
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