A Duke's Scandalous Temptation

by Char Marie Adles

She needed a husband... ...and he wanted no wife Darcee Ashton, as so known as Lady Ashton, is given her first Season at the age of eighteen and has the pleasure of meeting her older brothers long time friend and Captain again after 8 years and passionate sparks start to fly. Injured and scarred from the war in 1803 he has taken three years to recover from his scars, however upon meeting the girl he once knew as Little Darcee, has now turned into the tempting Lady Darcee he can't help himself. He wants her but disappears , because he knows he can not have her. Her brother who had gambled and drank away all the money left to him upon the death of their father begs Darcee to give him the money, but when she refuses he comes up with another plan, one she agrees to only because of her lover for him. Marry rich and well and supply him with money to pay off his debts. But they have a falling out and she only has one person she will flee too? A short romance, a symbol much like Beauty and the Beast, but in this case more like the Lion and the Mouse.

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 28, 2013

About the author

I have one book published so far :) I am a professional book cover artist working in graphic design. I own my own little design company, I work with Jimmy Thomas, and a few other agencies doing there covers. I turn 18 on September 21, 2012! I love everything that is going on at the moment as well.

Reviews

[Doreen · Rating 1 out of 5]

This author needs to do more research into the Regency period, and to get a good proofreader. As examples: naming her heroine Darcee, dancing the waltz in 1806, using the word "okay". Using the expression "must of" instead of "must have". These are all mortal sins.

[Ceri · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book really needs proof reading. There are a number of words used that are far too modern (okay, it bugs him, etc.) but aside from that there are masses of grammatical errors. Here is a typical sentence "There was no here to help, if I hadn't of found you-!", too and to are used interchangeably throughout. However the part where a Lord Brendan was referred to as Lord Brenda made me smile :-)

What was worse for me than the grammar problems was the fact that the main character behaved in a way that was completely unrealistic for the times.

SPOILERS AHEAD She slaps somebody in public, then kisses somebody in public, stays unchapheroned in a single man's house for what seems like a long time without her brother even coming to look for her. Then she marries without her brother's consent and is quite smug over it, whereas in reality a woman of that time would have been well aware that her family could have had her marriage annulled, particularly if she married against their wishes.

Right at the beginning she is wearing a red dress rather than pale and she mentions the other women seeing it as the colour of fallen women etc but I think that it would have been a perfectly acceptable colour for a married woman of the time to wear, it's just that debutantes were generally dressed in pale colours.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story had promise. I enjoy the storyline. It was difficult to understand because of the poor proofreading. If these errors were corrected than it would a decent story.

[BeachLove20 · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title doesn't fit the story.