Schooling London Ladies: How to Tempt a Duke / How to Start a Scandal

The London School for Ladies #1-2

by Madeline Martin

How To Tempt A Duke

A Lady’s lessons...in temptation!

When her almost-fiancé proposes to someone else, Lady Eleanor is suddenly the talk of the ton! With her family in financial dire straits, Eleanor must marry before the end of the Season. Secret lessons with Charles, the dashing, infuriating — and devastatingly charming! — Duke of Somersville should help Eleanor shake off her shameful Ice Queen moniker. But how can she tempt a prospective husband, when it’s the Duke who ignites her desire?

How To Start A Scandal

From Waterloo...to the spotlight of the ton!

Days after returning from the battlefields, Seth Sinclair finds himself in a glittering ballroom with one tedious finding a wife. He must put aside the military and prove his worth as the new Earl of Dalton. The only problem? Lady Violet Lavell, the one woman he can’t keep his eyes off, who knew him before he went to war. How can he be worthy of her now he’s become so changed by the horrors of battle?

570 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2020

About the author

Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty-five different languages.

She lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions), two incredibly spoiled cats and a man so wonderful he's been dubbed Mr. Awesome. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. When she's not writing, researching or 'moming', you can find her spending time with her family at Disney or sneaking a couple spoonfuls of Nutella while laughing over cat videos. She also loves research and travel, attributing her fascination with history to having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany.

Check out her website for book club visits, reader guides for her historical fiction, upcoming events, book news and more: https://madelinemartin.com