"So," he said instead, "you are an actress?" Still, it would be unseemly to express that thought aloud. She seemed to be some sort of actress, and he was a duke, and the only friendship that could come from that sort of situation was a rather unsavory one. From the first, the fundamental differences in their natures was apparent: Napping on a bridge against a spinning wheel. But then, everything about "saucy" and undisciplined Lady Yardley is frustrating to Aidan, and it has been since their first meeting more than years ago, when he was a young duke at Eton and she was but a sassy, flirty, beautifully tempting young woman. Which makes his recent notoriety as co-respondent in the divorce petition even more frustrating.
No one but Julia knows the circumstances under which Aidan ended up in her bed, including the upstanding Aidan, who remembered drinking and kissing Julia, but could never bring to mind the intimate details of their (in his opinion) reckless coupling. While she has never revealed the details of her miserable marriage, she spent most of her time as far away from her husband as possible – drinking, driving fast, smoking, and spending money - until her husband found her in bed with Aidan Carr, the Duke of Trathen. Julia, the Baroness Yardley, has finally been granted a divorce from the man to whom her parents basically sold her after her scandalous and disastrous affair with a penniless but handsome poet and political radical. Structurally, I feel that Scandal of the Year suffers from the same pacing problems that the previous book does, but emotionally, I find the romance more satisfying. Although their match-up was anticipated by the first book, they are, in many ways, an unlikely couple, and, in my opinion, engaging and compelling. Janet B- Reviews / Book Reviews Avon / divorce / domestic abuse / friends-to-lovers 2 CommentsĪlthough I'm not always a fan of the back-to-back book release, in the case of Wedding of the Season and Scandal of the Year, I appreciated being able to follow up Will and Beatrix's story with Julia and Aidan's.
JanuREVIEW: Scandal of the Year by Laura Lee Guhrke
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