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    Accidentally Compromising the Duke

    By Stacy Reid

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    Miss Adeline Hays is out of options. Determined to escape marriage to a repugnant earl, Adeline plans to deliberately allow herself to be caught in a compromising position at a house party with the much kinder man she’d hoped to marry. Instead, Adeline accidentally enters the wrong chamber and tumbles into the bed of a duke rumored to be mad…

    Edmond Rochester, the duke of Wolverton, is seeking a wife to care for his two daughters. A young lady of sensibilities, accomplishment, and most importantly, one he is not attracted to—a complete opposite of the bewitching beauty who traps him into marriage. But Edmond refuses to ever again suffer the torment of grief. And despite the lust he feels for his new duchess, he’ll never allow himself to give into his hunger for Adeline…no matter the cost.

    Each book in the Wedded by Scandal series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.


    Series Order:
    Book #1 Accidentally Compromising the Duke
    Book #2 Wicked in His Arms
    Book #3 How to Marry a Marquess

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMay 30, 2016
    ISBN9781633756533
    Author

    Stacy Reid

    I am an avid reader of novels with a deep passion for writing. I especially love romance and adore writing about people falling in love. I live a lot in the worlds I create and I actively speak to my characters (out loud). I have a warrior way “never give up on my dream.” When I am not writing, I spend a copious amount of time drooling over Rick Grimes from Walking Dead, watching Japanese Anime and playing video games with my love. I also have a horrible weakness for Ice cream. :)

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    • 3/5
      I would say that the characters are likable, but both a little bit daft. I'm not big on the 'I can never love anyone because I lost someone I loved once and it hurt and now I can't ever risk it again' mentality though. It quickly starts feeling both foolish and cowardly and the longer it's drawn out the more tedious it is. The heroine's shortcoming largely came from her just being kinda immature. For how trying I find those qualities, it's actually a little impressive that I *did* still like them. It wasn't a bad book, but it's my least favorite of the 6 books I've read by this author.
    • 3/5
      Miss Adeline Hays was attacked by a lord, and when she tells her father about it expecting his protection, her father agrees for her to marry her attacker. In desperation, Adeline seeks to compromise a male friend who had previously offered for her, knowing that even if they didn't love each other, they would be happy, and she would be safe.

      Adeline's friend has been asked to marry the Mad Duke, a situation she finds intolerable because the man she loves is his best friend. She arranges it so that Adeline is found with the duke rather than Adeline's friend.

      The Duke of Wolverton doesn't much mind which bride he ends up with, as he's only looking for a mother for his two young daughters. But both Edmond and Adeline find that marriage is not always as simple and emotion-free as they pictured.

      This book is well written, and we find ourselves cheering Edmond and Adeline on. It is easy to understand the reasoning for their actions and how they come to the decisions they do. The author never has them acting out of character (other than the bedroom scenes which are more out of character for the era rather than the characters themselves), and the book is easy and smooth to read.

      There is nothing new or novel about this story, and it is highly predictable. There are no surprises.

      The story requires Edmond to get over the fears left behind after his first wife died in childbirth, but it doesn't require anything of Adeline. As a character, I didn't feel that Adeline grew or evolved. All the changing was done on Edmond's side.

      The sex scenes were far beyond what is traditional for a Regency era romance, and not appropriate to the behaviour of upper class women at the time. The author does try to have Adeline express some shock at the acts they engage in, but it's not believable, and frankly the things they do (and the places they do them in) are not believable for the style of book or the era in which the story is set.
    • 4/5
      This is a quick and easy read of a plot that's been done a lot in Regency romances. Edmund, Duke of Wolverton, needs a wife for his two daughters, so when Adeline mistakenly stumbles into his bedroom, he snaps her up. She was actually trying to avoid marriage to another Earl but doesn't have much choice but to marry Edmund.First of all, I have to say I really hated Adeline being called Adel throughout the story. If anything, she should be Addie - but that's me. Now that I have that off my chest, I can say this was a pleasant read with lots of heat. The couple is fine, and the rest of the characters are also fine except Evie, the girl who set up the original compromising scene because she didn't want to marry Edmund herself. I have to admit that both her and Westfall, the man she loves, are annoying and I don't feel any need to read their book. But the author otherwise did a nice job with the story.
    • 3/5
      It's ok. After a point it's quite tiresome to read about the paragon heroine and her saving out cold hero. Edmund our hero is an idiot. Story try needed depth. I've read her My Darling Duke and I loved it. This is nowhere close to it.

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