Joan and Tristan genuinely enjoy each other, and their chemistry is sparkling. Yet the simplicity of Linden's plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. The obstacles to their love are simple but real: curvy Joan doesn't know how to love her body or dress to flatter it, and Tristan's unhappy family life gives him good reasons to fear marriage. With less chaperoning, Joan and Tristan become closer, letting attraction take its course. Of course, that's before her parents have to leave town and her scandalous Aunt Evangeline comes to "chaperone." Linden somehow makes the Regency romance feel new again with this warm, likeable novel. She's had just about enough of being a respectable wallflower and is giving serious thought to embarking on a life of sin, or at least lascivious adventure like the ones described in a. When her brother's cheerfully disreputable friend Tristan Burke becomes his houseguest, Tristan and Joan strike up a flirtation that neither of them expects to go anywhere. True love is worth a little scandal Joan Bennet has endured four Seasons without a single suitor or serious flirtation, let alone a marriage proposal. She's also addicted to a not-so-respectable publication called 50 Ways To Sin. (Aug.Joan Bennet is a respectable young lady worried that she'll never find a husband.
Yet the simplicity of Linden’s plot is its strength, making the romance feel real and natural and allowing her great skill at characterization to take the weight of the story. The obstacles to their love are simple but real: curvy Joan doesn’t know how to love her body or dress to flatter it, and Tristan’s unhappy family life gives him good reasons to fear marriage. I love how snarky she can be and how she stands toe to toe with Tristan (although she's somewhat meek around others, especially her mother). Of course, that’s before her parents have to leave town and her scandalous Aunt Evangeline comes to “chaperone.” Linden somehow makes the Regency romance feel new again with this warm, likeable novel. Love and Other Scandals is a slow burn historical romance between Joan, a 24-year-old tall and curvy spinster, and Tristan, a 28-year-old rake. When her brother’s cheerfully disreputable friend Tristan Burke becomes his houseguest, Tristan and Joan strike up a flirtation that neither of them expects to go anywhere.
She’s also addicted to a not-so-respectable publication called 50 Ways To Sin. Joan Bennet is a respectable young lady worried that she’ll never find a husband.
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