A Lady's Guide to Scandal

A Novel

De: Sophie Irwin

Narrado por: Imogen Church

“Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.”―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is Back

Internationally bestselling author Sophie Irwin brings us another delightful, escapist historical romance, led by an audacious heroine who has suddenly inherited a fortune—but it has strings attached…

When shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season--no matter that he was not the husband Eliza wanted.

Now, ten years later, Eliza is widowed. Suddenly, she is left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. She’s always lived by society’s conventions, but now, Eliza has resolved to do as she wants. And what she wants is to head to Bath with her cousin Margaret, pursue painting, learn to drive, and flirt with Bath’s most alluring new resident, the infamous Lord Melville.

But when the ripples of Eliza’s behavior reach her late husband’s nephew—who broke Eliza’s heart, years ago--Eliza will learn that freedom does not come without consequences. The only way to ensure she can keep her fortune is to avoid all scandal—but where’s the fun in that?

©2023 Sophie Irwin (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Praise for A Lady's Guide to Scandal:

“Brimming with wit and scandalous hand-touching, A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin will make you yearn for the wrong earl to happen into your life at exactly the right time. An artfully slow burn!”
―Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics

“Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.” ―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is Back

“Light and enchanting....It’s a fun, unexpected ride from city ballrooms through country gardens, with a diverse cast, witty repartee, and plenty of laughter to go along with the love.” ―Publishers Weekly

Enjoy

This book was a fun listen. I enjoyed the people and all the drama and delights.

Cute story, couldn’t handle the narrator

I loved the lady’s guide to fortune hunting! Was a bit disappointed with this one. For me I think it was mainly the narrator being distracting to the story and dialogue.

loved it!

Excellent writing and unexpected story. The main and secondary characters' stories were all well developed and compelling and just beautiful.
Looking forward to more from the series.

another Jane Austin wannabe

I usually love novels styled as Jane Austin period pieces. However, in the narrative form at least, I found this one lacking and often irritating. Many of the chapters were not only predictable but tedious in their endless repetition. Luckily there is always fast forward. The narrator softened in the end, but in the early portions of the book she was rather grating with her voice interpretations of the pompous, members of Bath. I was in fact a bit disappointed with this one.

Though not great, it was enjoyable.

First it is a clean romance. For those that need this heads up this story has a supporting character that has gay relationships.
Our heroine starts off as a very timid and beat down character. With support from a strong natured cousin and a unexpected inheritance she slowly learns to break out of the timid role her family and then deceased husband had put her in. Other then the societal cliff dive I felt the story was well thought out.

Sophie Irwin’s Guide to the treatment of women in pre19th century England

Well written novel with interesting and enjoyable plot lines and good characterization. I like the suspense about which male character will win the hand of our heroine

So Clever and Fun

This little gem is fresh. Fresh and clever and fun, with tropes turned on their heads, beginning with a widow rather than a young virginal protagonist. I won’t tell more so that you can discover the rest, but suffice it to say that Regency England never had it so topsy-turvy and it’s about time.

Austeneque fun

I loved this book focusing on a female Victorian artist. It was clever and had interesting full rounded characters. It also didn’t have embarrassingly mundane drawn out sexual intimacy scenes that so many Victorian romance novels have instead of a fun plot.

Very Enjoyable!

I really enjoyed listening to this book! At first, I thought the story was going to be predictable and formulaic, and it started out a tiny bit slowly for me. Over time, however, the story unfolded in a way that I really enjoyed. Some of my favorite books are Jane Austin novels, so I can really appreciate that the tone and style of this book are so similar to those. Yes, there are some themes in this story that might not have been written about in the day of Jane Austin, but I would not consider them to be out of place in this book. Did women of that day and age have the same hopes, desires, and dreams that the characters in this book had? Absolutely! And I think the author did a great job of addressing them in a way that felt authentic to how they would have been handled during that time.

Imogen Church did a really great job with the narration. She brought a lot of emotion to the dialogue. I will be looking at other books she has narrated.

Overall, this was a good read - well worth the credit.

Cringe narration

I loved the first book in this series, and I also loved the narration. I was sorry to see they changed the narrator for this one, but I was VERY sorry that just the voices she used made me dislike every single character. Book narration for a huge cast of characters like this must be difficult, but I found myself skipping ahead because I was writhing with discomfort over voice acting.