Only made it about 1/3 of the way through and hated it so much I stopped reading. Abusive. ( )

My rating is more of a 3.5 than a 3. There is only one reason why it probably wasn't a 4 and that is because of the "love at first sight" bit. Duncan seems to love her when he has only known her for 5 minutes and most of the time she is just trying to explain the situation. Once I got passed that, I really did enjoy the story.

Kat is a strong female character with a mind of her own and the will to do things on her own. I really liked her wit and ability to stand up for herself. Duncan is a nice enough lead and is a good match for her.

The writing is easy to follow and flows very nicely. Also the development of the plots and their unwinding at the end really made me read faster to see what was going to happen. I'm looking forward to the sequel as some of the subplots remained unfinished.

Overall: It was a quick, cute read that introduces an interesting set of characters for possible sequels.

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Reviewed by: Sarah
Book provided by: Publisher
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book

Only Scandal Will Do packed quite the punch right from the start with Lady Katherine Fitzwilliam being kidnapped on her way to a ball and delivered to a brothel where she was gagged and sold to the highest bidder in an auction. The author did an excellent job of drawing the reader in and making you feel the wide range of emotions that Kat was experiencing.

Initially I understood why Kat was horrified with Duncan (he did just buy her at an auction) but towards the middle of the book her attitude became tiresome and the story started to wane. Her animosity towards Duncan went on too long. The last third of the book however, oh my! The action picked up and then some. Lots of excitement at the end and things started to really heat up.

Duncan’s character was fabulous. During the brothel scene right after the auction I really wasn’t sure how I would feel about him but I must say his character really impressed me a lot. He showed a lot of patience and kindness with Kat. More than she deserved for a while there. Kudos to him when he finally snapped and gave her the verbal lashing she deserved.

The interaction between Duncan and Kat in the barn when they were discussing Juliet riding Romeo the horse was cute and held a lot of flirtatious innuendo. I would have enjoyed seeing more of this throughout the middle of the story and watched the two gradually grow closer together rather than witnessing Kat’s bitterness.

This story held a lot of promise for many more in the series to come with all the wonderful secondary characters: Jack, Juliet and Reginald. It is actually very obvious the next book will be Juliet’s. I cannot wait to find out her escapade turns out. ( )