- Audio CD
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (May 1 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1441851682
- ISBN-13: 978-1441851680
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
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Product Description
Kate Bergeron is the beautiful and mysterious former mistress of a cloth merchant... and the latest beauty to capture the interest of the Prince of Wales. Mired in a disastrous divorce, the Prince attempts to distract attention from his next amorous pursuit by ordering Grayson Christopher, the eligible Duke of Darlington, to pretend to London society that he is having an affair with Kate. When Grayson reluctantly agrees to his Prince’s demand, he finds the lady no more willing than he is. Kate will grudgingly act the part in public, but her favors are not for sale to any man. As Grayson and Kate mimic ardor for the world to see, they find what started as a deception becoming all too real. And when passion flames into love, their predicament becomes extreme. For while marriage between a duke and a courtesan could never happen, Kate knows in her heart that she is willing to accept nothing less.... “TOUCHING AND TERRIFIC...” —BookPage on The Book of Scandal “IN HISTORICAL ROMANCE, MS. LONDON IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST.” —Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount, The Perils of Pursuing a Prince, The Hazards of Hunting a Duke, Highlander Unbound (a finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award for Best Historical Romance), Highlander in Disguise, and Highlander in Love (also a finalist for the RITA Award)—all published by Pocket Books and Pocket Star Books. She is also the author of Guiding Light: Jonathan’s Story, the New York Times bestselling novel based on the Emmy Award–winning daytime drama Guiding Light. Don’t miss her short story “The Merchant’s Gift” in the anthology The School for Heiresses and watch for her new short story in the holiday anthology Snowy Night with a Stranger, coming soon from Pocket Books. A native Texan, Julia lives in Austin, Texas. You can write to her at P.O. Box 228, Georgetown, TX 78627, or email her at julia@julialondon.com.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (30 customer reviews)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing read with dishonorable hero and heroine, Nov 28 2009
By E. A. Elridge - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Courtesan's Scandal (Mass Market Paperback)
As I began reading this book, a signed copy received from the author's own hand, I really wanted to like it. After a few chapters, I really just wanted it to be over. Some things just didn't make sense, like the fact that the The Prince of Wales had the Duke of Darlington pretend to have an affair with Kate Bergeron to hide his own interest in her, and then swept her off into a linen closet in the middle of a big ball in sight of the guests. The Prince also drove to her house on several occasions, which would hardly have gone unnoticed, and didn't make sense if he was trying to avoid scandal.From a techincal standpoint, the book was well-written and the story moved right along. Both Kate and the Duke of Darlington were well-developed, likeable characters, and their evolution from reluctance to attraction was intersting and mostly believable. What disappointed me was how they chose to act on their attraction - it felt like they both acted dishonorably - and the unbelievable way the story was resolved. I couldn't help but think that the Prince would exact his revenge against them once the final pages were done - it seemd unlikely that he would have done nothing.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
O.K. romance, unrealistic plot., Oct 30 2009
By Old Latin teacher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Courtesan's Scandal (Mass Market Paperback)
There are way too many historical romances in recent years with dukes as the heroes. I do realize that this book probably did require a duke as the stand-in lover of the would-be courtesan to the Prince Regent. I guess a baron or viscount wouldn't do. And the love grows pleasantly and predictably between the duke and the courtesan-to-be (who happens to like cooking and baking, BTW, for some reason. Maybe because it's a cute idea?). So if you like romance for romance's sake, this book will do fine. However, recent books with all these dukes running around nineteenth century England and marrying lower-class women is just too improbable for words. We have been inundated lately with this plotline. It just wouldn't happen and that's why I'm needing less dukes in my historical romance novels or maybe more upper-class heroines to match them with.
20 of 26 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
just ok...., Oct 21 2009
By friend7 "friends" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Courtesan's Scandal (Mass Market Paperback)
Did not really like this book. i love most all of julia londons books and was so excited for this one. for some reason i thought that this was not going to be about a true courtesan (maybe just a disguise), but it was. i dont really like reading books were the girl has been such a victim of her circumstances. i do like feisty female heriones but she was just a little to experienced for me and did not seem bothered at all of what she was(maybe i overlooked something). the book is not all bad. the hero is a desent sort of guy, but i was not totally crazy about him. the love seens were so so too. ok book would not recommend it. it seems the last few julia london books have not been all that great.
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