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Before the Scandal: The Notorious Gentlemen (Avon Historical Romance)
by: Suzanne Enoch

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061456749
ISBN: 0061456748
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: August 01, 2008
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Sales Rank: 38680
Studio: Avon

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It Was a Scandal Waiting to Happen . . .

Colonel Phineas Bromley is a legend—on the battlefield and in the bedroom. Though he's won many wars, and even more hearts, nothing could prepare him for his new life. When Phin discovers that someone has been pushing his family toward ruin, he assumes the role of a legendary highwayman. Riding out in the middle of the night, hidden behind a mask, Phin heads straight into trouble . . . and into the arms of the ravishing girl next door.

Coming face-to-face with a masked man did not frighten Alyse Donnelly as it should have. Instead, she finds him rather dashing. But her foolish heart has led her into trouble before, and helping a fugitive may mean jeopardizing her own plans, no matter how enticing his kisses. Now, as the danger grows, Alyse must make a choice between freedom . . . and the chance for true love.

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- Great Book
Suzanne Enoch is one of my favorite authors and this book is an excellent example of why. No one does personal redemption stories like her.

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- Return of the Black Sheep
'Before the Scandal' is the second of Suzanne Enoch's series 'The Notorious Gentleman', the first book being 'After The Kiss'. This series follows the romances of three soldiers who served together fighting Napoleon and in 'Before the Scandal' it's the turn of Phineas Bromley, second son of a viscount and family tearaway. Phineas left home aged 17 after causing an accident that crippled his older brother, the viscount, and hasn't returned for ten years. However after a letter from his young sister Beth telling him that brother William was at death's door, Phineas rushed back from the continent to the family home at Quence in East Sussex.

When Phin arrives, however, things aren't as they seem. William isn't on his deathbed but Beth can't tell him why she begged him to come back. Phin also reacquaints himself with his childhood playmate Alyse Donnelly, now a lovely woman of 25. But Alyse's life has changed ... Read More

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- I liked the lead characters
I read this book before reading the previous installment in the series -- 'After the Kiss' -- and I really did enjoy it. I saw the chemistry between the two leads right away. I liked that they were old friends who had just been discovering that they might have feelings for one another when they'd been torn apart by other circumstances.

As someone else mentioned though, it would have been nice to see a couple of flashbacks to really cement their prior relationship with the reader, but I still got the feeling of their closeness through the scenes presented. They ended up being each other's only allies and those moments were well written.

I have to say that I think Phin's older brother is such an interesting character, I wish he could have his own romance. There's no reason why a disabled person can't find love ... ask Stephen Hawking! Viscount Quence seems like such a lovely, loving person, ... Read More

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- Romance and Action combined
Many romances are written mostly from the heroine's point of view; not surprising as most of the readers are likely women. This romance is written at least equally from the point of the hero, if not primarily from his perspective. That, plus his efforts to discover who was trying to harm his estranged family, gave this book a different feel from many other romances.

I read so many romances that I enjoy any time an author goes to the effort to write something different enough to stand out from the masses. Readers who want lots of sex are going to be disappointed. There is only one that I recall -- but lots of stolen kisses behind closed doors. The romance itself is that of two childhood friends and sort of sweethearts finding each other after both have gone through emotionally difficult times.

I enjoyed this book enough that I am going to get the first book in the series.

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