And what a game is was! Gossip sells and who cares if the story was stolen from another paper or if the implications made and embellishments written are pure fabrications!

Since the wicked deeds and scandalous behaviour of her husband had became known after his recent death, Lydia had desperately tried to keep up pretensions to cover her destitute situation. She had gone out alone in the dark to sell her jewels in the market, so her staff could have some food in the morning. She definitely did not want a reporter to know about this secret.

While outwardly indulging in habits that rightly earned him his bad reputation, Adrian Pomroy, Viscount Cavanley was not a totally indecent man and he definitely would not leave a lady on her own in the dark. After ensuring that Samuel Reed from The New Observer had definitely gone, he picked up the breathtakingly beautiful Lydia, who just fit so right in his arms, and carried her right up to her bedchamber.

Still in a bit of shock over her encounter with the reporter and her hurt ankle, Lydia feels drained of her normal strength and caution. She knows better than to have a known rake with her, yet on this night, more than anything, she yearns for the comfort and security of his arms. Caught in this vulnerable moment, Lydia and Adrian share a night they both want to remember and to forget.

But, when the legacy is a pregnancy, all the Ton are titillated by the scandal and reporter Reed will use any method, including courting Mary, Lydia's maid, to get the story. Despite her attempts to throw people off the truth, Aidan knows but he won't tell. Meanwhile, tiring of his own frivolous life, he seeks to convince Lydia to let him care for her, however, she adamantly refuses to get embroiled with another potentially scandalous husband. With Lydia afraid to trust in him, how can Adrian get her to admit his paternity and lead her into a proper state of matrimony?

Marrying solid historical research with an imagination that can bring the past to life with a sparkling modern twist, Diane Gaston has written an absolutely wonderful Regency romance that will resonant with her readers. Adrian is a very likeable hero and just the right age to finally realize what is important in life. Very effectively interwoven in this tale of gaining trust is the romance between Samuel and Mary and how he gets burned and redeemed by his own actions. It would be scandalous for to you miss out on this great read! Enjoy SCANDALIZING THE TON!

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