The Taming of a Scandal (The Beautiful Barringtons #8)

Kathleen Ayers

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Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings · Published: 28 Mar 2024
The Taming of a Scandal by Kathleen Ayers
Sister of the Duke of Averell, Phaedra has always been a bit wild and bold, even for a Barrington. While her sisters painted or gardened, Phaedra was learning to fence, run a gambling hell and now she’s taken up knife throwing. Everyone in London, indeed all of England, is holding their collective breath and making wagers in anticipation of Phaedra’s impending scandal.

But no one, including Phaedra, expects her ruination to come at the hands of a ruthless American financier.

Morgan Stewart left his morals behind when he dug his way out of New York’s notorious Five Points. Manhattan society gives him a wide berth, not only because of his brutality in business but also the whisper of murder hovering about his broad shoulders.

When Morgan glimpses Lady Phaedra Barrington striding confidently through a boxing establishment and later encounters her in London's most notorious gambling hell, he is struck for once by something other than brutal ambition. His heart, long forgotten, starts to beat once more.

Phaedra is both terrified and enticed by the attention of such a dangerous gentleman. Morgan Stewart is not an appropriate suitor for the sister of a duke. Nor should she be kissing him in the moonlight or making wagers which are sure to put her in a precarious position.

But she cannot stay away.

Stewart is the only one who appreciates Phaedra’s skill at knife throwing and how to run a hazard table. He welcomes her bold behavior because it matches his own.
The attraction between them is undeniable. Unexpected. Breathtaking .

And it might cost Phaedra everything she holds dear.
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