How to Get Away with Scandal

By: Caroline Linden

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Don’t fall in love with me…

Evangeline, Lady Courtenay, has flirted with scandal her entire life, and paid a steep price for it, with two unhappy marriages and a tarnished reputation. She’s vowed never to get entangled with another man—until a dashing explorer, just passing through London, smiles at her and sends her heart leaping. Just one night, she tells herself; that’s all she wants.

Sir Richard Campion is entranced by Evangeline the moment they meet, even before she takes him home with her for a night of pleasure, only to be gone when he wakes. When he encounters her again years later, he is just as fascinated—and elated to find that she still feels it, too. And this time, he intends to persuade her that he’s worth getting entangled with… forever.

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A gentle way to cap off this series

I wasn't quite sure how I was going to rate this book until I got all the way to the end. Caroline Linden is one of my favorite authors, but this series has not been one that's clicked for me. Still, I'm always happy to read a new Linden book, because she often writes very likeable characters, and her prose is always solid. I liked both of these characters very much. They're unique, and I was rooting for them to get their happy ending. The reason I rated the book good rather than great is because not all that much happens or changes throughout the story. The heroine's misgivings get repetitive after a while. And while I admire the hero's patience in letting her come to him, it didn't make for a super compelling plot. Overall, it was a gentle way to cap off this series. I'd recommend it to fans of the rest of the series. But for someone new to Linden, I'd recommend starting with I Love the Earl, My Once and Future Duke, or About a Rogue.