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A Courtesan’s Scandal – Julia London

Scandalous Series
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, October 2009
ISBN-13: 9781416547129
ISBN-10: 1416547126

Reviewed by Mary
November 2009

Miss Katharine Bergeron had grown up and away from poverty and despair into a stunning and exquisite courtesan. She had found the life through despair and extreme desperation and knew only that this is how she survived. Now she was to be the Prince’s mistress and nothing will ever be the same.

The Prince knows he wants Kate but he was trying to juggle one too many things, of which the least was to obtain a divorce from the wife he had in order to be free to pursue the life he wanted. So to keep the gossips of the ton off their game he asks his friend the Duke of Darlington, Grayson Christopher to pretend to be Kate’s lover and make everyone think that the Prince is a victim of his wife’s infidelity–not a man who committed it.

This was a great plan conceived by the Prince who is a master of the duck and cover. It would have proved a success except for one little problem–Kate and Grayson find that they not only like one another, but that they have fallen in love with each other. While at first neither is keen on the idea and they are downright spiteful to one another, once the angry barbs stop and the conversations began, they both realize that they are a good match despite growing up at two different ends of the social ladder.

How this love came to be so strong neither is sure but are the obstacles ones they can overcome? The least of which might be the Prince when Grayson’s mother finds out. Grayson is a duke with family responsibilities, a name to uphold and a brother trying to overturn the very lucrative slave trade. Kate could lose the only security she has known and the security that comes with money. Are they strong enough to fight the Prince who is a force to be reckoned with but take on the entire London society that can and will throw them both into the street poor and abandoned? How can a duke find himself so in love with a courtesan that he is willing to risk everything for her–Grayson thought simply by taking one look at Kate’s smile and you are in love.

Ms. London has a great story in this final book in the series with such a twist on a romance with the mistress being the lead that you are compelled to find yourself rooting for her to win. Grayson is a standup man who understands family responsibilities but also wants to fight for his own identity which can come from being a man in love and when he goes to bat for Kate he shows why some are better than the way they are raised. Lovely!

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