A Scandal To Remember
Elizabeth Essex
St. Martin’s Aug 26 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250044587
In 1815 Portsmouth, England, Charles Dance reports to intoxicated Captain
Muckross of the Tenacious as the First Lieutenant on a two year South Seas
science expedition. Looking at the
vessel, Dance concludes the present state of the ship is a quick watery grave;
made worse by a drunken crew and captain, and two other officers in which one
is way past retirement age and the other is very green. Finally when the by the book former war veteran
believes matters could not turn uglier, conchologist
J. E. Burke arrives; the J stands for Jane.
At sea Dance takes charge of running the Tenacious even as the
mutinous crew resents a female on board as women are a harbinger of doom for a
ship. Both he and Jane are taken aback
by their attraction to each other. While
she tries to focus on science, he attempts to concentrate on them keeping
afloat. Meanwhile others want to send
the scientist and the officer to a watery grave.
The fifth “scandalous” Reckless Brides Regency romance (see
Almost a Scandal and A Breath of
Scandal) is an entertaining High Seas adventure starring
opposites-attract couple. Jane proves
her skills beyond shells and Charles recognizing her abilities when they are in
dire straits by supporting her taking charge during a life-threatening scenario
by not playing macho hero. Elizabeth Essex authors an excellent historical.
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