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The Sutherland
Scandals - Book I
Anna Bradley
Piatkus (Little,
Brown)
3 December 2015 / ISBN 9780349410487
Romance/Regency
Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Reviewers Note: Sex scene
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Delia
Somerset and her sisters have no chance of a Season or being
part of the ton, for their mother caused a huge scandal during
her own Season when she ran away from marrying the Earl of
Carlisle. Instead she married a poor man for love, and now
her four daughters live in rural Surrey. But now Delia and
Lily are to attend a house party at the present Earl's estate…
This is an enjoyable first entry in a new series of Regency
romances and a first novel for this author. I am not normally
a fan of books where the hero and heroine spend pages snipping
at one another, but Ms Bradley manages to convey a sense of
fun to the cat and mouse game they are both playing. Delia
is due a break, and Alec is overdue a lesson not to be so
arrogant. It is easy to like Delia from the start and she
manages to give as good as she gets, also neatly sidestepping
a few clichés on the way. Another thing in this book's
favor is that the author manages to convey a real sense of
lust in words alone during most of the book, only culminating
in a sex scene at the very end. Also I did feel that the characters
had actually fallen in love rather than fighting all the way
and suddenly getting married. As the action is confined to
one location it is not easy to tell how much knowledge the
author has of the period, but apart from the odd reference
to fireflies and milkweed, no glaring errors were spotted.
There is always something happening too, and pages flew as
I wanted to see how it would all end. I am eager to read more
in this series and if you enjoy a good Regency romance, you
will too.
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