Romance

Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase

Although the cover is pretty, it has nothing to do with fashions of the 1830’s.  More like the 1950’s!

Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase
(2012, 1830’s England)  12/4/12
Grade: 3.5

Dressmaker Sophy Noirot is trying to save her shop – and help her friend Clara escape from a bad engagement.  The Earl of Longmore, Clara’s brother, does his best to help, but it seems like he’s more of a distraction – especially when Sophy starts to see him as more than an obstacle in her way.

Unlike the previous book in the series, this book started off well.  I enjoyed the banter between Sophy and Longmore and the road romance worked well.  Longmore wasn’t the sharpest tool in the drawer, but I found his bafflement around Sophy fun to read.  However, the book lost some of its charm in the second half.  I’m not sure what happened – maybe the sexual tension dissipated once Sophy and Longmore went to bed together – but I was forcing myself to turn the pages.  The final impression – another good but not great book from Loretta Chase.  Too bad.  

I still have quite a few Loretta Chase backlist books to read – maybe I’d better save those for another time, when I’m in a more receptive mood?

Karen Wheless

I've been reading romance since I discovered Kathleen Woodiwiss at age 12. I love all kinds of romances, especially emotional and angsty stories. I finally cut back my TBR pile from 2000 books to only 400, but I still have lots of books left to read!

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