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A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II
A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II
A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II
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A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II

Written by Sarah MacLean

Narrated by Justine Eyre

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Lonesome Lily turned Scandalous Siren

Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, Lily doesn’t hesitate . . . until the lying libertine leaves her in disgrace. With the painting now public, Lily has no choice but to turn to the one man who might save her from ruin.

Highland Devil turned Halfhearted Duke

The Duke of Warnick loathes all things English, none more so than the aristocracy. It does not matter that the imposing Scotsman has inherited one of the most venerable dukedoms in Britain—he wants nothing to do with it, especially when he discovers that the unwanted title comes with a troublesome ward, one who is far too old and far too beautiful to be his problem.

Tartan Comes to Town

Warnick arrives in London with a single goal: get the chit married and see her become someone else’s problem, then return to a normal, quiet life in Scotland. It’s the perfect plan, until Lily declares she’ll only marry for love . . . and the Scot finds that there is one thing in England he likes far too much . . .

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateAug 30, 2016
ISBN9780062562869
A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II
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Sarah MacLean

A life-long romance reader, Sarah MacLean wrote her first romance novel on a dare, and never looked back. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of romances translated into more than twenty languages, a romance columnist, and the co-host of the weekly romance novel podcast, Fated Mates. A graduate of Smith College and Harvard University, she lives in New York City.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceA Scot in the Dark is the second book in the Scandal and Scoundrel's trilogy and somehow I missed out on reading this book and had just realized it so when I saw this book available at my local library, I just knew that I had to pick it up and I am so glad that I did. I will admit that I adore Sarah MacLean, but some of her books have been a hit or miss and mostly due to reading engagement. So I decided that audiobooks are the BEST way to go and she has such a wonderful narrator for this story: Justine Eyre. Justine is fabulous in narrating historical romance especially if you love historical romance.A Scot in the Dark begins when our heroine, Lillian Hargrove, has gotten caught up in a scandal of her own making. Lillian was approached and courted by a handsome young artist and Derek was a man she thought she was in love with but it turned out it was quite opposite on his side of things. When he invites her to a presentation of his artwork he announces he will be revealed a nude piece and Lillian is revealed as the mysterious lady and that the painting will be viewed by the public. And now there is a scandal surround Lillian and not to mention her heart and dreams for the future have been shattered.The Duke of Warnick, a Scot, has recently come into the title and he despises everything english and for good reason. But when he suddenly learns that he has a ward and that she is caught up in a scandal, he heads down to London to handle the situation so he can return home. Even though he is fascinated by Lillian, with her passion and her fighting spirit he knows the best course of action is to get her married especially when he learns that its something she really desires but is afraid to trust anyone else. But Warnick is not wanting to admit his true feelings for Lillian since he is her guardian and doesn't feel like its appropriate. But Lillian doesn't want marriage and she wants to find a way out of her own mess but her heart become intertwined with Warnick and she only needs to convince him that their love is worth the risk.... Listen to me. You do not let them win. Not ever. There is nothing in this world they like more than tearing a woman down for having too much courage. And there is nothing in the world that makes them angrier than not being able to break her.A Scot in the Dark was simply a wonderful story and I had so many fun times with this book a lot more than I expected and after Justine's performance in waking up this story with zest and passion, I am definitely going to listen to future books by MacLean because this narrator is superb. Now I will admit that this story does start out a bit slowly, but it quickly picks up speed and when you reach about 30 percent, is where the story really pulls in the reader to the story. I love Guardian/Ward romances and this one was so well written. I really loved the set up where Lillian posed for a nude by an artist....this is always something I enjoy reading especially in a historical romance. It shows that Lillian was empowered by her own sensuality and not ashamed of the desire she felt or her body and I truly loved that about her. She has her dreams and fights for them even if that dream is to find a man to love and have a family together. This book shows how beautiful that dream is and worth searching and finding the right man for the job.We do get some fun appearances with other characters from fellow books which was SUPER fun and it made me want to re-read this trilogy for sure. I am always captivated by how Sarah MacLean writes her friendships and they just take in Lillian right away and accept her since they have scandals attached to their names too but in the name of love. We see how she has to find some peace with her past and accept the friendships with these ladies.The romance that developed between Lillian and Warnick is so detailed and well done in the feels department. Now, this author is superb when writing fun bantering and boy these two just made me so happy all the time even when they were fighting. I just had a fun time with these two and see them working out their differences. They definitely have different views and boy Lillian is a fighter and she gets a bit creative with how she fights back and I loved it. I enjoyed seeing these two really find some common ground eventually and once they hit that then all is far in love and war. Because when these two love they do it HARD and STRONG!! I wanted these two to find their happy ever after so badly and it takes time and pain but they do get there and it was the journey to their HEA that made this book so moving. I was so involved in their romance and seeing them find what they needed in each other.Overall I found A Scot in the Dark to be a sensual, full of giggles and delicious sexual tension to win your hearts!!! A MUST READ FOR MACLEAN LOVERS
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It delivered. Nice series, very interesting.
    I hope the third book does not have the heroine dressed as a man ?.

    The reader though, every time she said the word ‘her’, it sounded ...... well sensual. Look forward to reading the third book. Let me get to it!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What’s not to love…. Scandal and a handsome Scottish hero! Sarah MacLean writes magical romance that has you on the edge of your seat. You must read!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Enjoyable read,. This is the second book I have read by this author and I am very pleased. Well ontoBook three.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    3.5 stars - this instalment of the series was okay, but not amazing for me. The characters were interesting but I felt the plot/romance lacked something.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Enjoyable. I am intrigued by all the insecurities that romance writers come up with in order to justify why the main characters think the marriage would never work. Sure, there's the standard "ruined", but "too large and beastly", "too intellectual", "secret life of danger or espionage", "my mamma didn't love me", "too scottish", and previous bad behavior seem to be fairly common too. I feel like there's a drinking game here.

    I'm glad to see the recurring characters, but my memory is so bad, it's hard to keep track of who has their ever afters and who's still in the marriage market.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The two main characters take a ridiculously long time to come around to some simple realizations, but I suppose there's got to be some tension and drama somehow. And all of us have been extremely slow to grasp something at some point. A couple public embarrassment scenes that will make you cringe if you're sensitive about that. But the characters are pretty likable and it's an enjoyable story.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    As with the first book in this series, I didn't care for the narrator, who really draws out the word "her" in every situation: huuuuuuhhhhhh. Really annoying. But, it helped to speed it up to 1.4x, and I tried to be more chill about the annoyances.

    Alec's constant "I'm not good enough. She deserves someone better than me." inner monologue got a bit tiring. Yeah, yeah, we get it, you've been told your whole life that you're a piece of meat, and you've internalized it. Enough, already.

    Overlooking those annoyances, though, it was a fun read. And, granted, those things wouldn't have been annoyances if I'd not listened to the audiobook, because I could skim past the 300th iteration of "wah, I'm not good enough" whining.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Sweet as sugar. I smiled like a goon while listening on the subway. Our hero's resistance/feelings of inadequacy got stretched past ridiculousness and ended up pissing me off, but mostly this was a ton of fun at a moment where a I needed a good happy ending, even if fictional.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm basically in a reading place where I'm probably going to gorge on romance novels for a while and they will likely mostly end up with four stars because all chocolate cake is best chocolate cake when nothing but chocolate cake will do.

    Also, this was delightful and I f*cking loved Lily, who would have been perfectly okay by herself and knew it, but she fell in love and that was okay, too.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Duke of Warnick never expected to have to have much interaction with his English properties or his dukedom, he was 18th in line for the title, and within 2 weeks all the other elegible males in the list were dead. A proud scotsman he wants no truck with the title but has enough of a conscience to keep the estates and houses going.He doesn't realise that he also inherited a ward from one of the estates, and now shes about to create a scandal. She has been painted naked and it's about to go on display in a major exhibition. She wants freedom and he wants her married and away from scandal and wants back to Scotland yesterday.Fun relationships , entertaining characters, I enjoyed the read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I needed intellectual escape and this was it. As is common with romance plots, so many problems could be resolved in 2 seconds if people actually talked to each other instead of making assumptions. I find the characters are products of their time and that irritates my modern-day sensibilities. But I can look past that to be diverted, to forget about the current world for a while. Sara MacLean is on of the best, making her characters intelligent but still caught up in themselves enough to create tension within their world.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A Scot in the Dark is a take on Beauty and the Beast though Alec is not ugly, just massive. I love these type of stories and a man in a kilt - Hello!Lily has gotten herself into a scandal, posing nude for a ne'er-do-well artist/actor who plans to take advantage of her naivete. Alec, a reluctant Duke (this part of the story is hysterical), has inherited Lily as his ward so he comes to London to resolve the situation.It's a fast-paced romp to a well-deserved HEA. Both Lily and Alec are delightful characters and many old favorites from Ms. MacLean's other books make appearances. A wonderfully written story about love and redemption.