Jilted by the woman he loved, Tom, Viscount Sidmouth, has decided he will happily remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. He wants nothing to do with affairs of the heart. And he most certainly wants nothing to do with the wild widow next door.After spending years trapped in a loveless marriage, Hyacinth has returned to London on a mission to experience everything she missed. Balls, parties, … Balls, parties, flirtations, and assignations—she wants it all. She isn’t about to allow her disapproving neighbor to spoil her fun. She’s living her life one raucous celebration at a time.
Until she inadvertently winds up in the viscount’s garden late one night and he kisses her senseless. There’s something about the handsome, forbidding lord that makes her want to abandon her rules.
And Tom? He’s beginning to think that perhaps the only way to forget about his broken heart is to lose himself in a fling. Why not with the wicked woman who drives him to distraction? It’s not as if he is going to fall in love…
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Her Virtuous Viscount is the latest from Scarlett Scott’s Wicked Husbands series. It takes place after Her Missing Marquess, and though you don’t need to read it to understand this book, you’d probably enjoy this one more if you do. Either way, this is my favorite Scarlett Scott book to date.
Nursing a broken heart, Tom, Viscount Sidmouth, spends his time in London living next door to a happy widow, Hyacinth. After saving her adorable dog from her rosebushes, they meet in the moonlight, where they share a kiss. This starts the ball rolling. There’s instant attraction between the two, but they both have baggage. And unlike most stories, the only ones trying to keep them apart are themselves.
Tom is one of the characters from Her Missing Marquess, and I thought he was sweet in that book. I fell in love with him in this one. Oh, Tom… He’s still sweet and charming, but you get to see him show off a sexy, flirty side that you didn’t see in the other book. Hyacinth (hate the name, love the character) is reborn after coming out of mourning. She wants to do everything she couldn’t when she married her jerk-late husband. So, when Tom turns on the charm, she’s smitten. Their chemistry is off the charts, and the heat from the sexy times should have made my kindle melt. The writing is fun, funny, and gives you the feels all at once.
Overall, I adored this book. I’m not surprised how much I loved this book, given how much I love the author, but I love this book so much, I want it in print.
I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.