Read the next thrilling adventure in the Scandalous Sons series. Can a past betrayal ever be forgiven?A shocking surprise awaits him at the Serpentine.When Benedict Cavanagh, the illegitimate son of the Earl of Tregarth, discovers the lady he was once destined to marry lying half-naked and ruined in Hyde Park at dawn, his conscience demands he does something to save her. He might have spirited … conscience demands he does something to save her. He might have spirited her home before the first riders took to the Row, but the villain behind the staged ruination had other evil plans.
A lady used as a pawn in a wicked game.
The last thing Cassandra Mills deserved was Benedict Cavanagh’s kindness and compassion. Five years had passed since she professed her love and promised to marry him. Five years had passed since she buckled beneath the weight of responsibility and rejected the handsome rogue. But when she finds herself in a terrifying predicament, the man who should despise her is the one who offers his help.
A romantic adventure for two people looking to heal their broken hearts.
Working together to find the person plotting to ruin their lives, Benedict and Cassandra attempt to unravel the pieces of the mystery. But when their suspicions circle around friends and family members, the only people they can trust are each other. Can they overcome their bitterness and learn to love again? Can they find the villain responsible for their predicament before he drives them apart for good?
Find out in When Scandal Came to Town
Features:
- Regency historical romance novel
- Contains some descriptive sex scenes bursting with love and passion
- A satisfying mystery with a wicked villain you’ll love to hate.
What Amazon readers said about Book 1 in the Scandalous Sons series.
“One of my very favorite authors, Adele Clee brilliantly creates a story with all of the facets of intrigue, suspense, fear and two characters who wrap around your heart.”
“Adele Clee does a great job mixing in an intriguing mystery with a love story about two people who aren’t expecting love but find it anyway.”
“WOW! Just Wow! This was such an emotional rollercoaster of a story! A gritty second chance at love full of passion, sorrow, betrayals, villains bent on murder, mystery and intrigue, hope, and a love so deep that never dies.”
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Such a startling and dramatic opening to Cassandra Mills and Benedict Cavanagh’s story sets the stage for a convoluted and twisted tale of lost and refound love. When Cassandra’s world is crashing down around her and her life is being held up for inspection, the most unlikely person, Cavanagh, steps forward to offer her the support she needs when society turns on her. But the question really is, who is trying to discredit Cassandra and why? Absolutely could not put this down! Loved it!
I received an ARC copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
After professing to love and marry Benedict Cavanagh five years ago, Lady Cassandra Mills gave in to her father’s haranguing and turned against Benedict, crying off from their engagement. Since her rejection, the two have had nothing but cross words for each other, initiated by Cassandra, any time their paths have crossed. Cassandra knows she doesn’t deserve kindness or compassion from him, the man should hate her, but when Cassandra is kidnapped from a ball, drugged, and dumped half-naked in Hyde Park, it is Benedict who comes to her aid.
Though it pains him, Benedict Cavanagh, the beloved but illegitimate son of the Earl of Tregarth, has a conscience and finds he must do something to help his former love. He was close to whisking her home before the day’s first riders saw her in the park, but whoever staged Cassandra’s elaborate ruination put paid to that plan. When Cassandra asks Benedict to marry her, he finds himself unable to turn his back on her and the feelings she still stirs in him. Cassandra has truly only ever wanted to marry Benedict, but now as they work together to learn who has been plotting against them, it is difficult to know who to trust and they must learn to rely on each other. But with so much pain and betrayal still between them, and some unknown villain still striving to drive them apart, is it possible for them to rekindle their love again?
Firstly, I really loved this book. Like Benedict’s friends, I really didn’t like Cassandra in the previous books because she was awful to Benedict and caused him such pain. But love and hate are often closely related and her vitriol stemmed from her own heartbreak, which didn’t make it okay, but I understood. I loved seeing Cassandra break free of her father’s selfish machinations and really come into her own, making decisions for herself based on what was best for her and Benedict. I found Benedict to be a great hero, so mature and strong in character, and it was great to finally see him get his happily ever after. He and Cassandra had such good chemistry, both in their physical relationship and in their emotional connection and it was great to see them get a second chance at happiness. I found their interactions to be interesting to read and the secondary characters were great too. Everyone had their own agendas and this bit of intrigue kept me invested in the story. This is turning out to be one of my favorite series and I can’t wait for the next installment.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This was such a fabulous story, I had a hard time putting it down until I’d finished it! Adele Clee keeps outdoing herself with this series and really keeps you on your toes until the mystery is solved. This is Benedict and Cassandra’s story and wow, what a story it is!! It’s a second chance story, as well as a “who done it” story and the love and passion these two share is thoroughly heartwarming.
I absolutely adored Benedict’s character and my heart ached for him and what he’s gone through, being illegitimate and having lost Cassandra’s love but now, 5 years later, Cassandra is back in his life in a most mysterious way and the truth finally comes out why Cassandra had left him and why she had been so nasty to him. The most important part….they never stopped loving each other!!
As the mystery of who had kidnapped Cassandra and left her in Hyde Park unravels, you will be awed by all the deceit, backstabbing, lies and who in fact is to blame! I really enjoyed seeing characters from the previous books in the series as well.
I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
I am so loving this series. This time we have Benedict and Cassandra in a second chance romance which is one of my favorite tropes. Add into that a bit of mystery and, boom, I am there in a heartbeat. I love how the fathers of these scandalous sons truly do love their children and Tregarth might be my favorite father. Cassandra gets a chance to redeem herself in this story. Knights in shining armor galloping to the rescue of damsels in distress, a villain of a father and a coward of a fiancé. What more could you ask for? The way these scandalous sons work together and trust each other (and their wives) is wonderful to read about. Ms. Clee’s stories are wonderfully written, the main characters are people you love to cheer on and the stories themselves are fantastic.
I received a complimentary copy from the author.
Benedict Cavanagh the illegitimate son of The Earl Of Tregart has something most bastard sons don’t his father loves him above all else. He has helped him learn how to live with who he is.
When the woman he knew from childhood breaks their engagement due to her father, The Earl Of Worthen demands. He is hurt clear to his soul and vows never to give his heart and love to other.
For the last five years after whenever they met both use cutting retorts to cover their true feelings.
Cassandra Mills is now engaged to Lord Murray, a man her father choose,
When she wakes up at dawn in Hyde Park, drugged, undressed and alone she has not idea what or why she is there. When Benedict shows up she accuses him of doing this to her. He is shocked that she thinks he would hurt her so. He has been sent a Letter to go to Hyde park for a surprise to surpass all others,. As Benedict and Cassandra try to get her out of the park unseen four Lords show up to witness all. They also were sent letters, and make belittling remakes about both and can’t wait to spread the word of her ruin, and him as the one who did it.
As both try to find out who set them up, come to terms with their past, will all work out for them?
Has too much hurt and sadness pasted. This story has many twists and turns . Those who should help her don’t and those who have reason to turn their back are the one who help her out
don’t miss this very fast moving love story, suspense and mystery.
I have read all the books in The Scandalous Sons series, they just keep getting better and better !!
Know I don’t know which one is my favorite.
Be sure and get yours, best read in order but can all be read as stand alone.
I want to thank the author for sending me and ARC and am giving my opinion voluntarily.
Right from the start When Scandal Came To Town takes off in this action-packed rollercoaster ride full of twist and turns that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat. With villains who spin a web of lies, deception and deceit until slowly all the pieces start falling together in this mystery that shows who the real villains are. Adele Clee has outdone herself with this novel, she has given readers a book that is well-written, filled it with superb cast of characters, delightful dialogue and a strong plot that bring this read together perfectly! Her characters come to life as you find yourself drawn into their story. The scenes are so strikingly detailed it paints an incredible backdrop that makes you feel like you are one with the story. While each of them slowly reach out to the other giving each other a second chance in this heart felt story filled with drama, uncertainties, sizzling passion, secrets, heartbreak, trials and tribulations, turmoil and while the suspense builds and tensions escalate and mayhem abounds with twists and turns that will keep you wandering what’s around the next corner makes this one outstanding story!
When Scandal Came to Town
Scandalous Sons book 3
by Adele Clee
Adele Clee is a master at writing romance with plenty of angst, intrigue and vilains. Her stories grab you from the first page and take you on an exhilarating, emotional experience. And this my friends is a perfect example!
Benedict has always loved Cassandra but her betrayal ran deep when she refused him and accepted a man with a title-Lord Murray.
As the illegitimate son of the Earl of Tregarth he’s always felt he wasn’t good enough for her, so when he comes upon her in her dirty chemise barely conscious he was rendered speechless. How and why she was there he had no idea but it definitely didn’t bode well for her and possibly for him.
Cassandra Mills had her heart ripped out when she had to give in to her fathers machinations to marry a man of his choosing. After all, her father is a master at manipulating people at getting what he wants.
I adored Benedict he is such a gentleman although he tries so hard not to let it show, especially to the woman who broke his heart. I wasn’t too thrilled with Cassandra though, she came off as spoiled and petty. But when we see her side of the story I felt her pain, and cheered her on when she made decisions on her own. I loved the chemistry and dialogue, I was shocked to see that her father had an accomplice in his devious plans. Now I can’t wait for the next Scandalous Sons, I’m intrigued about Sybil and her quest to uncover the truth, oh boy I can hardly wait!
I received a complimentary copy from the author. This is my honest unbiased opinion.
When Scandal Came to Town is the third book in the Scandalous Sons series. This has been such a wonderful series, and this is a great addition to it. The book was well written and fast paced. I loved the main characters, who were well developed and perfect for each other. We meet Benedict in the earlier books and got a brief view at the pain he felt from Cassandra refusal to marry him. I was so glad to finally see him get his happy ever after and I can’t wait to read the next book.
Benedict Cavanagh, the illegitimate son of the Earl of Tregarth, received a note to be at Hyde Park at dawn. He discovered the woman he had loved before she had shunned him, laying half naked in the park. Rather than leave her there to fend for herself, he tries to help her escape ruin. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one to receive a note.
Cassandra Mills awoke to find herself in Hyde Park half naked with no idea how she came to be there. Her first thought was that Benedict must have done it to get even with her for listening to her father and refusing to marry him years ago. She is shocked when Benedict helps her and then agrees to marry her.
Can they find the person behind Cassandra’s ruin? Can they overcome the past to have a happy ever after?
I received an ARC of this book and voluntarily read and reviewed it with my honest opinion.
This story touched my heart. I felt for Cassandra and Benedict and hoped for a successful second chance at love. These two were affected by those around, yet came through stronger and together. I love it when previous characters come back. I highly recommend this story.
I received an ARC of this story, and this is my unsolicited review.
I love Adele Clee’s books – she always gets me so involved with her stories & I never can figure out the “whodunit” until it is written out in front of me. I love that & there are always so many possibilities.
Benedict Cavanaugh is the bastard son of the Earl of Tregarth & Benedict will inherit all of the Earl’s unentailed assets & a cousin would inherit the title. Benedict is known for his carousing, partying & womanizing around London but he had needed a place to help him heal after the love of his life broke off their relationship 5 years ago. And then he received an anonymous note to go to Hyde Park at dawn for a surprise he could not miss – he was surprised & found her 1/2 naked in a dirty chemise laying on the ground.
Cassandra Mills, daughter of the Earl of Worthen was beautiful, full of life, kind & in love with Benedict Cavanaugh, until she wasn’t – she broke the betrothal & informed his that he was not good enough for her & her position in society. For five years, they would run in to one another & the verbal hate would start between them & everyone knew how much they despised each other. And then one night she woke up on the grass in only her chemise & who should ride up on his black stallion except the bane of her existence.
Ms. Clee’s plot has danger, intrigue, villains, loving friends – old & new, evil family, some spicy romance & it will have you so embroiled in this wonderful couples fight to prove innocence & to find what was & could be again. The re-visit with some of the secondary characters is so great & they are such an asset to the story & I will say that you will not be disappointed in this book or this series.
I was gifted the Advanced Reader Copy of this book & all opinions are my own & have been voluntarily given.
I really liked this well-written story. An “unexpected second chance” story for Cassandra and Benedict (loved these two characters) with another intriguing mystery that had me guessing until the end; the mystery’s solution was unexpected. The back story of how the young lovers were torn apart brought Persuasion to mind as Cassandra’s father turned her against Benedict.
As usual with Adele Clee’s stories, I felt the balance between action, dialog and description to be just right and had me turning page after page.
I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Enjoyed this second-chance romance with a mystery to solve. Loved the twists and turns! I received an ARC of this book.
“Perhaps we should kiss more often. After all you are my wife.” Sigh. Yep that was me not Cassandra the heroine of this enthralling tale!
There is so much I want to say about this story, but I would just be giving you play by play of what happens between Benedict and Cassandra and the suspense and mystery that takes you on a journey from the first page!
Adele Clee has created yet another fascinating tale of two people who were in love at a younger age, but due to birth, peerage and an overbearing father they were torn apart. Now years later in the most damaging of circumstances they are thrown back together through the manipulation and cunning of an unknown villian. Someone is trying to ruin her father, or maybe just her, but it backfires a little.
Can these two work together to solve the mystery and find the love they seem to have never forgotten?
When I begin to read a book by this amazing storyteller, I know I will not be able to put if down until the end and it will contain everything I adore in a historical romance. I am never disappointed! Perfection overload!
“All men have an Achilles heel.” And Cassandra Mills was his.
As I began reading this novel, I was a little anxious because I realized it mirrored the trope of one of my absolute favorite HRs of ALL TIME, I Kissed a Rogue by Shana Galen, a second-chance lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance. I feared that this book would steer too close to my beloved favorite and fail in comparison, but I found myself pleasantly surprised and impressed. I fell in love with Benedict in book two, so I could not wait for his story with the elusive Cassandra. Their story was one of great love and great heartbreak, but underneath all of the buried hurt and guilt was a deep love and compassion for each other that ultimately unites them once again. Another great story by Adele filled with love, friendship, and mystery, and I cannot wait for Sybil’s book next!!
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
Two Halves of a Whole Reunited
Five years ago Lady Cassandra Mills denounced the man she had loved all of her young life. She vowed she would never love another, even if she did end up marrying her betrothed.
Five years ago Benedict Cavanagh had his heart ripped out and crushed by the woman he had loved all of his life. He vowed to protect his heart from love, even though he can’t stop loving the other half of his soul.
When I’m reading a book that I can’t put down, when I’m annoyed by interruptions, and I’m sad to come to the end…then I know I’ve just finished a 5-star favorite. Such is the case with When Scandal Came to Town by Adele Clee.
I loved everything about this engrossing and entertaining novel. As with Ms. Clee’s other books, the characters were well developed and vibrant. The hero and heroine were complex, slightly flawed and totally in love. Their on-screen chemistry was so hot the pages threatened to combust. The plot was tightly woven with twists and turns that culminated in a satisfying ending.
All in all When Scandal Came to Town qualifies as one of my all-time favorites. Good job Adele Clee.
Content alert: In addition to a few descriptive on-screen bedroom scenes, there is some swearing and three specifically placed vulgarities
Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the author. I am voluntarily submitting my honest review.
Un-put-down-able!
These stories just keep on getting better and better. Each has been extremely well thought out and plotted and the end result is a brilliantly written and highly entertaining story.
In this one Cassandra and Benedict have a second chance at a love of note!
And, it all begins with an abduction with a difference.
Needless to say, the two get together to solve the mystery in order to right the wrong but before they can do this they need to wed to diffuse their compromising situation.
But will this be a marriage of convenience even though the heat level between them is combustable? Well, that would be telling…
Let me leave you with the admission I am sure this story will keep you reading till you tie up all the loose ends. And what a lovely bow those tied up ends make in the end!
I am recommending this book as a read that you will probably not be able to put down.
I read an Advance Reader Copy of the ebook and this is my voluntary and unbiased review.
Cassandra and Benedict’s story was so good, I had no sleep last night because once I started this book, I had to finish. Benedict and Cassandra once loved each other, but Cassandra turned Benedict away because he was illegitimate. Their love turned to verbal spats which made them dislike each other, but not deep down. I enjoyed their story of finding love and each other again. I have to say, I fell a little in love with Benedict, who wouldn’t. This book has mystery and friendship also. I also adore Benedict’s father and the love he has for his son. I don’t want to give anything away, but a Father who would go across London in his robe to help his son is a father we all should adore.
I received a copy of this book for my honest review.