That Scandalous Evening

The Governess Brides, Book 1

By: Christina Dodd

Narrated by: Karen Cass

New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd spins the captivating tale of a nobleman whose path crosses again with the one woman he absolutely cannot resist....

A Disastrous Season

A simple statue began the scandal.

A Lady Concealed

An innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, along with Miss Jane Higgenbothem's secret tendre for Lord Blackburn, the ton's gleeful contempt sent the lady back to the country in disgrace.

A Gentleman Revealed

Now, a decade later, she's back in London, as a chaperone to her beautiful niece. But to Blackburn, Jane's unwitting model, the cool, reticent spinster is still a challenge. She once made the arrogant rake a laughingstock; so why is he tempted to revive an affair that almost began so long ago, on that scandalous evening...?

©1998 Christina Dodd. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Hot romance, fast action and that magic ingredient...heart." (New York Times best-selling author Amanda Quick)

"A delicious, witty confection.... The taut, suspenseful plot, intriguing characters and a smooth, natural style show that Dodd has earned her place on the bestseller list." (Publisher's Weekly)

"Dodd has done a smashing job with this spicy, swashbuckling Regency-era romance." (Booklist)

Wonderful such a good story and amazing narrator

I have found both Dodd’s audible story’s so well
Crafted looking forward to the third book
I fell in love with Karen Cass
And will listen to everything she has narrated
In truth I pick my books by who narrates them there is only a handful of great readers so discovering Cass was a treat !!! Smart Christina Dodd .

It is a rare book that has it all, this one🥳

Everything from the story to the narrator was perfection. I liked the main characters and all the minor ones. On top of this you get comedy,romance and intrigue. The narrator was unbelievable giving each character a unique voice that fit them perfectly
Each good character got a happy ending with some nice surprises and the bad guys their comeuppance!

Perfectly executed bodice ripper

I really enjoyed the romance plot and overall plot. I still want to kick Ransom's butt for being too pushy and not marrying her the first time, but the way things worked out it's that much sweeter for her. Also I am still not clear if he meant to ruin her honor by having people walk in or if it was happenstance. The statue misunderstanding was excellent and I am very happy that was a part of this whole story lol.

I love Christina Dodd!

This was really good! I mean I wanted to punch the MMC a couple times but if Jane forgives him I guess I will too. This was so enjoyable and the narrator was amazing!

So very bland

IMHO the narrator sets the pace, presents the bones of the story and portrays the characters as interesting and relatable. That did not happen in this book. The story was pretty good, but there was no umph and no feelings...not my feelings anyway...were invoked. Christina is an experienced writer....I expected more from her than this.