Wedded by Scandal Bundle, Books 1-4

Wedded by Scandal

By: Stacy Reid

Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay

Length: 37 hrs

Publisher's summary

This bundle includes four Wedded by Scandal standalone romances that can be listened to in any order.

Book 1, Accidentally Compromising the Duke: Determined to escape her impending marriage to a repugnant earl, Adeline is willing to do anything—even get caught in a compromising position with another man.

Book 2, Wicked in His Arms: When an unconventional woman tempts Earl Tobias Walcott, he must do everything not to succumb, lest their relationship leads to disastrous consequences.

Book 3, How to Marry a Marquess: When Lady Evie is forced into marriage, she chooses a marquess who has sworn off love. Will her plans for seduction be thwarted or will he make an impossible choice?

Book 4, When the Earl Met His Match: When the future Earl of Albury put out an advertisement for a wife, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit.

©2022 Stacy Reid (P)2022 Dreamscape Media

Great value, but needs a better ending

I liked all the books 📚 this is a good value for one credit. I would have liked a better ending. I think there should have been some closure in the last book but there really wasn’t. I like most all the heroes and heroines but the last one with Hugh I think he should have had some closure with his mother and the same for Phoebe and her mother. I want to see the hater’s to get there dues. Hopefully there will be a book on Caroline that will have something with her mother. All in all very worth the credit.

How to get him to notice

Love this book. All the men who loved but couldn’t let go. The love of these women who saw the goodness in these men.

Surprisingly Good

I really enjoyed this series. It was maybe a little too steamy, but it really kept my interest.

Love it

This was a fantastic series , I really enjoyed all 4 books.I’ll be keeping an eye out for more books from this author.

The strength and love of the heroins, and the heros finally getting it!!

I really liked and appreciated the spicy romance of it all. And the lovely plots and stories. this series is the first I read from this author and I really really liked it. very spicy very intriguing terribly addicting. looking forward to more. I absolutely love a happy ending!!

Keeps you reading for more

I really enjoyed reading this box set. I can’t wait for the next set in the series. I look forward to hearing about what happens with Hughes sister. 

lovely books

I really loved the 4th book, not as much soap boxing. I know the socal condition were horrible in the regency era before and after. I really get the dire condition, but don't need to hear it numerous times. the 4th had so much less and more personal story. much more enjoyable. I hope we will finally know the mothers full story. was the old Earl impotent? that was my guess, but he loved his wife to distraction. sad.

How the stories all fits together.. it was great!

I really liked having all the stories in be place. Listening to them one after the other really both the stories together

All four stories were interesting and engaging.

For me, the best of the four stories was the last one. It was very imaginative and the characters were delightful. The twist of the story about how the main characters communicated was spell binding. It was a wonderful change to the typical romance. Their feelings for each other grew slowly for many reasons but you had no question that those feelings were real because of the circumstances of the plot. The other three stories were well done also just not quite as good as the last one.

Blockheaded gents & the ladies who fight for them

“Now is not the time to use ‘full blown’ and ‘scandal’ in the same breadth.”
In my regency romance, I want precocious gals who win over growly guys with enough angst to make my heart squeeze … but not too much angst to overcome the sweet, the sass, and the steam. This series delivers, even if the books get progressively more angsty. Book 1 is what put Ms. Reid at the top of my regency romance author list.

The minor faults:
-No Table of Contents to separate the books (hence me listing the chapters below)
-These books run longer than the author’s usual fare and that extra time is spent on angst
-Each man stubbornly, infuriatingly refuses to love, leaving it to his lady to punch through to his heart
-There’s a lot of time spent bemoaning the plight of women, children, and the lower class
-This author writes a great show, so there’s no need to tell us about the “eroticism” of the naughty bits.
-Bears repeating: if you have to tell us he’s doing something erotic, he’s doing it wrong. 😜

The major feels:
Ch1 Accidentally Compromising the Duke - Adele and Edmund ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“He kissed her and it was glorious.”
Perhaps I might have liked a tad more humor… Nope. I’m going to say this was the perfect blend of all the tropes I’d hate in contemporary romances, but love, love, love from jolly old England. There’s even some bodice ripping. 😜 Great pacing, awesome narration, and more than one naughty get-together for good value.

Ch28 Wicked in His Arms - Olivia and Tobias ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tobias: “It speaks”
Of all the gents, Tobias was my favorite, namely because he’s the biggest stick in the mud.
Of all the ladies, Olivia is my favorite because she’s an indomitable force of nature.

Olivia: “I give you leave then to swoon.”
Best enemies to lovers fireworks. Also, no slow burn with one measly get together here. Nope.
I loved the irresistible pull that had them combusting everywhere but the bedroom.

Ch51 How to Marry a Marquis - Evie and Richard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“I seem to also pass wind uncontrollably,”
It starts with trope-tactic perfection as effervescent Evie sets her cap for jaded Richard.
There’s humor, heat, and sabotage to ensure Evie avoids her mama’s machinations.

“It is not for you to determine my strength and tell me what I will wilt under.”
Then the series leans into angst over humor. Richard is so stubborn and cruel for so long. Evie repeatedly gives soul bearing speeches and Richard repeatedly responds with soul shredding disdain.

“It’s always been you.”
Yes, there is an HEA with groveling (from him) and sniffling (from me, er, from her, I meant her). But, in the end, i was more wrecked than romanced by this couple.

Ch68 When an Earl Meets his Match - Phoebe and Hugh ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I loved the first half, as Hugh and Richard’s little sister Phoebe connect in an unlikely, but heartwarmingly sweet, marriage of convenience. The second half floundered in part because the characters were inconsistent. Richard from the previous books, who thumbed his nose at society and his status-conscious parents, and who should have the utmost respect for a man who would wed his already pregnant sister (given society’s shunning of him and his daughter), inexplicably sides with his parents and society.

Then there was Hugh’s dogged coldness. Perhaps it was just my fatigue at getting four leading men in a row who are such raging blockheads that they refuse to open their hearts, but I had a hard time liking Hugh, much less forgiving him when he finality comes around. Also, this was the longest book with the slowest burn to get to the naughty bits. Still a pretty good listen, especially as part of this series.
And definitely worth it as a four for one credit deal.