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  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781420147209
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $19.99

Scandalous



Third in the Outcast series of Regency set romances designed for a new, younger audience, SCANDALOUS has all the action and adventure of Mary Jo Putney, the wit of Madeline Hunter, high-seas flair of Johanna Lindsey, plus blazing sensuality as a straight-laced missionary and a dangerous ship captain grapple with their intense attraction in close quarters.

“Have you no decency?”
 
Straight-laced missionary Sarah Fisher has never met a man like Captain Martin Bouchard. He is the most beautiful person—male or female—she’s ever seen. Overwhelmingly masculine, elegantly attired despite months at sea, he is in complete command of everyone and everything around him: everyone, that is, except Sarah. But that’s about to change because Sarah has bought Bouchard’s mercy with the only thing she has to sell: her body.
 
“None at all . . .”
 
In spite of her outrageous offer, Martin has no doubt Sarah is a virgin, and a most delectable one at that. But instead of bedding her, he finds himself staring down the muzzle of his own pistol. Clearly, the longer she stays on his ship, the greater the chances that she’ll end up its damned captain! Most infuriating of all, she looks past his perfect exterior to the wounded man inside. Can Martin outrun his scandalous past in time to have a future with the first woman to find and capture his heart?
 
Praise for The Outcasts series
 
“Fans of Amanda Quick’s early historicals will find much to savor.”
Booklist (Starred Review)
 
“Wicked repartee, savvy wit, and energetic libidos.”
Publishers Weekly
 
“A remarkably resourceful heroine who can more than hold her own against any character invented by bestselling Bertrice Small . . . deliciously fun retro flavor.” 
Booklist (Starred Review)
 
“Sexy and wildly entertaining.”
Bookpage
 
“Spencer shines . . . an author to watch.”
Kirkus Reviews

  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781420147209
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $19.99

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Praise for Scandalous

"Dangerous is the first in Minerva Spencer's new Outcasts series of Regency romances, and it has such deliciously juicy
backstories for it's charming protagonists that it's impossible to imagine anything topping it...Spencer certainly succeeds in sweeping the reader up in the same dizzying whirl! Sexy and wildly entertaining, Dangerous is a promising romance debut." - Bookpage on Dangerous

"Spencer writes with palpable gusto...Barbarous is a swashbuckling good time." - Entertainment Weekly on Barbarous

"Fans of Amanda Quick's early historicals will find much to savor in Spencer's exuberantly crafted, exhilaratingly plotted, and erotically charged sophomore literary effort that quickly proves to be every bit as much fun as her stellar debut, Dangerous (2018)." - Booklist, Starred Review on Barbarous

"Deft writing and astute character development sustain a complex plot and a huge cast of characters that could flounder in less accomplished hands, while a touch of humor tempers some darker edges of the nuanced story. Spencer shines in her sophomore effort, burnishing her reputation as an author to watch." - Kirkus Reviews on Barbarous