Sutherland Scandals Historical Romance Book Series by Anna Bradley

A Wicked Way to Win an Earl by Anna Bradley (2015)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Sutherland Scandals series. Delia and her sister Lily are on their way to a house party when their carriage breaks down and Delia comes across a man rutting with a woman against a tree. Well, it turns out that man is Alec, the earl and host of the house they’re going to. We see Alec and Delia immediately at odds, with Delia believing him to be more of a rogue than he lets on and Alec believing her to be a title and fortune-hunting lady wanting to trap his brother in marriage. They’re both wrong and drawn to each other. And somehow they each independently decide to seduce each other for sport. Which of course does not go well because there’s some old family scandal with her mother and his father and the fact that Alec is supposed to be courting some other proper young miss. I’m not quite sure how their animosity here turns into love, but there it is.

Ebook borrowed from my local library via Libby.

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A Season of Ruin by Anna Bradley (2016)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Sutherland Scandals series. We start off with a potential scandal almost immediately when Robyn is waiting for his planned dalliance to come to a secluded room and Lily mistakenly enters it looking for the ladies’ retiring room. Rogue that Robyn is, he immediately kisses the woman in the dark, not realizing that he’s got the innocent young debutante his family is hosting for the season and not the seasoned married woman he planned to meet. Oops. Lily resists at first, then gives in, and then resists again, and she’s hoping to get away from Robyn before he realizes who she is. No luck there. In addition to that, news of the indiscretion hits the scandal sheets the next day and Lily is essentially ruined. While Robyn’s sisters try to mitigate the damage, he’s unconcerned and does not realize how awful things are for Lily. And then he makes them worse by waltzing with her when she doesn’t have permission to waltz. Robyn is chaotic and takes nothing seriously, and Lily is pretty much afraid of any sort of strong emotions, preferring to keep things neat and orderly and controlled. These two are clearly opposites and ill-suited, but they’re also intensely attracted to each other and bring out all sorts of heightened emotions. Both have a lot to overcome in the personal hang-ups department before they can make a real relationship work.

Ebook borrowed from my local library via Libby.