London's Wicked Affair

London's Wicked Affair is a phenomenal historical romance by Anabelle Bryant. Ms. Bryant has provided readers with a well-written book and populated it with an outstanding cast of characters. Amelia's brother, Matthew, wants to marry her off and when he finds a way to kill two birds with one stone, he won't be deterred. Lunden arrives in London from his self-imposed exile after his brother's death and agrees to help Matthew find a husband for his sister. Amelia and Lunden's story is loaded w

3.5 Stars Lunden Beckford, Duke of Scarsdale, has chosen to exile himself far from London, with its painful memories and cruel gossip. Now ten years later he’s forced back to town on business, he’s eager to make his stay as brief as possible. However first, he must honour his promise to find a suitable husband for his friend Matthew’s little sister. On one hand, Amelia Strathmore has grown into a stunning, statuesque beauty. On the other, the willful chit is more likely to scandalize a drawing room with her outspoken opinions than blush prettily. At least she agrees to accept his help—if he fulfills certain three conditions. Though duty-bound to marry, Amelia longs to secretly enjoy some of life’s freedoms first. In this, as in many things, Lunden proves an excellent guide. Whilst I enjoyed reading this book I didn’t love it. It was a well written book & the plot flowed very well & held my interest all the way through. The characters had plenty of flesh but I didn’t love them & I disliked Matthew & I’m not sure if he’s redeemable – I hope he has his story as I’ll be very interested to see if the author can achieve this. I found Amelia to be a feisty, independent & selfish but also I could empathise with her. I had conflicting feelings about Lunden, although he was tortured I thought he was honourable & was shocked to find he wasn’t but he did redeem himself in the end. I found Charlotte & Lord Dearing intriguing & look forward to their story. My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

This was a wonderful start to the new series Midnight Secrets. My favorite trope of the damaged hero who needs to be redeemed and find love. Lunden, Duke of Scarsdale has so many terrible and painful memories, he tries to seclude himself away from society. Forced to go to town on business he has also promised to help his friend's sister Amelia find a suitable husband. Having admired Lunden when she was a child, she agrees to his help, but look out for her spirited and outspoken nature! I loved Lunden and Amelia. He was so complex and tried to hide all of his pent up angst and feelings. Amelia was really not looking forward to being married and basically being her husband's property. A delightful story that will keep you turning the pages as the relationship develops between these two! They both need love and hopefully they will find it with each other!! A really great story.