London's Wicked Affair

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

Lunden was such a broken man. My heart went out to him. He needed to find out that love may hurt but was a necessity. I loved Amelia's determination to find her own husband and to torment her brother somewhat for his choices for her. Her views were based on what she saw around her, including the bad. Amelia and Lunden connected so strongly, but neither recognized it for what it was. The secondary characters also need healing and made the story that much better. I look forward to Matthew and Charlotte finding their respective HEAs (hopefully they will come). I recommend this story, and I look forward to more in this series. I received an ARC of this story through Netgalley, and it is also a Book Obsessed Chicks Review Team selection. This is my unsolicited review.

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