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Scandalous Passions
by Nicola Davidson
Lady Janet is oh so scandalous. Once mistress to the king, she is now leaving court to make way for his young bride. Her escort is The Highland Beast. Lachlan, quiet, but large and menacing in battle. He has watched her from afar for quite some time. Her ward, Majorie, is the daughter of an enemy of the king and possibly a useful pawn in marriage contracts. The three of them travel to Janet's estate shes gifted by the king.
Janet is 33, a red head, very outspoken and definitely in charge attitude. Marjorie is 22 and has been shut up in a convent for 16 years. Allowed no enjoyment of life, desperate for someone's touch she's a very sweet and naive character. Lachlan has a reason he is so quiet and communicates through grunts.
Going to be fairly brief here. This is a novella and erotica. FMF romance with a long term queer happily ever after. If you don't like sex, don't touch this. The language isn't overly vulgar but it does the c**t word quite a bit, as well as f***. It doesn't come to bdsm but there is a bit of 'control' and 'punishment' used, just briefly, verbally.
It does cover a number of other small plot points, including tackling some larger issues. The sex scenes aren't extremely long, there's just quite a few of them. There is a bit of action and dialogue holding it together. I was curious how the ending was going to work out.
Overall I think it was okay. I think for me the things that prevented me from liking it more was that aspect of 'control' that Janet seemed to introduce a lot. I don't like it pointed out the way it was. Janet was definitely the alpha here. And I didn't love that either. I think I wanted the male to be, but this could totally work for others. She just came off almost motherly in some scenes, then changed to the sex goddess doling out favors and it was a little awkward for me by the end I guess? But hey, kudos to her. She was the kings mistress and definitely knows what she wants and how to manage that. :) I wanted to like Lachlan more. He was likable but I guess I wanted more from his perspective maybe? He was very docile.
Thanks netgalley for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Janet is 33, a red head, very outspoken and definitely in charge attitude. Marjorie is 22 and has been shut up in a convent for 16 years. Allowed no enjoyment of life, desperate for someone's touch she's a very sweet and naive character. Lachlan has a reason he is so quiet and communicates through grunts.
Going to be fairly brief here. This is a novella and erotica. FMF romance with a long term queer happily ever after. If you don't like sex, don't touch this. The language isn't overly vulgar but it does the c**t word quite a bit, as well as f***. It doesn't come to bdsm but there is a bit of 'control' and 'punishment' used, just briefly, verbally.
It does cover a number of other small plot points, including tackling some larger issues. The sex scenes aren't extremely long, there's just quite a few of them. There is a bit of action and dialogue holding it together. I was curious how the ending was going to work out.
Overall I think it was okay. I think for me the things that prevented me from liking it more was that aspect of 'control' that Janet seemed to introduce a lot. I don't like it pointed out the way it was. Janet was definitely the alpha here. And I didn't love that either. I think I wanted the male to be, but this could totally work for others. She just came off almost motherly in some scenes, then changed to the sex goddess doling out favors and it was a little awkward for me by the end I guess? But hey, kudos to her. She was the kings mistress and definitely knows what she wants and how to manage that. :) I wanted to like Lachlan more. He was likable but I guess I wanted more from his perspective maybe? He was very docile.
Thanks netgalley for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.