O Perfume do Escândalo (Patifes & Cavalheiros Livro 16)

by Emma V. Leech, Vânia Nunes (Editor), Inês Vanmuysen (Translator)

Selecionado entre os 20 melhores “Romances em Destaque” no Kindle Storyteller Awards 2019 da Amazon UK, entre mais de 9.000 obras inscritas.

Uma jovem desamparada, salva pela mão da Providência.
Quando a Srta. Fredericka Wycliffe perde seu excêntrico Tio Phin e herda todos os seus bens terrenos, ela mal pode acreditar em sua sorte. Phineas Wycliffe, um missionário fervoroso, não era um homem rico, mas um pequeno chalé nas Terras Altas da Escócia e um legado modesto parecem riquezas além dos sonhos mais ousados de Fredericka.

A condição.
Para cumprir os termos do testamento, Fredericka deve jurar sobre a Bíblia que continuará o trabalho de caridade de seu tio em seu último e maior levar luz ao mundo sombrio de seu vizinho mais próximo – o Laird do clã Moncreiffe, que vive no imponente e parcialmente arruinado Tor Castle.

Um homem com cicatrizes, visíveis e ocultas.
Ross Moncreiffe é um homem duro, e o melhor é deixá-lo em paz. Promovido de simples soldado a capitão dos Cameron Highlanders, a guerra o deixou marcado e cheio de fúria. A última coisa que deseja é uma senhorita inglesa toda virtuosa instalada à sua porta, empenhada em reformar seu caráter.

Baunilha e canela.
Mas a Srta. Wycliffe não dá sua palavra levianamente, tampouco se intimida com facilidade. Além do mais, provocar esse grandalhão carrancudo das Terras Altas é uma tentação deliciosa demais para resistir. Algo diz a essa intrépida jovem que há mais no escocês do que ele aparenta e... por que será que ele sempre tem um cheiro tão bom?
Ross de fato guarda uma paixão surpreendente – uma que preferiria morrer a revelar.

Está declarada a guerra de vontades.

338 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2025

About the author

Bestselling author hiding mostly in 19th-century England, venturing out only for chocolate and tea.

Emma V. Leech is the award-winning author of multiple bestselling series across Regency romance, Regency mystery and paranormal romance. Fall in love with swoon-worthy rogues, bold heroines, witty banter and deeply romantic happily-ever-afters. Follow Emma on BookBub for new releases and exclusive deals.

EMMA’S BOOKS

Rogues And Gentlemen
Regency romance – 17-book series (ongoing)
Sexy, tumultuous and irresistibly romantic. From pirates and smugglers to earls and dukes, these unforgettable rogues will sweep you away!

Winter Rogue
A Regency Christmas romance within the Rogues & Gentlemen world
A scandal-weary earl, a runaway heiress and a crumbling country estate snowed in for Christmas. A sensual, heart-tugging holiday novella about redemption, desire and a love neither of them expects.

A Rogues and Gentlemen Christmas
A standalone Regency Christmas romance
A collection of three romantic holiday stories featuring beloved Rogues & Gentlemen characters. Expect snowstorms, sizzling tension, unexpected proposals, mistletoe moments and heart-melting happily-ever-afters – a cosy festive escape for Regency romance lovers.

The Girl Is Not For Christmas
A standalone Regency Christmas romance
Miss Olivia Penrose is the only thing standing between her family and ruin when a brooding aristocrat crashes into her carefully laid plans. Sparks fly amid family secrets, snowy scandals and irresistible festive longing in this passionate, witty and deeply romantic winter read.

Girls Who Dare
Regency romance – 12-book series
Inside every wallflower is the heart of a lioness. When these overlooked young women make a pact to change their lives, rules are broken, reputations are risked and love becomes the most daring adventure of all.

Daring Daughters
Victorian romance – 19-book series and two compilations
The next generation of the Girls Who Dare. Their mothers risked everything for love – now their daughters are ready to be even bolder. An ongoing series of fiercely romantic stories set in a rapidly changing world.

Wicked Sons
Victorian romance – 12-book series
Their mothers dared all for love. Their sisters did the same. Now it’s the sons’ turn… dangerous, tempting and determined not to fall – until the right woman brings them to their knees.

The Venturesome Ladies Of Little Valentine
Regency romance – my current series
A quiet seaside village, a wave of scandalous newcomers and local ladies who refuse to be swept aside. A warm, witty Regency series full of secrets, second chances and delicious enemies-to-lovers romance.

The Regency Romance Mysteries
Regency romantic suspense – 3-book series
Dashing heroes, wicked villains, murder, mystery – and heroines who refuse to sit prettily and wait to be rescued. Perfect if you like your Regency romance served with danger and intrigue.

The French Vampire Legend
Paranormal romance – 4-book series
A dark, dramatic and heart-wrenching tale of courage, sacrifice and a love that not even time, war or monsters can destroy. Gothic atmosphere, high stakes and a romance that refuses to die.

The French Fae Legend
Fantasy romance – 4-book series
An award-winning saga with close to sixteen million online reads. Moving between modern-day France and the Fae Lands, these books weave powerful magic, danger and an all-consuming love that proves stronger than any enchantment.

The Book Lover
A standalone paranormal romance novella
A book-obsessed young woman, an infuriatingly charming stranger and the unnerving sense that stories might be bleeding into real life. A short, intensely romantic tale for anyone who has ever fallen in love with books… and perhaps with something not entirely of this world.