The Scandalous Miss Delaney

by Catherine Blair

Mischievous Madeline Delaney had gone so far as to dance a waltz and walk in the garden with Lord Lambrook. Now, she might be ruined unless he offered for her hand. So a desperate Madeline, donning a ludicrous disguise, tracked him down at his club. There, she was snubbed, left without a shilling for a cab, and finally rescued by a handsome stranger. Devon Forth was a gentleman who found Madeline irresistible. But would she risk everything...for the right man to love?

Genres: Regency, Romance

252 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Catherine Blair (a.k.a. Cordia Byers) grew up in Texas, were she spent her high school years writing romances for her friends. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Cornell University and currently studies opiate addiction. No one else thinks that the pun between "heroin addiction" and "heroine addiction" is as funny as she does. Catherine is a member of the Romance Writers of America and lives with her husband in San Diego, California.

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh. I didn't like either of the main characters: Madeline was immature and Devin was an asshole. I can read romances with weak plot, but awful characters are pretty insurmountable.

[Noelle Gracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

first book by Catherine Blair

[Patria · Rating 2 out of 5]

A sexless and mediocre read.

A rambling detail:

Madeline was compromised at a party by Lord Lambrook so she goes out looking for him at his club in order to get a proposal from him so that she can fix the scandal. When she goes to the club, she comes across a man who helps her and then ends up escorting her home. He scolds her. Days later, she's in the country as her dad has banished her from London until the scandal dies down, she comes across the man again who happens to be an untitled gentelman/tutor to her, (forgot name?). They bicker but develop a mutual respect. Lambrook appears at the house by accident, he's broke and after a few days remembers her and tries to force her to go to Gretna Green. Tutor calls him out and he doesn't show up to dual, he's gone. Next day tutor is gone, it appears that his cousin has died and he's the next in line for title. He becomes Lord something or other. Miss Delaney misses him, she realizes that she has fallen in love with him and ends up bumping into him in London at a masked ball...she's elated but says the wrong thing by questioning his appearance at such an exclusive party. He gets offended and is seen gallavanting at these events with some widow, but he does this in order to avoid the matchmakers. Eventually, Lambrook shows up at one of these parties and tries to extort/compromise Madeline...this guy saves her but in doing so compromises her but he offers for her. The good/funny part is really at the end when she thinks the guy isn't marrying her out of love only out of obligation and she wears something hideous to scare him off but his old "gf", the widow sees her.