I present to you a guest review of SOME LIKE IT SCANDALOUS,
a Gilded Age Girls Club novel by Maya Rodale, published June 18, 2019.
Blurb for
SOME LIKE IT SCANDALOUS:
They
are sworn enemies…
Theodore
Prescott the Third, one of Manhattan’s Rogues of Millionaire Row, has really
done it this time. The only way to survive his most recent, unspeakably
outrageous scandal is marry someone respectable. Someone sensible. Someone like
Daisy Swan. Of all the girls in Gilded Age Manhattan, it had to be her.
Pretending
to be lovers...
Daisy
Swan has plans and they do not involve a loveless marriage with anyone. But
when a devastating family secret threatens to destroy her standing in society,
suddenly a fake engagement with Theo is just the thing to make all her dreams
come true.
And
now it’s time to kiss and make up…
Daisy
Swan aspires to sell cosmetics that she has created, but this brainy scientist
needs a smooth talking charmer’s flair for words and eye for beauty to make it
a success. Before long, Daisy and Theo are trading kisses. And secrets. And
discovering that despite appearances, they might be the perfect couple after
all.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Connie’s
Review:
New York
City - 1883
Miss Daisy Swan, age 13, is not a pretty young girl and the other children of Manhattan’s finest families tease her constantly. It doesn’t bother her because she’s busy reading books on chemistry which fascinates her. After being teased and humiliated by Theodore Prescott, the third, Daisy swears that she will hate him forever and will remain a spinster.
New York City - 1895
Now Daisy is 25 and still not considered to be pretty. Her sisters, Rose, Camilla, and Lily are all lovely young women and married. Daisy is soon to graduate from Barnard College and then, with her knowledge of chemistry, hopes to create and sell beauty products for women. However, her mother wants her to marry. When Daisy reminds her mother that she had been promised to be able to remain a spinster and have her own business, her mother confesses that her father has made some bad business decisions recently and now they need money. She tells her that she must get married and she will marry Theo. What? Not Theo!!
Theodore Prescott, the second, is a hardworking man who has earned millions of dollars. His son, Theodore (Theo) Prescott, the third, on the other hand, spends his time entertaining himself. Theo has no interest in the making of steel. Rather, he just enjoys women. However, the recent scandal in which he was involved has convinced his father that he is to get married and he will marry Daisy or he will be cut off. What? Not Daisy!!
Daisy and Theo meet up to discuss their predicament. As they chat, Theo learns that Daisy has created a face cream that has left her own complexion lovely and dewy. With his help, they name the face cream and open a store to sell it. This togetherness sparks a friendship of sorts that leads to an attraction. Will it be enough for them to actually go through with the wedding that Daisy’s mother is planning?
This is a lovely enemies to lovers novel with some strong characters and lots of humor. I was impressed with Daisy and Theo’s ingenuity in setting up and selling her face cream. I enjoyed the story and I think other readers will as well.
Copy provided by NetGalley and Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Miss Daisy Swan, age 13, is not a pretty young girl and the other children of Manhattan’s finest families tease her constantly. It doesn’t bother her because she’s busy reading books on chemistry which fascinates her. After being teased and humiliated by Theodore Prescott, the third, Daisy swears that she will hate him forever and will remain a spinster.
New York City - 1895
Now Daisy is 25 and still not considered to be pretty. Her sisters, Rose, Camilla, and Lily are all lovely young women and married. Daisy is soon to graduate from Barnard College and then, with her knowledge of chemistry, hopes to create and sell beauty products for women. However, her mother wants her to marry. When Daisy reminds her mother that she had been promised to be able to remain a spinster and have her own business, her mother confesses that her father has made some bad business decisions recently and now they need money. She tells her that she must get married and she will marry Theo. What? Not Theo!!
Theodore Prescott, the second, is a hardworking man who has earned millions of dollars. His son, Theodore (Theo) Prescott, the third, on the other hand, spends his time entertaining himself. Theo has no interest in the making of steel. Rather, he just enjoys women. However, the recent scandal in which he was involved has convinced his father that he is to get married and he will marry Daisy or he will be cut off. What? Not Daisy!!
Daisy and Theo meet up to discuss their predicament. As they chat, Theo learns that Daisy has created a face cream that has left her own complexion lovely and dewy. With his help, they name the face cream and open a store to sell it. This togetherness sparks a friendship of sorts that leads to an attraction. Will it be enough for them to actually go through with the wedding that Daisy’s mother is planning?
This is a lovely enemies to lovers novel with some strong characters and lots of humor. I was impressed with Daisy and Theo’s ingenuity in setting up and selling her face cream. I enjoyed the story and I think other readers will as well.
Copy provided by NetGalley and Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and honest review.
SOME LIKE IN
SCANDALOUS, a Gilded Age Girls Club novel by Maya Rodale, Avon Romance, available
now ebook, print, and audio at Amazon, Barnes
& Noble, and Kobobooks.
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