In Search of Scandal
About
He’s lost in the wilderness of the past. She’s the sunlight he never saw coming.
A SCARRED EXPLORER…
In 1850’s London, the city is abuzz with the tale of Will Repton. Scarred in body and soul, the lone survivor of a massacre in Tibet has returned to England a hero, but the wounded explorer has no time for glory. Avowed to return to the land that nearly killed him, nothing will deter him from his quest, and no one will unearth his secret. Until Will meets a woman who is nothing he ever expected—and more than he believes his dark heart could ever deserve.
...IS NO MATCH FOR AN ADVENTUROUS HEART.
Beautiful Charlotte Baker is the Incomparable of the Season—vivacious, charming, and utterly unprepared for the storm that is Will Report. Yet beneath her dazzling smiles lies a yearning for a love to tame her boundless heart. When Charlotte meets Will—quite literally, the man of her dreams—no other man will do. And despite the shadows that haunt him, she is determined to bring him back into the light.
The mantel clock is ticking. The tides are changing. What if an explorer’s greatest adventure doesn’t lie across an ocean, but within his own lost heart?
Praise for this book
"Readers seeking a powerful and poignant story that satisfies both their hearts and minds are sure to put this high on their TBR pile. The ending will bring tears to their eyes."
"Lord introduces the first of her London Explorers in this delightful debut... Passionate characters and personal adventures come alive in Lord’s post-Regency series opener."
"A warm and complex Victorian romance…[the characters’] romantic and intellectual connection, as well as the strongly drawn supporting characters, make this novel worth the reader’s while."
"...an emotionally compelling, heart-rending debut."