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    Dangerous
    Dangerous
    Dangerous
    Audiobook10 hours

    Dangerous

    Written by Minerva Spencer

    Narrated by Heather Wilds

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn't been free in seventeen years-since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first Season. Worst of all is her ashamed father's ultimatum: marry a man of his choosing or live out her life in seclusion. No doubt her potential groom is a demented octogenarian. Fortunately, Mia is no longer a girl, but a clever woman with a secret-and a plan of her own . . .

    Adam de Courtney's first two wives died under mysterious circumstances. Now there isn't a peer in England willing to let his daughter marry the dangerously handsome man the ton calls The Murderous Marquess. Nobody except Mia's father, the desperate Duke of Carlisle. Clearly Mia must resemble an aging matron, or worse. However, in need of an heir, Adam will use the arrangement to his advantage . . .

    But when the two outcasts finally meet, assumptions will be replaced by surprises, deceit by desire-and a meeting of minds between two schemers may lead to a meeting of hearts-if the secrets of their pasts don't tear them apart . . .

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 30, 2019
    ISBN9781977342355
    Dangerous
    Author

    Minerva Spencer

    Minerva Spencer was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has lived in Canada, the US, Europe, Africa, and Mexico. After receiving her M.A. in Latin American History from The University of Houston she taught American History for five years before going to law school. She was a prosecutor and labor lawyer before purchasing a bed and breakfast in Taos, NM, where she lives with her husband and dozens of rescue animals.

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    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book. All the characters were very interesting. Loved Adam and Mia. Even Ramsey and Buchan were fascinating. Awesome book
    • 4/5
      Some parts were just straight up silly, and the wrap-up felt very rushed And why have the epilogue from the viewpoint of one of their children, who is kind of flailing in their own life, and who isn't that close with the hero apparently, and thinks the main couple's sex life (that they even have one) is gross? The child was a minor character, why does their opinion even merit, much less have the final say? It seemed like a very weird choice! . But, this is my first book from this author and I look forward to reading more. The heroine was a bit overly feisty I think (seems like every redheaded female is written that way), but the main couple had chemistry and I enjoyed the wide vocabulary used. There was a lot going on, and I would have edited out some of the drama, personally, but overall I enjoyed this book. Also, it set up the heroes of the next two books well which I like.
    • 5/5
      Euphemia Marlington considered poisoning the Duke of Carlisle!Great start to a new serious with a seriously dangerous, uncanny hero and a wonderfully outrageous heroine. But what can you expect from a woman whose spent seventeen years in a harem just surviving.Euphemia Marlington's return to the bosom of her family was uncomfortable for all. Mia's father, the Duke of Carlisle cannot wait to have her taken off his hands. Marriage to anyone, even a rumored wife murderer such as Adam de Courtney, the Marquess of Exley, was an option.Mia has her own objectives that the idea of marriage will fit into. What she didn't expect was to find her husband all that she could want. Likewise, Adam did not expect to become enamored with a fascinating wife, freed from the shackles of polite society by her experiences. Steamy moments ensue.There are faint echoes of Léonie and Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, from Heyer's 'These Old Shades' resonating in places. Particularly when opponents underestimate the whiplike strength and disdainful airs of Adam. Or the way Mia entrances Adam, her ability to curl up into his heart.Spencer has a wonderful turn of phrase. I particularly liked her description of when Mia first sees Adam entering the ballroom, "The man merely raised his quizzing glass and surveyed the room as a hawk might sweep a field for rodents."Fascinating!A Kensington ARC via NetGalley
    • 5/5
      Dangerous by Minerva SpencerThe Outcasts #1What fun this book was! I love reading new-to-me authors that create wonderful stories and make me want to read more books of theirs when I finish. This was just such a book :)Euphemia “Mia” Marlington is a woman with a past…a past not many of us would have survived. I admired her not only for her ability to survive but also because she is a splendid person who is warm and generous and knows more about life and what she wants than most. I loved her openness and wisdom and her ability to be forthright without being forward…well…perhaps a bit forward. Adam de Courtney, Marquess of Exley was complex and intriguing and a brilliant match for Mia. He was closed off in many ways due to his past and yet that past was, when revealed, not one that should have wreaked the havoc on his life that it did. I liked him and I liked him with Mia even more than I liked either of them alone. This story has wonderful supporting characters that I would love to see in stories of their own. I found the hero and heroine to be people I would love to meet and get to know. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from the ballroom to the bedroom and whether on land or sea. What a delight this book was to read as it took me back in time to reading one of my father’s books, The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini, even though that book had a male who became a slave instead of a female. Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing – Zebra Press – This is my honest review. 4-5 Stars