Dukes of Scandal (Lords of Scandal) (2024)

Duke of Daring
When a group of debutantes arrive at the Den of Sins the noblemen who own the club agree that each one of them will protect one of the debutantes. The Duke of Darlington has a problem Miss Minerva Chase is not the average lady. From the moment his compatriots assign Daring to keep watch over the fiery redhead, she begins stirring trouble. They lock horns at heir every meeting but they can’t stop thinking about each other when they are apart.
Enemies to lovers is my favourite trope & Tag & Minnie didn’t disappoint, their verbal sparring was hugely entertaining & I loved how Minnie was often the victor. I also loved how their relationship developed & how they found they could confide in each other. Tag’s final proposal was really touching & showed how he really felt.

Duke of Decadence
The Duke of Devonhall aka the Duke of Decadence or Bash knows exactly what he’s like & what his father was like & so he hopes never to marry and carry on that family legacy. Miss Isabella Carrington has a gift or is it? but with her father missing & not answering letters & their solicitor not willing to release funds desperate times call for desperate measures so she sneaks into a gaming hell, dressed as a man to play to win with her ability to count cards. But of course, the shrewd Duke of Decadence learns all of it in the course of a single evening. And when he comes to her with a proposition…work at the Den of Sins in exchange for his protection and her sisters’ launch into society, she isn’t certain how she can refuse. But Isabella doesn’t want to accept either.
I loved Bash & Isabella, the chemistry between them sizzled from the start & they complemented each other so well. A very well written page turning book, which I read in a sitting as the pages flew by with a wicked uncle, a fake aunt, a mysterious benefactor & three other sisters who are almost as feisty as Isabella. I was drawn in from the start & finished it with a smile

Duke of Chance
The Duke of Danesbury, better known as Chance, has taken over the gaming hell, the Den of Sins. And while he knows he’ll have to marry again at some point, it’s very much once bitten twice shy. Lady Daisy Longrove sister of the Marquis of Hartwell, Chance’s best friend, is caught in a compromising situation with the Earl of Edgemere but when Hart threatens to withhold her dowry Edge doesn’t keep his promise of marriage so she’s all but ruined. That’s when Chance makes her an offer. He’ll save her by marrying her, if she’ll provide him with an heir and then allow him the freedom to do as he chooses.
This is the start of the third round of the series where a group of eight own the Den of Sins, a gambling den the previous owners have all married & the Den is under new management. New investors are chosen but then they find that there is a shortage in the takings. Another very well written very easy to read book as the story flows effortlessly, the characters have depth & I can’t wait to get to know them better. I loved both Chance & Daisy & loved their journey to a HEA. A captivating read which ticked all the boxes for me, a lovely romance with a dash of mystery.

DUKE OF DARING - Lord Dartagnan Darlington, The Duke of Darlington, aka Tag, Duke of Daring is desperate to keep the gaming club he & his noblemen friends own a secret. The problem started when the Chase sisters & cousins were told about the club & they came to the club to see if it was true. Now each of the men have agreed to make sure none of the ladies tell society about the secret gaming hell owed by society nobles but to also protect them! Tag, has been picked to look after Miss Minerva "Minnie" Chase but from the second he had met her, he determined she was trouble & the redhead was no average debutante. Every time they meet, they bang heads, disagreeing on everything but when they are not together, their thoughts are constantly on each other. Their arguments were entertaining & I loved that Minnie often won the war of words. Minnie & Tag's love took a while to grow but went from enemies, to friends, to lovers, to marriage & I loved Tag's proposal to Minnie. Tammy Andresen, as always, has written a fun story with wonderful characters which pull you in & make you part of their lives.

DUKE OF DECADENCE - Every book just keeps getting better or is that possible. All the heroes in this series have been handsome, honorable, fun & funny & the heroines are lovely, strong & kind. Bash & Isabella fit that description, perfectly. His real title was Duke of Devonhall but at their club, Den of Sins, no one used real names; so, he was called the Duke of Decadence or Bash. He grew up with an abusive father known as the Demon Duke & Bash has worked very hard over the years to keep the temper, he feels he has inherited from his father under control. Besides being honorable to the extreme, he knows that he can never fall in love or marry because he can't chance losing control of his temper & hurting someone he cares about. Isabella Carrington is lovely, smart, strong & loves her sisters more than anything. They grew up in a loving family & their father was a very successful merchant who travelled often for business purposes. A year ago, her mother died & her Father found someone was stealing profits from his business & the sisters have not heard from him in over nine months. They have no money because their father isn't there to release funds to them & their evil uncle is threatening to sell their home, arrange marriages to horrible men & declare their father dead so he can take the business. They have a plan & oh, what a plan it is! The plan & how Isabella & Bash meet is so much fun with some danger, humor, romance & wonderful family interactions. Bash not only takes on protecting Isabella, but she comes as a package, so he is also responsible for her sisters safely - it's the honorable thing to do. The electricity between Bash & Isabella is page turning hot. I highly recommend this book as it is full of family loyalty & love, strong & kind characters & a story that has enough danger, humor that you can't put it down!

DUKE OF CHANCE - Chance, The Duke of Danesbury is part owner, with seven other peers, in a gaming hell known as the Den of Sins. Chance is a handsome rake & one of his partners is his childhood friend, the Marquess of Hartwell, Hart. On this night, they were notified they have had a large shortage in their cash count- but how could this happen? A few minutes later, Hart receives an important message from his aunt that his younger sister, Lady Daisy Longrove, has been compromised & ruined by the destitute rake, Baron Edgemore. He & Chance head to his aunt's home - Chance & Daisy begin the repair of her reputation, the mystery of several nights of missing money is investigated. I really enjoyed this book & it had all the elements that work for me - well-written, good pace, interesting story, lovable characters, spicy romance with some mystery & intrigue. But the main success if the book for me was it left me smiling & happy, I had read their story. I don't go over the story in my review because it's cheating the reader but let me say that the story grabs your interest immediately & keeps you quickly turning pages until the HEA & The End.​

1 Duke of Daring

An encounter when her cousins raided "The Den of Sin", to find the truth about Lord Etherington, had lead to a need for closer scrutiny of the ladies, to ensure the club's secrets were kept.

2 Duke of Decadence

They met in surprising circ*mstances, but he had an immediate attraction, although he tried very hard to hide it. He couldn't hide his protective instinct, and both her and her sisters were in desperate need of a protector.

3 Duke of Chance

He was saving his best friend's sister from the scorn of the ton, or was he?
Did he actually have feelings for the beautiful but naive, debutante.