A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal by Darcy McGuire is the second book in a series called The Queen’s Deadly Damsels. The novel’s premise is that the Queen has asked some strong women to find out who is responsible for trapping young women in coffins and leaving them to die. It is in the second novel that the women discover that there are many women, not just a couple.
Millicent Whittenburg is in training and has been on the front line of the investigation. However she is constantly besieged by Major General Beaufort Drake after trying to get him to ruin her so she can focus on her investigation. Not only does Drake offer for her, he is also investigating the same situation. Drake however is hired by the Prime Minister.
Millicent and Drake are HOT together and share some of the same scars. Their determination and strength make them a force of nature. The house party put on and prepared by her step mother is something!
A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal by Darcy McGuire was a good read.
