I found this book hillarious. I mean, if I was the main character in a novel something crazy like this would happen to me. I didn't realize that this was the third book when I read it, so I missed a very small almout of backstory. But it definately made me want to read books 1, 2, and one day 4.

Fine end to the series but nothing special. I think the author is good, but perhaps overreaches? It’s hard to figure out. I usually like but don’t love Edgewood’s books and this is no exception.

I really like this series and this new installment didn't disappoint. I wish there could be more of this series!

So this wasn’t my favorite of the series…I loved Leigh. He was so sweet and sexy and he was a bad-ass assassin type hero. Although, I will say, I wish his past exploits to recover his parents were more detailed to really give a stronger morally grey vibe! Marigold was sweet, but I just didn’t connect with her very well. There was also a strong ‘women’s right’ undercurrent to the plot; which was fine, but a little too thick for my taste. There were also a few things left hanging…I wanted to see Leigh spend more time with his mother, I wanted him to reveal his mission the last few years, an explanation for Miss Peel’s situation, and I also wanted to know more about Bryce & Carlotta! Overall, a decent read, but left me wishing it were more…

This was so fun. I enjoyed rooting for the characters and experiencing the fun with them.

Marigold is sassy and different from the MC's previously shown in the series.

I do think that this book is more enjoyable if you have read the series, but it can still be enjoyed as a standalone.

The true heart and strength of My So-Called Scoundrel by Fenna Edgewood are the interesting and well rounded hero and heroine. Edgewood's writing is charming and delightful, full of wit and banter, blended with sensuality and steam, and whole heartedly a sexy and funny read! This novel is well paced, asks and explores interesting questions, and is a charming end to Edgewood's Blakeley Manor series.

I adored our heroine, she is short and curvy, she is intelligent and bold, she wants to do good in the world and has a heart that is full of care and a willingness to help others that is so self-less. The hero is a black sheep of his family, he is believed to just be interested in pursuing pleasures of the flesh but in secret he has a much larger goal and purpose in mind. This novel opens with a bang, as the heroine finds our hero bloody and naked in her bed, and then he soon finds that he must act as chaperone to this reluctant debutant. This two are such a charming match and Edgewood beautifully builds their relationship. They don't only have an electric chemistry, they have a friendship that they build with each other that provides support and comfort, which makes their relationship easily root-able!

If you love a hero and heroine that are well matched than Edgewood gives you that in this story! While this is the third in a series, it can be read as a standalone, but is really charming when read in order as you watch each of the Spencer sisters find their matches in unexpected societal places.

This didn't really work for me. I really didn't like the male main character so I found myself not wanting the couple to get together.

Based on other reviews I guess it was just me that didn't feel connected to the characters. At first, it's because it was implied H was 22 years old which just felt so young. Then it was corrected that he was 26 or so. I still didn't feel like they had chemistry so I stopped reading it at 30 % or so.

Quite enjoyed this book, which matches up Marigold Spencer with Lord Leigh Blakely, who falls through Marigold's window one evening injured. Fenna Edgewood's characters can be quite merciless and Lord Leigh is another one who is out for revenge.

Not my favourite of Fenna Edgewood's series but a fun read all the same.

This was a wonderful tale. We have Marigold, a bluestocking who has no interest in marriage, and Leigh, the duke's brother, and a so-called Rake, but really it’s just a front. Leigh ends up climbing into the wrong window while wounded and falls into Marigold’s bed. She finds him, bandages his wound, and helps him back to his room.

Slowly throughout the story, we learn more about why Marigold is against marriage and what Leah is really up to and both have good reasons. I loved that Marigold was helping out at a hospital (Dispensary), she wasn’t meek or shy, but rearing and ready to go. She was such a strong-willed character and I adored it. Leigh has been up to what could be considered nefarious activities but for the reason of justice. Both of these characters are so well-matched and their sexy scenes together were just 🔥.

This wasn’t some tale about the usual members of the Ton, these two have depth and no desire to be part of the Ne’er-do-wells of society—they actually want to take steps to change things. I adored this book!

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Class differences, slow burn
Triggers: Gun and knife violence, gangs, kidnapping (in retrospect), abortion (told by secondary characters)

5 stars

A scoundrel who has the reputation as a rake is asked by his brother to look after his sister-in-law. Before her sister Laurel, married Leigh's brother she was a housekeeper and Marigold was a voluptuous maid. Leigh is manipulated to be part of the team bringing Marigold out in society. Leigh lusts after Marigold. He is also, with his uncle trying to kill his parents torturer.
Marigold doesn't like just being a debutante and wants to learn about medicine so she finds a medical centre that gives help to the poor of St Giles. It all works out well in the end. I enjoyed the story and this is a new author to me.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is historical romance, and is part of a series of interconnected books. I haven't read the others yet, but this worked fine as a standalone.

After her sister married very well our female main character finds herself elevated from housemaid to someone who is now having a season in London. She's not very keen on getting married, so she is considering an offered marriage of convenience - but then there's also her brother in law.

They first meet when she wakes up to find him bleeding on the bottom of her bed, and things develop from there!

I enjoyed this, I think the series is essentially the siblings from these 2 families (1 well off and titled, the other very much not) pairing off and our couple in this book are the last pair.

It's got an engaging subplot on top of the romance, as it's revealed that our male main character is essentially an assassin bent on getting revenge for his parents being kidnapped.

3.75 stars rounded up, this was a new to me author but I would read other books by them.

Like the other books in this series, this is a warm fun historical romance that I breezed through. I liked both of the characters and found the plot and side stories to be interesting, well written, and well paced (although I thought the ending was a tad rushed and anticlimactic).
I was hoping for a bit more - assassin/spy work in the plotline but unfortunately it was mostly backstory. I will say that although the premise of the series, having two families marry each other can make it hard to follow the family connections of who is related to whom and how.
The main characters shine through this book with their banter and antics. A fun light historical romance with some mystery elements.

The newest book, My So Called Scoundrel, in the Blakely Manor Series introduces the reader to the youngest son of the family, Lord Leigh Blakey whose absence has been commented on in previous books with unanswered questions hovering in the air when the family references him. Leigh is perceived as a selfish but charming rake of a man who avoids family obligation by living it up all over the Continent and England.

At the beginning of our book he literally tumbles into an unusual friendship with the Spencer family's youngest daughter Marigold. At their first meeting, Leigh admires Marigold's obvious abundant charms but soon finds that he is intrigued by her quick intelligence, challenged by her inability to take everything a face value and humbled by her desire to be of use in the world.

In a unexpected turn, Leigh finds himself chaperoning Marigold in her first Season and becoming sympathetic, with help from a few heated points unscored by Marigold, to all a young women must endured to find a suitor. As the book progresses, we see that Leigh is not like the man that society and his family see him to be. He completely loves his family and is secretly involved in a mystery introduced in previous books.
I adored the characters of Marigold and Leigh and especially appreciated the relationship that developed between the two. One is seen as flawed and unacceptable and the other as charmingly desirable in the eyes of Ton. Fenna Edgewood takes us through the stages of discovery as Marigold and Leigh uncover their deepest characters revealing their insecurities and fears.

My So Called Scoundrel has so many unexpected twist and turns that I had a difficult time putting it down. I would recommend that it be read in series order as each book builds on the previous. I am a big fan of Fenna Edgewood's writing having read many of her previous published titles!
I believe that My So Called Scoundrel is a gem and should not be overlooked!

I received an ARC from NetGalley.. I voluntarily offer my personal opinions.

Although this can be read as a stand-alone (as I did) you would probably have more understanding of the characters if you had read the previous books. Having said that, I still enjoyed this book.
Marigold isn’t easily swayed, even by the persuasions of Leigh, Lord Blakely. She may have been forced to have a season, but that doesn’t mean she will meekly submit to a loveless marriage. Untutored in the ways of love she may consider a marriage of convenience if it gives her what she wants. Leigh wants to dissuade her from this and attempts to show her how passion can affect her. Trouble is, he didn’t realise that he would also be affected. How can he let her marry anyone else? And does Marigold have any say in this? Great repartee, and an ongoing attraction plus some steamy scenes. With thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy.

This was the third installment of 'The Blakeley Manor' Series'. I have been fortunate enough to have also read the previous books as well. This series is the only Fenna Edgewood story I have read.

My So-Called Scoundrel is about Marigold Spencer and Lord Leigh Blakeley. Their lives are already entangled, as their sisters and brothers are married. They meet in a strange manner and within a short time, they become endeared with one another. I enjoyed how this was mostly about Marigold becoming her own woman and Lord Leigh had a smaller role, yet he learned a lot about what he wanted in life.

Thank you to Fenna Edgewood, WOLF Publishing and NetGalley for allowing me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was my first book in this series, and I had no trouble getting into the story. We have Marigold an ex-housemaid now turned debutante due to her sister also an ex-housekeeper marring the duke. Oh, my seems her family all married above themselves. Marigold never thought to have a season or be called a Lady. She is shorter than most and plump and with many curves, big busted too. A man's dream but she gets spoken to too badly and unfairly by the other young society Ladies. Marigold doesn’t even want a season or to marry, but with her brother in-law, Dare giving her a much to large dowry she is drawing lots of attraction from the wrong kinds of men. She meets her missing brother-in law in the most unfortunate way. He climbs in her bedroom window, passes out on the foot of her bed cut and bleeding. What most young Ladies would do is scream down the house but being a very intelligence, helpful person who would love to study medicine she tends to him. Cleaning and bandaging his wound. Leigh is the underdog of the family known as a rake and scoundrel. He is shocked to find himself in the wrong room, half naked and with his new sister-in-law! He may have just ruined her reputation before even knowing her name. When this event comes to light of her sister, his brother and grandmother he finds himself her new escort for the season. I don’t know who more surprised Marigold or Leigh was. As they spent time together, both found out secrets of each other. Neither is what they seem, and both have desires and plans. When an even bigger rake and scoundrel than him sets his sights on Marigold, Leigh steps in to show her what passion is all about and what she would be missing in a marriage of convenience. There is a lot going on behind the scenes in this story. Where does Leigh disappear to and what are he and his uncle up to? Why is Marigold going to a really bad area of town with the blessing of Lady Fulford? How does the nastier, stuck-up couple of Debutantes end up needing Marigold help? This is a fast-moving story with lots of ups and downs, tons of steam and learning what is really dear to a person after all. This is a book not to be missed. I really need to read the rest of this series. If all the books are this good. I received an ARC and want to thank the author. This is my honest opinion and am freely giving it.

I recieved a free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is the last book in the Blakely series.
With her siblings marriages Marigold has gone from being a maid to having a season in London. A Season she does not want. No, Marigold wants to help the poor and sick ( with Miss Barry from the previous book). Before her Season commences she meet her new brother in law as she lays bleeding on the bed she is sleeping in.
After having Marigold patch him up, Leigh is recruited into acting as her guardian during the season. But he quickly wants her for himself.
I liked that Marigold kept her independence and will to work hard even through her sister is now married to a duke. I like that this book didn't shy away from looking at the problems faced by women at the time. Unwanted pregnancy and abortion. Women being unable to become doctors.
Leigh was a good MMC and his relationship with Marigold was fantastic.
This was much better than the last book ( in whose review I said I wasn't sure I would read this one and I am so glad I did) and my favorite in the series.
I do want to see Harley and Miss Barry's story still.

Marigold Spencer is a curvaceous young lady elevated in society as her sister has married a Duke. She knows what she wants and a London season is not one of them.
Leigh Blakeley, younger brother of the Duke and known as a rake, arrives at Blakeley Manor one night. He climbs in through a bedroom window and collapses on the foot of the bed. Marigold discovers him in a bad way. She cleans him up and bandages his wound, before helping him to his own
room.
Leigh is later talked into being a chaperone for Marigold as she enters London society. The instant chemistry between the two of them grows and when Marigold receives a marriage proposal from another, Leigh decides that he wants Marigold for himself.
I enjoyed this book very much and was given a free copy by Wolf Publishing in exchange of a review.

I loved the hero and heroine of this book! Marigold (delightful flower, delightful name) is one of the most grounded heroines I’ve read in a long time. She knows who she is and where she hails from, and her approach to being sponsored for a London season after her working-class upbringing is pitch perfect. Her brother-in-law Leigh is charged with chaperoning her to events. Just like Marigold, Leigh is at a turning point in his life—but he doesn’t realize in what ways his life may change. Seeing their journey to understand what it is they want from life made My So-Called Scoundrel an enthralling read.

Marigold and Leigh are shifting from lives controlled by their pasts to lives where they define their futures. Both Marigold and Leigh have to realize things about themselves, and seeing them discover a fiery attraction to one another while that’s going on made for a truly hot and intriguing read. Leigh in particular goes all caveman on Marigold, and I for one loved how that made him both feral and befuddled.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the secondary characters in this book, like the sly Lady Fulford and the forceful Miss Barry. My So-Called Scoundrel seems to end Edgewood’s Blakeley series, but I really hope Edgewood is planning stories for Hartley and Miss Peel, as well as Carlotta and Caleb Bryce—I loved their unusual approaches to life and wanted to find out more!