Mercia Saunders was studying art at the Pennsylvania Academy, when she took her sketching too far and they shipped her belongings home to Newport, Rhode Island. Her father Adam isn’t impressed, he gives her two choices, marry one of the three men he has picked out for her or visit her brother Fitz in dusty Texas.

Mercia likes her comforts, shopping, social life and being banished to Texas sounds boring and she hasn’t seen her brother in seven years. But, it’s a far better option than marrying one of the men her father has chosen, she packs her trunks and begins her journey west.

Her father has organized for her to travel with the Williams family, they stop in Chicago and then she leaves civilization behind. Pinkerton Agent Dominic Prentice, is trying to find a stolen locket and Mercia’s father has employed him to keep an eye on his daughter as well.

He finds Mercia very attractive, he goes by the name Grant Preston, and she gets rather flustered around him. While staying at the Star S Ranch, he notices Mercia has drawn a picture of the locket he’s being trying to locate, and a lady was wearing it in Chicago. Allan Pinkerton’s impressed with Mercia's drawing skills, he offers her a job working as an artist for his agency and Dominic asks her to marry him. I received a copy of Taming A Scandal in exchange for an honest review, a sweet romance and three stars from me.

I think for me on this book was the cover. The cover is beautiful! I'm wondering what this young woman is thinking about?
There were some interesting scenes in the book and I loved the historical part of it but mostly I thought part of it drug.
Like all books I choose from Netgalley I went ahead and finished it.
I'm glad I did though. A wonderful read that is entertaining and the heroine is unique.
I'm sorry but this just wasn't my cup of tea so to speak.
I still recommend this book because someone else may enjoy this
My thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book. NO compensations were received. All opinions are my own.

This book was a great light read! A little romance, with some mystery! I will probably look up the other titles in this series!

There wasnt really anything wrong with this book, I just don't think it was the book for me. I got quite bored about a quarter of the way through and it took me a loooong time to finish because of that. I'd be interested to read more by this author as I enjoy the way that she writes but this book just wasn't the one.

Mercia Sanders has been evicted from her boarding house, and now her father has set a decision in front of her. Either she allows herself to be courted by the son of a Newport business owner, or she goes to her brother's ranch and stays out of trouble. Pinkerton Agent Dominic has been hired to keep her under surveillance. Can these two find love under such circumstances?

This was a clean read, I will give it that. However, I found little I liked about Mercia. She starts out a spoiled socialite, and she doesn't change through the story. At no point does she admit she may have made a mistake or that her father was right. Instead, she forced everyone to conform to her viewpoint. Her independent attitude didn't feel right for the time period.

Dominic was a bit more interesting, changing disguises to keep from getting noticed by Mercia. But that also makes it even more unrealistic. While I accept that he falls for Mercia, what basis does she have for loving him, when she's never met the real him?

Not my favorite read, but other's might not be as particular as me.