Widowed Alicia Lindsay has finally found a way for her voice to be heard. She secretly writes political chapbooks and has focused on the candidates for Prime Minister. She's never vicious in her commentaries, but points out ways for the candidates to improve the lives of poorer citizens. She's most interested in Niall Campbell, Marquess of Inverray, who she believes is the best candidate for Prime Minister for his efforts regarding better working conditions for children. When an unfortunate mishap with her brooch in the ballroom, she suddenly finds herself engaged to the handsome Scot Niall. Niall steps up and marries Alicia to save them both from scandal, but most especially for himself. His candidacy cannot withstand the scandal. What Niall doesn't know is the more time he spends with Alicia, the more he is frustrated and intrigued.

Ms. De la Rosa has written an intriguing story about Alicia and Niall. The brooch was a clever way to bring about a wedding. She adds the mystery of Niall trying to find out who the chapbook writer is and how Alicia tries to find a way to tell her new husband she's the one he's looking for. I was happy to see there wasn't any insta love in the story, but a slow build up to their happily ever after. Alicia was a strong woman who stood up for her opinions. There is definitely quite a bit of politics discussed in the book so readers should be aware of that plot element. I found it fascinating and enjoyed this book as it tackled a unique idea. I definitely plan to read more by Ms. De la Rosa in the future.

This novel is a charming, fast paced and fairly low angst romp. I found Liana De la Rosa's writing to be wonderfully accessible, comforting and familiar in style while inter weaving politics of the time to create a more remarkable love story. Liana De la Rosa's ease and light handed writing style helped to craft a lovely world for the characters to come alive in. Using the main trope of marriage of convenience, Liana De la Rosa is able to put her hero and heroine in close proximity so they can banter and learn how to understand and charm the other.

The hero-Niall is fairly singularly focused on his political career and his aspiration and bid to become the next Prime Minister. When Niall meets the heroine, Alicia, he is instantly attached to her and drawn into her presence. Alicia, a widow, has turned her recent years towards political pursuits and drafting columns (anonymously) that voice her critics of the current political climate and the people who are making the laws. Upon first meeting of each other, they are both charmed by the other and intrigue to continue to expand their knowledge of the other. After a wardrobe malfunction at a ball, they both find themselves in a marriage of convenience.

This novel is a fairly slow burn as both Niall and Alicia tip toe around each other early on in their marriage. I did find their conversations and banter around each other to be pretty intriguing as they challenged each other's understandings of their political views and aspirations. As they finally trust each other to explore the more physical side of marriage, I found that their banter and conversations grew into something really lovely. Also this novel features one of my all time favorite tropes in which the hero or heroine has to caretake while the other is ill or injured, and it was very sweet to read this scene because I always feel like it is a lovely way to show the beginnings of stronger feelings of love.

This is a really sweet novel about two people who have high hopes for the future of their country with strong ideas about how to go about enacting that change. I love that we were able to see Niall and Alicia respect each other, listen to each other and understand what they truly found important. I would recommend this read if you would like to explore a love story of two strong and political minded people learning how to express their views and feelings and meeting each other in the middle while learning to see things eye to eye. This was a really lovely and comforting type of read that was not over handed in the political nature but created a nice backdrop for the hero and heroine to have something in common and something they both had very strong feelings to work towards.

This is my fair and honest review, voluntarily given and in my own words, for this ARC. I am sorry to say that I found this tale a bit on the lacklustre side. Based on the title, I had hoped that this would be fiery and exciting. What I found read more like a treatise on British politics and policies at the time. There was no excitement and so i was disappointed.

I received an ARC from the publisher and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own.

To Tempt a Scandalous Lord is the fourth book in Liana de la Rosa’s Once Upon a Scandal series. It can be read as a stand-alone, although I do recommend reading the others, as I enjoyed them, and it makes the relationships between the extended cast of characters much richer.

I really liked the political bent to this one, something hinted at in previous books being in fuller force here. Niall is a candidate for Prime Minister, forced to contend with contentious criticism of his politics. Alicia is an anonymous author of such critical political tracts, with an aim to bring about change. Political opposition between partners can be a hard line to walk for a romance while still making it convincing, especially when the lives of the vulnerable are at stake, but de la Rosa captures this beautifully, showing them overcoming their disagreements as to how to handle issues they share passions about over time, mainly that of child labor reform.

As for the more personal side of the romance, marriage-of-convenience can sometimes be hit-or-miss due to one partner denying themselves their desires because of their perceptions of what their partner wants. There is a bit of that here, especially initially. But it never got to the point of being grating, and they genuinely had issues to work through, which ended up being properly/realistically addressed.

I really enjoyed this book, and it was a nice return to form after the previous book being a bit underwhelming personally. If you love historical romance that includes both compelling characters/romance and rich historical detail, I think you should pick this one up!

I really ended up loving this book. It probably helped that the heroine and I share a first name. Lol. I really enjoyed their banter even when they had miscommunications. And that angst was good too. Especially after they'd been married over a week and he'd barely touched her! Even I felt irritated. Once they finally got together and admitted their feelings, after all their drama, I got a little emotional. So good.

Niall Campbell the Marquess of Inverray, hopes to become the next Prime Minister. He's worked so hard to get where he is but the last few months a writer has been publishing scathing articles about him and the other candidate. He wants to find the writer and ruin them.

Lady Alicia Lindsay the dowager Countess Lindsay has been able to write and publish critical political pieces using the skills her late husband taught her. When she meets Lord Inverray, she is surprised to find him charming and willing to listen to her opinions.

When they next meet at a ball they cause a stir with how close they dance together and it gets worse when her brooch gets caught in his jacket and rips her dress. He proposes on the spot in order to save them both from scandal and must now enter a marriage of convenience.

Thanks so much to Entangled, the author and NetGalley for this ARC to review.

First of all, I must confess that this was my first book of the author, but it was really a wonderful surprise. I’ll make sure to read more of her, because I loved her writing! Liana is very very good at fleshing her characters out, at giving them a voice and a life of their own.
In this case, besides the poignant and steamy love story, I particularly liked the political side of the plot, with the description of the internal workings of the British Parliament of the period. I also loved that our heroine, Alicia, is a political writer and is smart and knowledgeable about the things she writes. The hero, Niall, is hoping to become the new Prime Minister and is sacrificing his personal life to the task. He is stubborn and quite irritating at times, but his point of view is clear since the beginning and his internal struggles, expecially when he falls in love with Alice, well explained.
And many thanks to Liana for the appendix to the book with the very interesting explanation of what really happened in British politics in the year in which the book is set!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Widowed countess Alicia secretly writes political tracts criticizing the government's slowness in implementing reforms like child labor laws. One of her targets is Niall, heir to a duke and an MP seeking to become prime minister.

When Niall and Alicia become compromised and are forced to marry, she doesn't reveal her alter ego to her husband. What happens when the truth comes out?

This is a smart, well-researched, issue-oriented story. I would have preferred more backstory and character development, and less politicking. That's just a personal preference, though—not a criticism of the book.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

After reading Liana de La Rosa for the first time in To Tame a scandalous Lady, I was very happy to see the next one of her series.

This one is about Flora's brother Niall, who is running for Prime minister. Already in To Tame a scandalous Lady, we could read that Niall takes his job, and reputation, very seriously. But beneath the stern exterior, there is also a heart of gold. As a widow, Alicia finally has some freedom. After a rough childhood and a loveless marriage, she is finally free to do as she pleases. So, one of her main activities is to write chapbooks with critics on current politicians and their activities. Anonymous of course, because society doesn't believe that a woman could offer an opinion on politics.

But when one of her objects of critique, Lord Inverray and Alicia cross paths, she wouldn't have suspected that there is so much more to the man, than meets the eye. When a wardrobe incident has Niall announcing to the ton that Alicia and he are engaged to be married, Alicia has to decide if she wants to lose her freedom yet again, or that she will be shunned from society.

Niall panicked and announced his bet hotel to Alicia to save her from scandal. But frankly, he has enough worries as it is. The mysterious chapbook writer is pointing out all of Niall's political flaws. And although some of his points are valid, Niall wants to find out who this writer is. But why does the feisty Alicia keep distracting him? Can his distractions and that damn writer be the end of his political career? Find out for yourself in this wonderful read. Five out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

4.5 stars
A wardrobe malfunction results in a marriage of convenience for our hero Niall and heroine Alicia, which was a new to me, and when I heard other people talking about it I knew I needed to read it.
Niall, Lord Inverray, a Scottish marquess is running for Prime Minister but his political career is being maligned(or so he feels) by an anonymous writer of political pamphlets who has been critiquing his and his opponents campaigns. He wants to find the writer and silence them, but he gets a little distracted by the widowed Countess Lindsay.
Alicia has come to London now that her mourning time has passed and is so excited to not have to worry or cater to a husband and she'll be able to continue writing her political pamphlets, unfortunately when her brooch tears away the front of her dress when it gets caught on Niall's coat his knee jerk reaction is to announce they are engaged.
Their relationship is contentious but entertaining and they actually communicate and grow together well, this was also fairly heavy on the politics which was interesting. Gonna go back and read the other books in this series now.

I loved every second of this book! All characters are written with purpose which is fantastic. No delicate flowers here and steammyy! I need more by Ms. De La Rosa.

This book kept me engaged from beginning to end. The romance was definitely a slow burn which I usually get impatient with, but with these main characters there was enough tension that you could enjoy the chase until the ultimate moment of "release" (haha) when they finally acknowledge their feelings and desires. The conflict is done well and I enjoyed the plot with political intrigue. I did find it disappointing he seemed to have "favorites" at the home and spent a deal of his time with two girls in particular, when it could have been a bit more spread out. Other than that, I loved it! #netgalley #totemptascandalouslord

Really enjoyed this story, tho the title doesn't seem to fit the tale. Niall is running for Prime Minister. Someone is writing publications putting his candidacy in a bad light...he thinks! Alicia is a widow who loves politics and who has her own opinions! They meet up and sparks fly. No spoiler here, but I enjoyed the characters, the situation and the chemistry. Well done!

I recieved a free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was hesitant to request this book. I have has several DNFs recently and wasn't sure about this book. But I have read a previous book by this author and decided to give it a shot and am I glad I did.
Niall is a rising star in his party and is campaigning for Prime Minister.
Alicia has secretly been writing tracts about politics including criticisms of the candidates for PM.
When a accident results in their engagement, they have to learn how to love together.
I liked Alicia alot. She was a smart and strong character. And while I didn't always care for Neill, he did grow on me.
I recommend this book and won't be hesitant in the future to read this author.

Niall Inverray is a politician in England and is also a Scotsman. He sometimes had trouble because an English marquess and a Scottish marquess were not the same. He had been having problems with chapbooks (tract writers) and the author was unknown. He really wanted to know who they were. He felt he was being attacked in these chapbooks. Everyone seems to be reading them and he had an excellent reputation and wanted to keep it that way.
Lady Alicia Lindsay was a widow and was interested in politics but she was a woman and was not listened to. The Duchess of Claremore sat beside her at a dinner party and was talking about a young man she thought was refined, a gentleman, good-looking, and smart. She had just met him and found him attractive. But after her last husband, she did not want to marry. she wanted to enjoy the freedom she had.
A lovely story about some of the in and outs of politics during that time. The things it entailed, and the time consumed by it. There were some surprises, also some enlightenment. The interaction between the different characters was interesting. The author wrote very well and kept you interested and engaged. I do enjoy her books although I have not read many of them. This novel encourages me to read more of her.
I received this ARC from Net Galley and voluntarily reviewed it.

Alicia is a young widow, ready to do *more* with her life. Her husband was a politician, so she developed an interest in politics through him. Now she is secretly writing political chapbooks criticizing politicians of all stripes, particularly on their lack of action regarding child labor reform.

Niall is campaigning to be Prime Minister. He is Scottish, and running up against prejudice of his heritage. He is also patron to an orphanage and is working towards child labor reform though the political machine is slow and cumbersome. He is often a target of these irritating chapbooks which say he is not doing enough for the cause. He, of course, feels these attacks are unfairly directed at him.

Due to a wardrobe malfunction at a ball, Niall and Alicia find themselves in a compromising situation, and a marriage of convenience is of course the solution! There are secrets between them, a shaky but building trust, and they have to find a way to work together as partners rather than at cross purposes. I love Liana De la Rosa's writing, and the historical research regarding the laws and politics at play is very interesting. I also love how both characters have to learn from each other. Neither is entirely perfect. Plus, sick bed nursing! Gets me every time. Swoon.

I received "To Tempt A Scandalous Lord " from Netgalley and voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Liana De la Rosa is a wonderful author. In her newest story, she has empowered women hy proving they are not just decoration pieces to adorn husbands, but rather intelligent, politically aware independent minded women.
Alicia Lindsay, a widow, has a wardrobe malfunction while dancing with the handsome Niall Inverray, Scottish heir to the Duke of Kilmorrow, and candidate for future Prime Minister. In order to preserve her dignity,  he announces their engagement. The marriage of convenience leads to the two learning more about the true character behind the person. An absolutely lovely story with a charismatic heroine.

Liana De la Rosa always writes great heroines, and Alicia is no exception. She's smarter than most people in the room, though because she's a woman, no one takes her seriously. In her guise as a chapbook writer, she skewers the politicians who are ineffectually running the country--including her love interest, Niall. After an accident on the dance floor, they have to marry quickly, and Alicia has to keep her identity as a writer secret as Niall runs for PM while she continues to try to bring about change for the causes close to her heart.

There were a lot of stop-starts in their relationship, which made the pacing feel abrupt at times. And I wish it was clearer what exactly Alicia's causes were--child labour, certainly, but there were other issues as well that weren't as obvious. But I really loved that Niall and Alicia were well-matched in their intelligence and their strengths and weaknesses, and also that Alicia was never cruel in her analysis of politics.

Thank you to Entangled and NetGalley for the ARC.

The chaos a brooch can create! Fate can be a sneaky thing. To Tempt a Scandalous Lord is a heartwarming love story with a dash of a history lesson that only makes the story better. If you are on the fence about this book, just go ahead and read it, it will be worth it!

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

To Tempt a Scandalous Lord is the first book I've read by Liana De la Rosa, and I enjoyed it very much. It's part of a series, and while it works just fine as a standalone, I found myself intrigued enough about the other characters that I want to go back and read the rest of the books in the series. (I'm especially excited to read Charlotte's story because it's so rare to find the Jewish heroine in romantic fiction.)

In this novel, we meet Alicia, very intelligent widow with a secret. She meets Niall at a ton event, and the two are instantly attracted to one another. However, Niall is very involved in Parliament, and he's running for prime minister. He can't afford any distractions. Unfortunately, a wardrobe malfunction during a waltz results in their marrying to preserve both their reputations.

In spite of their friendship and blossoming attraction, the marriage gets off to a somewhat rocky start. Niall is busy with politics and is dealing with fallout from a series of brilliant-but-pointed critiques about his political performance. What he doesn't know is that the critiques were penned by his new wife.

The "I have a secret" and "secret writer" tropes are not my favorites, but De la Rosa presents both quite well. She spends a lot of time ensuring that we see both sides of the issue, which helps us root for the protagonists to do the same.

Much of the book discusses the politics of mid-1830s England, and not every reader will be excited by the topic. I found it interesting though, and I also thought there was a good balance between politics and personal relationships.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. Thanks!

Alicia, Countess Lindsay, a widow, who now has the freedom to enter London society and champion the injustices she sees, crosses paths with Niall Campbell, Marquess of Inverray, aspiring Prime Minister. Both are drawn to each other, both attempt to fight the attraction, in pursuit of their own goals. But as a good story goes, that doesn't prevent a mishap and forced proposal to counter the scandal … Could there be a happy ending (of course, this is romance!), even if the prospective bride has a secret that could cause the downfall of her to be husband....

To Tempt a Scandalous Lord, is the fourth in the Once Upon A Scandal series, but can be read as a stand alone. It weaves political intrigue with romance. With a tenuous basis for marriage, Alicia and Niall flounder to build their relationship, with misunderstandings and secrets to overcome. Perhaps, particularly in this climate, its was interesting to see the protagonists honestly voice differing political points of view and learn from each other (eventually). I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of the author's work.

3.5 Stars

Many thanks to the Publisher, the Author and NetGalley for an advance copy in return for my honest review.