Each wounded in ways that are obvious and hidden, Jane and Christopher risk trusting each other to achieve their shared objectives in forming a clever partnership. It's their tenderness and emotional vulnerabilities that anchor this love story that includes intrigue and moments of humor, making it a satisfying read.

3.5 stars.
An engaging historical novel with relatable, likeable characters “Tall, Duke, and Scandalous”, by Amy Rose Bennett (Sourcebooks Casablanca), addresses social issues and explores feminism and women’s liberation in the 19th century while also being a sweet and sexy romance.
The lead characters, Christopher and Jane, are very relatable and down-to-earth. Both flawed, they meet in an unexpected way and form a pact that will lead to friendship, mutual respect, lust and love.
Both are compassionate, smart people, who slowly fall for each but are afraid of their own emotions. The way romance develops between them was natural and believable.
I liked how the author wrote about the hero’s condition and the insecurity and despair he must feel without an anchor as Jane.
I also liked that Jane’s scar wasn’t overdramatized.
I was a bit disappointed with the miracle cure. Perhaps some scientific explanation might make it more believable.
The leads’ fears and dreams seemed realistic and made them human and approachable.
Jane’s and her friends’ projects bring freshness to the story, although I wonder if things would run so smoothly in Victorian England.
The suspense plot around Christopher’s risky situation was decent.
Large parts of the book were filled with sex scenes and the leads musings about collateral problems involving dishonesty and guilt.
Although some of the characters traits and reactions seemed too modern, I found the worldbuilding realistic.

It's hard not to love a classic wallflower and rake romance. Tall, Duke, and Scandalous sees bookish wallflower Jane Delaney in a desperate search for money - and wishing for something more. Meanwhile, the scandalous Christopher Marsden, Duke of Roxby, is in a pickle of his own - someone wants him dead. The two of them team up for a marriage of convenience so that Jane can get her money and Christopher can, hopefully, catch his would-be killer.

The bones of this book are standard - rake and wallflower, marriage of convenience - but it's the extras that really made it enjoyable. Jane's scar and her past, Christopher's face blindness, the assassination element. There's a lot going on but I felt that, generally, everything worked together well. And since I'm a sucker for a marriage of convenience, I was bound to love Jane and Christopher's slow and unwilling descent into romance.

This was a satisfying conclusion to the Byronic Book Club series, and it was fun to see everyone from previous books back again, brought back for a reunion of sorts. All in all, a satisfying historical romance!

4/5

I was thrilled to snag an advanced copy of Bennet’s third and final book in the Byronic Book Club series. I’ve been dying for Jane’s story since book one! I’ve really enjoyed Artemis’s, Lucy’s, and Jane’s stories. These ladies are strong, fierce, and always working for the betterment of their fellow women! All while falling in love with super hot dukes who support their work. I’m actually sad the series has come to an end.

Our final book has a really interesting premise. The MMC, Christopher, is a Duke suffering from a very peculiar malady. He has facial blindness, an unfortunate side effect of an attempt on his life. When he catches Jane, our FMC, in the act of stealing one of his priceless books, he’s immediately attracted to her, and more than that he actually remembers her face!Christopher proposes to Jane a marriage of convenience that will solve both of their problems. She will assist in catching the person who is trying to to kill him and he will pay off her mother’s debt, and unbeknownst to him, Jane’s blackmailer.

There is a serious case of instalust between Christopher and Jane. 🔥Christopher tells Jane that he needs an heir, especially if his would-be-assassin succeeds, and Jane realizes she really wants to have a baby, so obviously they need to start trying immediately. 💁‍♀️There are so many spicy scenes in this book. I think this book is heavier on the spice than the previous books, to the point that I feel most of the book features the two of them… well, trying for that heir, but honestly, I was here for it. 💅🏼 Of course, their feelings for each other begin to burn deeper than desire, but with all the secrets surrounding them, will they ever be able to let love in? Obvs the answer is yes! 😜

While I believe this book was the most predictable out of all three, and was fairly low angst, I think this is my favorite. I mean her 🐱 cured his facial blindness… how much better can it get?

Also, Christopher is big on consent, and we love a Duke who asks before taking. 💥💥💥

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the complimentary arc. All opinions are my own.

Amy Rose Bennett is one of my favorite new-to-me authors in recent years. Her characters are compelling and complex, and the chemistry between the leads is so well developed. There is always a wonderful mix of angst, humor and really hot love scenes, and this latest is no exception.

Book 3 in the series features Jane Delaney, the third member of the Byronic Book Club, who meets the Duke of Roxby while trying to steal a valuable book from his personal library collection. Jane is desperate to repay her mother's mounting gambling debts--which included her mother using her share in Jane's grandfather's bookstore as collateral--and to pay off her own blackmailer. These pressures lead her to sneak into the Duke's house during one of his infamously wild parties, initially intending to find gossip to sell to the newspaper. Instead, Christopher (the Duke) catches her red handed and proposes a deal: if Jane marries him and helps him find the person trying to kill him, he won't report her to the police. The Duke suffers from face blindness after an unsuccessful assassination attempt caused him to fall of his horse and hit his head, and has been somewhat of a recluse since then. Jane's face, which was marred by a large scar caused by her former fiance's carelessness, seems to be the exception. With Jane's assistance, he hopes to uncover who was behind these attempts on his life. Jane readily agrees, as her chemistry with Christopher is obvious from the start and she sees this as a way to finally have the family she's been longing for.

Not surprisingly, the marriage of convenience turns into a real one, albeit with many bumps along the road. Jane and Christopher have difficulty fully trusting one another due to past bad relationships and traumas, which leads to them hiding secrets from one another. These secrets (though relatively tame in the spectrum of romance secret plots) lead to more drama and angst, all while Jane and Christopher hold back their true feelings for each other out of fear of it not being reciprocated.

As always it's nice to get a glimpse of the past couples from this series (Artemis and Dominic; Lucy and Will), both of whom play a role in helping to solve the various mysteries. I'll miss the Byronic Book Club, but the series as a whole is drawn to a satisfying conclusion. Looking forward to what's next for this author!

Thank you to Sourcebooks and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review!

Left behind at the Valentine masquerade ball by her mother and stepsister, Miss Jane Delaney must find another way home. Instead of hailing a hansom cab, though, she slips into the nearby revelry at the residence of Christopher Marsden, the notorious Duke of Roxby. And when he catches her in a compromising position in the library, she certainly doesn't expect the offer he makes... to marry her.

Christopher has survived three attempts on his life since becoming the duke a year ago, and an injury has hampered his ability to find out who is responsible. But if he can rescue the compellingly lovely Miss Delaney, obtain her help for his own situation, AND bed her, nothing will stop him.

The final book in the Byronic Book Club series, this Victorian (1859) romance pairs a young woman with a scandalous past, an equally scandalous manuscript, and a disfiguring scar with a dashing duke known for his profligacy and debauchery. Both have been burned by love before and approach their swift marriage in a business-like fashion (with a healthy dose of lust on both sides), but the respect and trust between them from almost the start lays a good foundation for the rest of the plot. The true villain of the murder plot was honestly obvious from the moment that person appeared on the page, and the resolution was a little convenient, but the rest of the interactions between Jane and Christopher were enough to keep me reading.

Enjoyable but just a shade weaker than the others in the series. 3.5 stars rounded up.

Tall, Duke and Scandalous, the third book in the series of the Byronic book club by Amy Rose Bennett did not disappoint! It was a fast paced book about a marriage of convenience in which both Jane and Christopher were benefiting from the arrangement. Jane would get the child she always wanted, she would be able to pay off her mothers debt while saving her grandfathers book shop and stave off her blackmailer. Christopher for his part would have Jane’s help in discovering who was trying to kill him as he can’t recognize faces since a blow to the head a year ago. As they spend more time together their fondness for each other grows and the chemistry between them as well. In fact the chemistry from early on was pretty steamy and the relationship between them was rather sweet. Both had trust issues do to past mistreatments and this caused some difficulties at various times. Jane’s reluctance to trust was a bit frustrating at times especially as Christopher was so good to her but you could understand her hesitancy based on past experiences and discussions. The dialogue felt a bit stunted at times or seemed not natural and sometimes caused an awkward flow in the writing. Overall I loved the story and couldn’t put the book down, a great third book in this trilogy!

This book doesn't come out until August but I dropped everything to read it because I loved the first two books in this series and I was looking forward to seeing Jane's story unfold. And boy it did not disappoint! Jane was previously described as having a scar on her face that made her self-conscious and in this book we find out it was due to a carriage accident caused by the fiance that slept with her and then jilted her after her accident/scarring. Now, she's resigned herself to never marrying or having the family she longs for but what she can do is save her beloved grandfather's bookstore after her mother gambles it away. In order to pay her mother's debt, she sneaks into a duke's house during a wild party and attempts to steal a priceless book. But obviously, she's caught. By non other than the duke himself.
Christopher suffered a brain injury that left him face blind but for some reason he can't understand, he can remember Jane's face -even when he can't remember his own. I like to think this IS because of Jane's scar. She seems self conscious about this possibility but I think it's a sweet narrative to think that the things we see as flaws in ourselves can be someone else's saving grace. Anyway, because Christopher can remember Jane's face and no one else knows about his face blindness AND someone is trying to kill him, he takes Jane into confidence and asks her to marry him and be his eyes as he tries to discover his killer. Jane gets access to his fortune, in exchange. A marriage of convenience. Of course, they're both falling for each other within the week!
I loved this book. Jane is so sweet and kind and really cares for Christopher even before she falls for him; she's just a good person.
Christopher has his hang ups and I do think the third act conflict was a little ridiculous on his part -Jane has a blackmailer, so she hires a private investigator to...privately investigate. When Christopher finds out, he's angry that Jane went to "another man" instead of him. Which to me seemed ridiculous. She hired a professional to do a job, and Christopher took it as her being unfaithful. It was a little crazy but I went with it haha.
I like how Amy Rose Bennett writes mysteries. In all three books, there's an intrigue of some sort and there's never really a crazy twist for no other purpose than shocking the audience. Her resolution to her mysteries are always the thing that makes the most sense and I really like that, it makes for some really neat and satisfying resolutions to the secondary mystery plot. No one likes overly convoluted mysteries in their romance series, that's not what we're reading romance for. Bennett really lets Jane and Christopher's relationship and their journey be the star and they shine!

5/5 stars
4/5 steam level because this was steeeeamyyyy!

This was exactly what I needed! The author takes you into the setting of the historical London Social Season with ease and beauty. I love the romance, the scandal, the plot… Awesome book!

« Tall, Duke, and Scandalous » by Amy Rose Bennett is hot and steamy, so, if that’s your cup of tea, go for this title. If you don’t like hot and steamy, you can skip those parts. I liked the story about Christopher and Jane, and the friendship she has with Lucy and Artemis.
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