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Three Times the Scandal (Scandalous Seductions Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Madelynne Ellis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 736 ratings
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★★★★★“Wow. This book was burn-prints-off-fingertips-hot.” NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author Kimberley Troutte.

Fortuna Allenthorpe is at her wits end. Her family have engaged her to odious Sir Hector, a man she despises beyond measure. Convinced that the destruction of her reputation will free her, Fortuna flees into the night with infamous scoundrel, Giles Dovecote and his debauched friends the Darleston twins. Too bad, then, that her betrothed is more interested in her impressive inheritance than her errant virtue. What’s more, he’s prepared to destroy her family to ensure he gets it.

A vocal advocate of free love, Giles isn’t looking for a wife. Past mistakes weigh heavily on his conscience, but Fortuna makes him want things he considers off limits. As the stakes mount, how long can he hold fast to his principles, if they mean surrendering the woman he loves to a hellish match?

“Ms. Ellis takes the reader on a journey full of surprises, erotic twists & turns, and suspenseful events.” – Coffee Time Romance.

7th Annual Passionate Plume Finalist

Three Times the Scandal is a scorching historical romp through the Regency underbelly involving arson, molly houses and grave robbery, and includes M/F, M/M and M/M/F/M interactions. Readers are advised to ensure a cold drink is on hand to avoid overheating.

Don’t miss any of the enthralling Scandalous Seductions series:
A GENTLEMAN’S WAGER INDISCRETIONS PHANTASMAGORIA THREE TIMES THE SCANDAL HER HUSBAND’S LOVER THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST THE SERPENT’S KISS

And look out for the equally enticing Forbidden Loves series by Madelynne Ellis:
THE KISSING BOUGH PURE FOLLY
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    Scandalous Seductions
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"Ms. Ellis takes the reader on a journey full of surprises, erotictwists and turns, and suspenseful events." - Coffee Time Romance

"Wow. This book was burn-prints-off-fingertips-hot." - Kimberley Troutte

From the Author

Take a journey back to the wild side of Georgian England and enjoy the whole series of Scandalous Seductions by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Madelynne Ellis.
1. A Gentleman's Wager2. Indiscretions3. Phantasmagoria4. Three Times the Scandal5. Her Husband's Lover6. The Ghosts of Christmas Past7. The Serpent's Kiss 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XZ7HKBM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Incantatrix Press (May 19, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 704 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 361 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 736 ratings

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Madelynne Ellis is New York Times & USA Today best-selling author of erotic romance. Her novels and short stories have been published by a variety of houses both in the UK and US, and have been translated into German, Spanish and Norwegian. She is best known for her Regency set novels for pioneering British erotica publisher Black Lace, but also enjoys writing in contemporary settings. Her aim is to deliver scorching, character-driven stories that enchant, torment and don't shy from darker aspects of life.

Madelynne lives in the UK with her partner of 20 years, their two adorable children and two crazy cavachons.

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Emma
5.0 out of 5 stars Read only if you enjoy Erotica
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017
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As another reader said "Erotica Done Right". I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Kept me on the edge of my chair from beginning to end. The characters were well developed no question in my mind that you felt like you got to know each of them. There was feeling in the writing. There was love, suspense, excitement. I highly recommend this book only if you are into erotica.
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Eleni Sakellis
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022
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This is a fun read with strong characters and some steamy scenes in a mostly compelling plot. Recommended for fans of the genre.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Repetitive Victorian Erotica
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2016
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I didn't hate this book. It was a free purchase with an interesting hook, I missed the "erotica" part of the description, because it is quite pornographic, which isn't necessarily a deterrent - just a word to the wise. The storyline and characters were interesting, but I felt the story dragged to long towards the inevitable end and just got annoying as opposed to concluded. It did end fairly well by the time the author got to it. The supporting characters, both supportive rakehells to the hero, had interesting depth and substance which I enjoyed and liked more than the hero himself. The heroine, while a bit hairbrained and contradictory at times wasn't unlikeable. The hero, however, I had the most trouble with. His reasons became tiresome and should have resolved sooner, I wanted to like him but he came off as rather weak contrary to the author's attempt to make him strong in his convictions and opinions. He behaved like a dolt the majority of the novel. I did not like the resolution of his dead sister, the author tried too hard to make it fit into the hero's world unnecessarily and further painted the hero as a blind fool to me. Three Times the Scandal wasn't terrible and had its steamy moments, but it wasn't cohesive or intriguing enough to seek out more of the series.
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Suzi Sheward
5.0 out of 5 stars Verrrrrrrrry different......and excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
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This is not a book for the puritanical woman. It's an interesting and revealing side to an era where there was another aspect of sexual adventures no one talked about...... but you can be sure was rampant. Lots of surprising sexuality with a plausible story as well. If you have a open mind this is a book to read.
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Regina L. Publick
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story, awful editing
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2023
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This story is hot, hot, HOT! Excellent pacing, sky-high stakes and believable settings and villains. I will absolutely be reading more of her work. However. Whoever (or whatever software) edited this novel needs some grammar and syntax lessons. The book is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors (and I'm not talking about differences between UK and US spellings, I'm talking about using the wrong form of their/there/they're, incorrect homophones and other issues.) Not sure if the novel was perhaps dictated and the software got the form wrong or what, but the grammar is all over the place and took me out of the story a fair few times. In addition, if the author is going to use foreign language names, she should really learn the basics of that language to construct them - putting an accent grave on the end of a name isn't done in French. That character's name should have been either Clemènce or Clemencé. Both options are still ridiculous names, but sticking an è on the end of the name would never be done in French and would make the name be pronounced Clay-manse-uh and it's weird and has no flow. Again, this may be a vagary of the editing software and this character and her name aren't central in this plot (which again, is AMAZING and sexy) but the character shows up enough and the name is spelled weirdly enough that it just... It feels wrong to the eye.

All that said, I will be following this author and reading more of her work. Her storyline and grasp of plot are fantastic, and the story moves forward with just the right pace - the conflicts and the heroes' struggles add texture to the story, rather than being nonsensical devices for separating the heroes and heroine.

TL;DR - amazing story and characters, but the author should fire her editor (or replace her editing software).
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Kathy Walker
1.0 out of 5 stars I would say..
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2016
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Soft core pornography, but it was much more lurid than that. There was no warning attached to the book description, so I thought I was getting a light read historical romance. I am no prude, but this book should seriously have a warning attached to it. People can live, and love, as they wish, however, that does not mean I want to read about it in something I was not warned was rather pornography detailed. Within the first couple chapters there is everything from an invitation for the protagonist to join his friend and an unnamed debutante, to a brother sharing his twin's wife and the husband having their acts described to him and he and the female subject watch the coupling, to said female masturbating by instrumentation with a candle. I cannot comment on the remainder of the book, I could go no further. This received only the one star necessary to post a warning review.
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Krystal
5.0 out of 5 stars Erotica done right!
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2016
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Many times historical erotica is like reading the script for late night soft core porn, but Mrs Ellis managed to right a very good romance with wonderful seeing it! Lol! In all seriousness this book is wonderful for any one who loves regency romances with very hot taboo sex mixed in. I will definitely be buying the rest of Mrs Ellis's books.
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Bookworm
2.0 out of 5 stars the story was boring. I ended up skimming through most of it ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2016
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This was not the kind of book I expected. First, the story was boring. I ended up skimming through most of it unable to like any of the characters. Second, if you like erotic man/woman romance this is probably not for you. This is a woman and three men and even men/men romance. That's find if you like reading that, I didn't. If the story was interesting, I would've been okay with the sex scenes, but like I said, I had to skim most of the book because I just didn't care about the characters.
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Jodie In Paradise
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in Australia on March 25, 2021
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This book was as expected.
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Liz245
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in France on November 15, 2016
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Fortuna`s father had promised her in marriage. Giles offered to save her. He didn't believe in marriage, just free love as he didn't believe in owning a wife. He didn't count on falling in love. Worth downloading this book.
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Jerilyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Naughty and nice
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2016
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Delicious story, definitely not vanilla. It was hard to put down. Wish I could read more about Fortuna and Giles' escapades.
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RenN
5.0 out of 5 stars Great historical romp with a good story too.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2015
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Fortuna is offered a somewhat dubious protection by the rakehell Giles when she is desperate to avoid being married off to a revolting man who it turns out is only after her fortune. Giles's idea of rescue involves lots of naughty sex, and not just with him (enter stage right the delightfully wicked Darleston twins) and from then on it's a case of staying one step ahead of the baddie and trying to work their way through to a HEA.

Madelynne Ellis writes great historical romps, but this one - although still full of delicious naughtiness - has a real depth of story to it as well. It is worth reading the books in order, but not at all necessary to get full enjoyment from this stand alone tale.

Warning - might make you dream of grey-eyed redheads that will ravish you in tandem!
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f. h.
1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage
Reviewed in Canada on March 1, 2022
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There is no such thing as free love. It is fornication, and has nothing to do with love. Love can only exist within the bounds of Holy Matrimony. i.e. marriage to only one person for life. It means that a man puts his entire future in the hands of his wife, and vice versa.
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