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Ruined By Moonlight: A Whispers of Scandal Novel Mass Market Paperback – September 4, 2012

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What is society to do when the diamonds of the first water are caught in compromising situations, one after the other? Can the young ladies survive the season with their reputations intact…or will the scandalous whispers surrounding them bring about the ultimate ruination?

When Lady Elena Morrow, the reigning belle of the ton, suddenly disappears, her family is desperate to find her—and to keep the story from spreading through London society like wildfire, before her reputation is ruined. Unfortunately, it may be impossible to avoid a scandal. Viscount Andrews, better known as the Raven, London’s most notorious rake, has gone missing at exactly the same moment.

Benjamin Wallace, Lord Heathton, is more accustomed to untangling political difficulties, rather than those of the heart. But when he is pressured to help find Lady Elena, he can’t refuse—the distraught father is also his wife’s uncle. Now he must find the beautiful debutante before the connection to Andrews does away with her innocence—assuming the vulnerable young lady wants to be found.…
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    Whispers of Scandal
  2. Print length
    336 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Berkley
  5. Publication date
    September 4, 2012
  6. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.89 x 6.88 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    045123779X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0451237798
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Praise for the Novels of Emma Wildes

“A luxurious and sensual read. Both deliciously wicked and tenderly romantic…I didn’t want it to end!”—New York Times bestselling author Celeste Bradley

“This wickedly exciting romance will draw you in and take hold of your heart.”—USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle

“Deliciously erotic.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Bound to captivate fans of Amanda Quick and Nicole Jordan.”—Booklist

About the Author

Emma Wildes grew up loving books, so turning to writing seemed a natural course. She has been a #1 bestselling author at Fictionwise, a WisRWA winner in historical romance, a Lories winner, a Passionate Plume winner, and a first-place Eppie winner for best erotic historical romance.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Original edition (September 4, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 045123779X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451237798
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.89 x 6.88 inches
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Pamela B. Hermano
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly very good...
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2012
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This book was in my maybe/maybe not list of books to purchase for some time. Although I'm a fan of Emma Wildes' work, I'm not a fan of two romance stories in one, and that's the reason why I found this book surprisingly good. There are two couples in this novel. The problem with this setup I've found in other books is that I usually become engaged in only one couple and therefore I skip essentially half the book. However, I was equally engaged with both couples in this book, and I thought the author did a good job of connecting both stories. That being said, this book was a real page turner and I finished it in a day. It does leave you on a bit of a cliffhanger and I for one can't wait to read the next book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great plot twist
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2012
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I liked this book! The plot twist was great. I've seen the drugged and left together device before but someone always came in to verify that the couple was together. This was a new and different concept. After the first few chapters I was trying to figure out, who did it and why. Great story and background story. Or course the mystery of who is behind it all is going to keep me reading, I'm so curious.

The characters were well defined and the women were smart - that is so good, vapid heroines are a drag. The storyline did drag in a few places but it was overall a great and engaging read.

I can't say a lot about the plot because it would spoil it for everyone, just know that it's very well structured. Enjoy!
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Barbara Schamberger
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, sensual and one of the most romantic books I've ever read
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2012
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Ruined by Moonlight is fabulous! Absolutely fabulous. The climactic ending is one of the most romantic, if not the most romantic scene I have ever enjoyed reading. I've already re-read the book and re-read the final confrontation between the fiance, the Rake and the Ruined Diamond of the First Water--and I must tell you, if this book were a movie, I'd be replaying that scene over and over. The tale is splendid and unique. The writing is lovely, the four protagonists are extremely interesting and the mystery quite real rather than a mere familiar plot device. Well done Ms. Wildes! I already have the second installment on pre-order!
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Elke Feuer
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2014
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This story provides why I'm a big fan of Emma Wildes. I love her characters and the way she weaved them within their stories. Although I enjoyed the Elena and Ran's story, I loved, loved, loved Alicia and Ben and couldn't help but root for them.

Emma does a great job of making you fall in love with characters who's stories have already started as she takes you on the journey through their lives.
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Christine S. Gallandt
4.0 out of 5 stars Author for the library
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013
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I liked this book. Enough so that I added the author to the list to look up at the library.
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diana/Bda
5.0 out of 5 stars Ruined by Moonlight by Emma Wildes
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012
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This is the perfect regency romance, I abhor murder and overt violence in so many regencies but enjoyed the characters introduced in Emma Wildes new romance.
Also the interplay between all the characters was subtle and realistic. Emma Wildes never lacks interesting plots. A great read.
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TinaW
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed the somewhat unconventional structure of the book
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2013
Closer to 3.5 stars.

My interest in historical romances has waned to the point that I pretty much pass them by unless they are written by an handful of long-time favorite authors. But for some reason the blurb on this one caught my attention.

The only other book by Emma Wildes that I have read is Lessons From a Scarlet Lady which I really enjoyed. So I thought I'd give this one a try.

The blurb gives prominent space to the characters, Benjamin Wallace, The Earl of Heathton and Lady Elena Morrow. While she is a "heroine" and he is a "hero", they are not each other's. I found myself enjoying the somewhat unconventional structure of the story. It felt like the author was playing with the expectations that long-time readers would have of the genre.

Lady Elena is a young, newly engaged miss who disappears abruptly one night from the theatre right under the nose of her parents. Her father is terribly worried. Even more so when it it learned that Ran Raines,Viscount Andrews, a prominent rake, is also missing from town. At first people speculate that the two have run off together. But smarter people realize that the two have never even met and Elena (young, innocent, virginal) is definitely not the type of woman Ran would have anything to do with.

In fact the two have been abducted and they wake up, drugged and unclothed, held prisoner in an undisclosed location. They spend the time arguing, trying to figure out who would do this and becoming attracted to each other.

In the meantime, Elena's frantic father is directed to Benjamin, Lord Heathton. Apparently Ben is somewhat of a person who can get things done. He can find things, fix things, make things right, uncover mysteries. He served under Wellington in the war and has all sorts of skills. Ben just so happens to be newly married. His wife of six months is the lovely Alicia. They did not marry for love, rather he sized her up as the type of woman who would make a good countess for him. But Alicia has other ideas. In the six months they've been married they live a very civilized life where Ben is off doing the things that Earls do while Alicia is off doing things that countesses do. Sometimes they can go a day or two without even seeing each other. And on those nights they are together, they have very correct sex in the dark.

Alicia is having no more of this. She want to get to know her husband and she wants to have a more fulfilling marriage. So she gives him an ultimatum, one that intrigues him and makes him see his bride in a whole new light.

The story jumps, almost like scene cuts on a tv show, between the captured Elena and Ran to Ben's various investigation ploys to Ben & ALicia's romance plot. The three plot threads of the story mesh together fairly well. The reader gets to see what is going on from Elena and Ran's perspective and watch as those two begin to fall in love while also seeing the investigation from Ben's perspective.

For me, Ben & Alicia are the best parts of the book. While Elena and Ran were fine as a couple -- She was smart, resourceful and witty, he was handsome, sexy and honorable -- their romance was almost perfunctory and they just didn't capture me like Ben & Alicia did. I liked the fact that the book had a mystery plot but I liked even better Alicia's resolve to get her man.

Ben is the MVP of the book. He is enigmatic, mysterious and utterly flummoxed by his wife. I like how the author created such a controlled contained character in Ben while still giving him some great layers making him sexy and little vulnerable. And like Lessons From a Scarlet Lady, I enjoyed watching a romance unfold between a man and woman who were already married and are negotiating how to make the marriage work.

While the book ends happily for Elena and Ran, the other two plots are still a work in progress. The mystery plot continues on in the next book  A Most Improper Rumor: A Whispers of Scandal Novel  as does the continuing evolution of Ben and Alicia's marriage.

Looking forward to that one now..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Scandal
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2013
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This is a wonderful book. Not only do you get romance, you get mystery. Loved it, my two favorites rolled into one book. Loved the way that each character had to search deep within to figure out what they really wanted.
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miranda
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2014
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LadyLionheart
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
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