Review by Booklist Review
While visiting a famous London museum, Frances Hart accidentally wanders into a meeting of the Men and Women's Club, which gathers at the museum to discuss sex. Intrigued by Frances' forthright answers when she is questioned on the subject of a woman's right to pleasure, barrister James Whitcox insists that Frances join the club. What begins as a philosophical discussion soon becomes a hands-on study of desire when James convinces Frances to indulge in a scandalous liaison. But neither one expected their temporary affair would ever turn into love. Schone is known for her boldly sensual writing, and Scandalous Lovers is no exception. The sizzling affair between Frances, a refreshingly older heroine, and James is captured in vivid detail, but Schone also gives readers some surprisingly nuanced characterization and an expertly evoked Victorian setting. Libraries where authors like Susan Johnson, Cheryl Holt, and Emma Holly are popular will want to add Schone's latest scorchingly hot historical to their collections. --John Charles Copyright 2007 Booklist
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Review by Library Journal Review
Walking into the London meeting of a group pursuing the intellectual study of sensuality, newly widowed, fresh-from-the-country Frances Hart is momentarily shocked when intense, silver-haired barrister James Whitcox demands to know, "What does a woman desire?" But Frances is in town to learn about desire, among other things, and when her honest responses intrigue the members of the group--especially James--she is invited to join. There's a lot more than explicit sex--although there is plenty of that--to this frankly erotic romance, which takes a hard look at Victorian double standards and the penalties for women who ignore them and with feminist aplomb puts everything into perspective. Although she has published two novellas and reprinted some of her earlier novels (e.g., Awaken, My Love; The Lover), Schone scores here with her first full-length romance in several years. She lives in Roselle, IL. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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