It Takes a Scandal

Sometimes It Takes a Scandal . . .

Abigail Weston has everything: beauty, wit, and one of the largest dowries in England. Her parents hope she'll wed an earl. Abigail hopes for a man who wants her desperately and passionately. But the money seems to blind every man she meets—except one.

Sebastian Vane has nothing. He came home from war with a shattered leg to find his father mad and his inheritance gone. He's not a fit suitor for anyone, let alone an heiress. But Abigail lights up his world like a comet, bright and beautiful and able to see him instead of his ruined reputation. And it might end happily ever after . . .

To Reveal Your Heart's Desire

. . . Until Benedict Lennox begins courting Abigail. Ben is everything Sebastian isn't—wealthy, charming, heir to an earl. Sebastian won't give up the only girl he's ever loved without a fight, but Abigail must choose between the penniless

Book at a glance

• Author: Caroline Linden
• First published: 2014
• Series: Scandalous

Setting & themes

It Takes a Scandal was first published in 2014. The catalogue subjects below are the themes libraries and readers have actually filed it under — use them to find more of the same.

Man-woman relationships Veteran Waterloo Disabilities

More Scandalous books in our library

The catalogue does not number these, so they are listed by publication year rather than in a confirmed reading order:

• Love and Other Scandals (2013)
• It Takes a Scandal (2014) — you are here
• All's Fair in Love and Scandal (2015)
• Love in the Time of Scandal (2015)
• A Study in Scandal (2016)
• Six Degrees of Scandal (2016)
• The Secret of My Seduction (2018)

Our library holds 7 Scandalous titles — for the complete, verified series list and where to start, see Caroline Linden books in order.

More by Caroline Linden

• What a Gentleman Wants (2006)
• A Rake's Guide to Seduction (2008)
• Love in the Time of Scandal (2015)
• What a Rogue Desires (2007)
• A Study in Scandal (2016)
• My Once and Future Duke (2018)
• → Caroline Linden books in order (full reading guide)

Where to read It Takes a Scandal

It Takes a Scandal is widely available in ebook and print — check your library, Kindle Unlimited, or your preferred retailer. Prefer to start a whole collection at once? The Margot St. James bundle gives you ten full-length Regency romances for less than the price of one paperback.