Author Suzi Love lives in Australia after
spending many years in developing countries in the South Pacific. She adore
history, especially the many-layered societies of the late Regency to early
Victorian eras, and has used this time period in her writing. She not only
portrays the privileged lives of her heroes and heroines but also the grittier
and seamier levels of British life. Learn more about Suzi and her books at her
website.
Hi,
I'm Suzi Love and the year is 1843. I'm thrilled to be taking you on a
train journey through the English countryside with the heroine of Embracing Scandal, the first book in my
Scandalous Siblings Series.
Lady
Rebecca Jamison is travelling with her sisters to the country estate of Lord
and Lady Hetherington, and though Becca doesn't know it yet, she is about to
place herself within the grasp of her enemy. But for now, Becca and her family
are enjoying the novelty of traveling to the country by train, in contrast with
past years when the only way to travel was by carriage over dreadful roads.
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| Paddington Station |
The
family departs from one of the new and bustling rail stations in London.
Then
the steam train cuts across large tracts of country that Becca had never traveled
before, because this land has always been private and many of the landowners
are angry that the new railways dissect their estates.
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| Crowds watching the train pass |
Along
the way, Becca sees crowds of onlookers who come to watch every train pass as
it is still such a novelty. But often the people stand too close to the tracks
and Becca and her sisters are terrified that one of them will be knocked over
when the steam blasts out of the train's furnaces. The engine driver pulls hard
on his whistle to warn them to stand back and the train chugs out of the
country station.
Becca's
train passes slowly over one of the new high viaducts and she can look down on
the river they are crossing. All these new railway bridges make the trip to the
country much shorter than it used to be.
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| Train viaduct |
Along
the way, there is plenty of room on the train to move about and talk to the
other passengers that Becca knows, including the Duke of Sherwyn, who Becca has
coerced into helping her find enough proof about an illegal investment
syndicate so she can go to Scotland Yard and demand justice be done.
Becca
and her family are pleased to finally arrive at Lord Hetherington's estate for
a weekend of country pleasures, including horse riding and archery.
I
hope you enjoyed this country train journey with my heroine and hero.
Embracing
Scandal
The
first in my scandal series with heroines whose scientific knowledge and
intellect are an affront to increasingly prudish early
Victorian society. A lady, a mathematical genius, saves her
family from financial ruin by dabbling in the London stock exchange. When a
greedy syndicate threatens them, she begs help from her nemesis,
the duke, her lifelong friend before a scandal involving her
cousin.
As the
duke and his lady rekindle old passions, he uses old
skills as a spy to protect her. After beating the illegal consortium, he
faces the even greater challenge
of convincing this self-sufficient spinster of the
benefits of becoming his duchess.
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