Lady Imposter by Larissa Lyons

Lady Imposter Series: Steamy Scandals series Book #2
on April 30, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 280
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He’s not in the market for a wife. But she can pretend, can she not? No one can blame on-the-shelf companion Olivia Hales if she forgets herself when she stumbles across the shirtless man in the garden. But letting him assume that she’s the lady of the estate currently interviewing for a husband might be a big mistake.

As a former captain of His Majesty’s Royal Navy, Nathaniel Oliver knows all about duty. Which is why he must deliver his apologies for the forged application his meddling, but well-intentioned motherless daughters fabricated, and take his leave.

That was the plan anyway, before he met the buxom blonde on the overgrown grounds of the enchanting, ramshackle country estate, and they’re forced to take shelter together from a fierce storm.

Olivia is certain her heart has been struck by lightning, while Nate wishes he was the wealthy, titled gent she advertised for. Despite recognizing that he has no hope of winning such a coveted jewel, it doesn’t mean Nate isn’t stubborn enough to try.

Even if he has no inkling who he’s really in danger of falling in love with...

Lady Imposter is book two in the Steamy Scandals series. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The characters are well developed and the pace is perfect. I liked the heroine Miss Olivia Hales. Olivia is just shy of thirty and resigned to spinsterhood. She serves as companion to Lady Juliet Letheridge. The story becomes a case of mistaken identity when Olivia stumbles upon the very handsome Captain Nathaniel Oliver and her own name flies right out of her head. “Trying not to blink – she didn’t want to spoil the strange moment – she dragged a breath into her starving lungs. That’s why she felt horribly dizzy, lightheaded enough to swoon: Not breathing. Lack of air. It couldn’t be how he looked at her…As though, strangely enough, he found himself drowning in her rapt attention – and made no attempt to swim to shore.” This book has a number of very steamy scenes. Overall, a story with depth that I truly enjoyed.