title: Scandalous: Eden's Story (Brides of Wildcat County, No. 2)
author:  Jude Watson 
description: Grade 7-10?A historical romance series that focuses on eight young women who travel to a muddy, gold-mining town in California in search of a new and better life. Shelby (a.k.a. Savannah) is running from a stranger she was forced into marrying, and Eden is hiding a criminal background. These two 17-year-olds head for Last Chance as potential brides to unknown miners, and eagerly look forward to the adventures they will encounter in the wilds of the frontier. Savannah finds her destiny in the arms of the youngest son of the owner of the Bullock Gold Mine; Eden is a beautiful card shark whose past threatens to pull apart her newfound love for Josiah Bullock, the oldest son of the richest family in town. Both of these novels transport readers away from contemporary romance series like " Sweet Valley High," "Sweet Dreams" (both Bantam), and "First Love" (Troll) to offer young romantics entry into days of yore. Watson takes them on a fiercely paced ride with people, places, and events covering each story like a wool shawl on a wintry evening.?Jana R. Fine, Clearwater Public Library System, FL<br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Won’t you come to bed, my lord?”
  
  In a vulnerable moment, Alethea Forsythe allows herself to be seduced by a
  married peer. Now she is with child—and without recourse. Her reputation will
  soon be in tatters and she will be forced to wed a stranger—unless she takes
  matters into her own hands.
  
  When Jack Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Manning, is summoned from the House of
  Pleasure on a matter of importance, he hardly expects to receive a marriage
  proposal. He’s long been aware of Alethea’s infatuation with him, but at
  twenty-three, taking on an expectant bride is not in his plans. Yet the
  desperation in the lady’s lovely eyes overrides his misgivings.
  
  Alethea would not have believed it possible for a man to be too chivalrous.
  But though her new husband is perfectly amicable in public, he insists they
  maintain separate quarters. Desperate to possess his heart and prove herself a
  wife in every way, she boldly reaches out to Jack. And as their unexpected
  connection between sil