{"id":5915,"date":"2016-06-14T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2022-10-30T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:43:11","slug":"your-scandalous-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5915","title":{"rendered":"Your Scandalous Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your Scandalous Ways<\/a><\/em> (2008) Loretta Chase<\/p>\n

\"Your-Scandalous-Ways\"<\/a>Set in Venice in 1820<\/p>\n

Francesca Bonnard is probably the most successful whore in Venice, perhaps even Italy. After a scandalous divorce, she fled to the continent and remade herself in one of the most sought after courtesans in Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, yes,\u201d he said. \u201cYour position. A divorc\u00e9e.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cDivorziata e puttana,\u201d she said tautly. A divorc\u00e9e and a whore. <\/p>\n

He leapt from his chair as though one of Satan\u2019s imps had pricked his arse with a hot fork. <\/p>\n

\u201cGood heavens!\u201d he said. \u201cI do beg your pardon. Am I keeping you from your work?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, she holds something her ex-husband desperately wants back, and he’s not concerned with how he gets it back.<\/p>\n

James Cordier is ready to retire from his life as a spy, thief, and agent, but he’s given one last assignment before he can head back to England–retrieve some letters from Francesca Bonnard that prove her ex-husband to be a traitor.<\/p>\n

This wasn’t a bad story–I liked the intrigue quite well. I could have done without all the boinking (but then I always say that), but the intrigue was fun. As was the language, especially the dialog of the non-native speakers.<\/p>\n

\u201c(D)ropped on the hours of trouble.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cFallen on hard times,\u201d James said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You must advise me what to say. I do not wish to put in my mouth my feet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The dialog was also enjoyable, and I’m a sucker for good dialog.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man prostitute,\u201d he prompted, \u201cwho costs very much. What is his name in English?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHusband,\u201d said Bonnard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI speak English well, and practice with her all the time. But to read it hurts my head. The way the English spell: Where is the logic? Nowhere can I find it. They spell like madmen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This wasn’t a fabulous story, but it was enjoyable, and I’ll certainly read another.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by HarperCollins e-books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your Scandalous Ways (2008) Loretta Chase Set in Venice in 1820 Francesca Bonnard is probably the most successful whore in Venice, perhaps even Italy. After a scandalous divorce, she fled to the continent and remade herself in one of the most sought after courtesans in Italy. \u201cAh, yes,\u201d he said. \u201cYour position. A divorc\u00e9e.\u201d \u201cDivorziata […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,33,26],"tags":[50,556,548],"class_list":["post-5915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british","category-historical","category-romance","tag-boinking","tag-georgian-era","tag-regency"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1xp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5434,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5434","url_meta":{"origin":5915,"position":0},"title":"Death at La Fenice","author":"Michelle","date":"October 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Death at La Fenice (1992) Donna Leon I love Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti series. 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