Historical Romance Book Club discussion

Discussion thread for the first BOTM for June 2025. Please remember to use the spoiler tags when necessary! (Please see 'some HTML is ok' for instructions.)

Join us in reading this HR that features the theme Scandal!


A Wild Pursuit, by Eloisa James

Synopsis:

Could it be that she wanted his kiss as much as she longed to give hers?

It is whispered behind the fans of London's dowagers and in the corners of fashionable ballrooms that scandal follows willfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox wherever she goes. Three years before, the debutante created a sensation by being found in a distinctly compromising position. Now, the ton has branded her as unmarriageable, her family has called her a vixen, and Beatrix sees no reason not to go after what—and who—she wishes.

And she wants Stephen Fairfax-Lacy, the handsome Earl of Spade. Beatrix, with her brazen suggestions and irresistibly sensuous allure, couldn't be more different from the earl's ideal future bride. Yet Beatrix brings out a wildness in the earl he has tried to deny far too long. Still, he's not about to play love's game by Lady Beatrix's rules. She may be used to being on top in affairs of the heart, but that will soon change.

Happy reading!

Does anybody know if this book can be read as a standalone?

Lauren I read a couple of reviews and I have the same question if it can be read as a stand alone

A friend told me this is not a standalone. So I won't be reading this book.

Lauren, Thanks it didn't look like it from the reviews.

I have a theory that we should only nominate the 1st book of the series, because if you are like me, you would have to read first all the books in the series to get to the BOTM one, but I know that makes it even hard to nominate...

Unless it can be read as a standalone, I wish people wouldn't nominate them.

Yes, I think the same. Maybe we could add some note in the nominations