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The Harlot Countess
The Harlot Countess | Joanna Shupe
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Lady Maggie Hawkins's debut was something she'd rather forget--along with her first marriage. Today, the political cartoonist is a new woman. A thoroughly modern woman. So much so that her clamoring public believes she's a man. . . FACT: Drawing under a male pseudonym, Maggie is known as Lemarc. Her (his!) favorite object of ridicule: Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester. He's a rising star in Parliament--and a former confidant and love interest of Maggie's who believed a rumor that vexes her to this day. FICTION: Maggie is the Half-Irish Harlot who seduced her best friend's husband on the eve of their wedding. She is to be feared and loathed as she will lift her skirts for anything in breeches. Still crushed by Simon's betrayal, Maggie has no intention of letting the ton crush her as well. In fact, Lemarc's cartoons have made Simon a laughingstock. . .but now it appears that Maggie may have been wrong about what happened years ago, and that Simon has been secretly yearning for her since. . .forever. Could it be that the heart is mightier than the pen and the sword after all?
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I adored Maggie and Simon. This book was so good!

Maggie is accused of trying to steal her friends fiancé and her reputation is ruined. She loved Simon, yet he turned his back on her.

Ten years later she is back in London and has a hidden identity, but has also stopped worrying about her reputation.

She and Simon find their way back to each other, dealing with the past, blackmailing and both of their reputations.

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This was a good romance. Your typical romance. Girl debuts, man lies and ruins her reputation. 10 years later she runs into the man she loved back then and their journey to falling back in love. Maggie is a strong female character, doesn‘t ask for forgiveness, knows who she is, plays up her bad reputation. The “mystery” was glaringly obvious. But the reasoning behind it was not satisfyingly resolved for me. I still don‘t know his motivation.

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Who is more interesting than the lead couple? Almost everyone else in this insipid tale. The debutante heroine‘s reputation is ruined by a lie. The hero slut-shames her for almost the entire book. He was a prize jackass for so long, no amount of apology could redeem him.

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