The Silverton Scandal

By Amanda Grange

Book Overview

A Regency Romance. Tenth Anniversary Edition Note: Previously published under the title of Highwayman to Heaven When Eleanor Grantham's younger sister receives a blackmail demand for some incriminating letters, Eleanor intends to buy the letters back again. But her plan is foiled when her coach is held up by a highwayman, whom she later discovers to be a wealthy nobleman, Lord Silverton. Once the blackmailer is found dead, Eleanor's life is placed in jeopardy and Lord Silverton is the only one she can turn to . . . Reviews "Regency romances never seem to lose their popularity and fans of Amanda Grange won't be disappointed in this one. The story is well plotted and we have no difficulty in believing that the strong-minded Eleanor Grantham would be driven to desperate measures in her efforts to protect her younger sister from a blackmailer. When she meets the mysterious Earl of Silverton, the scene is set for abduction, espionage, treachery and murder...Both hero and heroine are attractive characters and we follow their adventures with interest as the tale moves along at a cracking pace. Amanda Grange is not afraid of dialogue and she uses it to good effect as she takes us into the privileged world of the rich in 1810." - Margaret Crosland, Historical Novel Society "This is another sprightly romance from Ms Grange, the author of five other novels all published by Robert Hale. She has the right light touch. As well as romance she has woven in mystery, murder and various other plot twists and turns and with the added delight of the usual balls and parties . . . This ought to appeal to anybody who likes their romances seasoned with mystery." -Rachel Hyde, My Shelf

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478186755
• ISBN13: 9781478186755
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

a hero to die for

Amanda Grange's heroes are to die for, and Lucien is the best. Like all Amanda Grange novels (I haven't read the first one), there's a fast-paced adventure here: Eleanor's sister is on the verge of marrying a Duke, and is being blackmailed with some letters she wrote when she was still in the schoolroom. When the book opens, Eleanor is following the blackmailer to London in an effort to buy back the letters. The coach is held up by a highwayman, and when Eleanor breaks her journey at a friend's house she is introduced to Lucien, Lord Silverton, and realizes that he is the highwayman.What he was doing in disguise forms one mystery of the book. Murder forms another. There's action, humor, and a fantasic tension between hero and heroine that reminds me of the sort of tension you get between characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. No gratuitous sex scenes, but you're never in any doubt that these two are mad for each other. And who can blame Eleanor for wanting Lucien? The girl has taste!

a hero to die for

Amanda Grange's heroes are to die for, and Lucien is the best. Like all Amanda Grange novels (I haven't read the first one), there's a fast-paced adventure here: Eleanor's sister is on the verge of marrying a Duke, and is being blackmailed with some letters she wrote when she was still in the schoolroom. When the book opens, Eleanor is following the blakcmailer to London in an effort to buy back the letters. The coach is held up by a highwayman, and when Eleanor breaks her journey at a friend's house she is introduced to Lucien, Lord Silverton, and realizes that he is the highwayman.What he was doing in disguise forms one mystery of the book. Murder forms another. There's action, humor, and a fantasic tension between hero and heroine that reminds me of the sort of tension you get between characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. No gratuitous sex scenes, but you're never in any doubt that these two are mad for each other. And who can blame Eleanor for wanting Lucien? The girl has taste!