Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for the gifted eBook to write my honest review.

A Victorian enemies to lovers, forced proximity romance

Lady Wilhelmina, once the darling of the ton, fled England in shame after jilting her fiancé. Following a decade in disgrace, Mina’s returning to Society’s ballrooms on a luxury steamship…and encounters her ex-fiancé’s distractingly handsome cousin, Max Cavendish—her once friend, now enemy!

Max’s guard is up, yet being in close quarters with Mina sparks a wave of dangerous attraction that makes him want to discover the truth behind the scandal. Wealthy engineer Max is used to being in command of his world and his emotions, but his complicated feelings for Mina are making him feel decidedly out of control…

Purchase Links
Amazon UK: The Scandalous Lady Mina: Disgraced lady sets sail with the enemy! A Regency romance on a luxury ship for fans of enemies to lovers and forced proximity sparks! New in 2026! eBook : Temple, Lara: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Amazon US: Amazon.com: The Scandalous Lady Mina eBook : Temple, Lara: Kindle Store

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  📚📚📚📚📚 My Review 📚📚📚📚📚

I do love a historical romance story! It is even better when the cover is as good as this. I haven’t read anything by this author before, but I was looking forward to reading this one.

We meet Lady Wilhelmina, who is known as Mina. After fleeing England many years before in disgrace, she is returning in style! She is on a luxury steamship and it just happens that her jilted ex’s cousin is onboard also! The chemistry is undeniable, but will they or won’t they?

This book was a book I did not know I needed… I threw my heart into this one, Max and Mina are great characters and their story kept me engaged throughout. I felt for Mina, when everything comes out and the reader realises that you should never judge a book by its cover. The development of the characters is good too. Multi-layered and flawed, I felt like I could know our two main characters.

I always love an enemies-to-lovers trope and this ticked that box with no problem! As the pages flew by, so did my need to know everything. Needless to say, I couldn’t stop reading! Then I was gutted I had finished the book!

Author Bio 

Lara Temple is an award-winning author of strong and sexy historical romance. She lives in London with her husband, two children, and one very fluffy dog, and they are all very understanding about her disappearing into her little office where she looks out over the garden as she dreams up her Happy Ever Afters.

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