{"id":16408,"date":"2016-06-14T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=16408"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:14:30","slug":"giveaway-a-gentlemans-guide-to-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/14\/giveaway-a-gentlemans-guide-to-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway \u2605 A Gentleman&#8217;s Guide to Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cHelpless adoration.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Those are the two words that caught my attention. I do love a hero who is helplessly in love with the heroine but refuses to show it. That&#8217;s Colin Spenser when it comes to how he feels about Elinor.\u00a0My reviewer Jenny is reading this one right now and it&#8217;s on my TBR list. 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