The Viscount Made Me Do It audiobook

3.5 Stars I absolutely loved book one in this series, so I had super high expectations going into this book. I loved Griff's character in the first book as the hero's friend, so I was excited to see him and uncover more about his tragic past and his parents' deaths. What was most intriguing to me at the start of this book was Hanna and her profession. Hanna is a bonesetter and is not taken seriously by any medical professional at the time. Griff sees that she's wearing his mother's necklace that his mother had the day she died, so he immediately is suspicious of Hanna and wants to know how the got the necklace. To get closer to her, Griff asks Hanna to take a look at his arm, which has been painful ever since he injured it in the war two years ago. To Griff's surprise, he actually starts to like Hanna and she is able to fix his arm, something no doctor has ever been able to do. I enjoyed how Hanna and Griff started to like each other, but I wanted to feel more urgency regarding Griff's parents' murder. He had spent the last ten years having people think he killed his parents, yet when he's so close to figuring it out, he drags his feet and doesn't really want to find out. I get that he was scared of the truth, but it felt like he didn't really care and didn't want to find out right away. So much time passed in the book when he could have just followed clues much more quickly and figured things out on his own. I also wanted just a little more from the romance and just a little more about Hanna and her family. I know that Hanna is Arab and that she took over her father's bone setting business, but I would have liked to see her family just a little more to understand their dynamic and why she was so adamant she could never marry Griff and had to marry an Arab man. Sure we heard her say it over and over again, but I wanted to feel it from her family more too. Overall, I really enjoyed the story, there were just components that were a bit lacking and I wanted a bit more from. The urgency of uncovering the murderer of Griff's parents, the romance, Hanna and her family...I wanted just a little more from everything. But overall it was a fun read!

This historical romance was truly delightful! I loved the unique story and the Arab representation in Hannah and her family. This book follows Hannah, a female bone setter who is passionate about helping people with maladies that traditional doctors can not solve. However her career choice makes her seen as a money grabbing charlatan. Add to that the fact she is female and an Arab and the odds are stacked against her. She meets Griff, the Viscount who visits her with an arm that he injured in the war and has lived with constant pain for two years. While she repairs his arm the attraction between them grows hotter and hotter, and Griff learns that there may be a connection between the murder of his parents and the beautiful bone setter he can not stop thinking about. I loved the slow building chemistry between these two and the way that neither could deny the attraction they felt for the other. I also was really invested in the mystery of this one and could not wait to see how it was going to be solved. A thoroughly enjoyable historical romance with a unique plot and swoony love story.

It’s so funny I loved book one when I first read it and then I just reread it and it was NOT my cup of tea and now I realize this one is actually the one I’d recommend. Oh how the turntables ✨It’s always spicy when society thinks you’re a murderer.✨I really loved Her Night with the Duke, the first book in this Clandestine Affairs series, and I was highly anticipating the second go-about in the set. Where book one was the vivacious older sister, I’d say this book is the Mary Bennet type—a little more darkness, a little more mystery. Her Night with the Duke was sexy from the start and the plot revolved almost entirely around the couple. The Viscount Made Me Do It is more reserved and slower to burn, with the plot divided between the romance and the conflicts of being a bonesetter and ya know, murder. Both however are scandalous and unique and highly addicting. From the beginning, the bonesetting element was so cool and fascinating to read about. I found Hanna to be a very strong heroine with a very particular set of skills she was fabulous at using. The scene where she was first introduced was totally badass. I loved the Arab representation here (and book one) as well as how Hanna’s culture was such an integral part to her identity. Like book one, I learned so much—those type of moments are some of my favorites in historical romances! Griff’s whole backstory hooked me instantly and the way it combined that past with Hanna in the present was supremely dramatic and delicious.The spice was definitely there and they did some WORK at a desk (*winks in blinking neon lights*). Also her doing actual work on his injuries was just as hot and swoony. However, I felt like the steam took a backseat to the rest of the plot. Like the desk scene was hot but I think that even could’ve been taken up a notch further. The epilogue gave a little to me but it also tooketh away—I think as a society, we deserve explicit sex in epilogues. We ride at dawn. As for the mystery element, I was reading to find out the whodunnit or perhaps the whydunnit because I knew The Who from pretty early on but not The Why. I think a red herring could have been thrown in a little bit earlier to mess with the reader and to really commit to the mystery (since other plots were pushed aside for it to take up a good chunk of space). I wanted a bit more drama or a plot twist or something to really jazz it up. We flashmob at dawn.Overall, this was such a quick and enjoyable read. Hanna and Griff fell hard and it was so sweet how she was able to help him. The pace kept me engaged and the plot kept me entertained. I really like Diana’s writing style—it’s modern but still feels like a historical piece. This is also an Own Voices book and I’ve learned a lot about Arab culture and practices of the time. I’m very happy I found this series because it just feels so fresh. There were a few directions I thought the couple for book three was going to go and I was pleasantly surprised when I read the summary! I love me a brooding type. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 🌶🌶🌶.5/5Q: What is this 🦴?A: A historical bone-r 😌

Rumors that he killed his own parents have followed Thomas Ellis, Viscount Griffin, for most of his life. A tip about the killer leads him to Arab beauty Hanna Zayden, London’s finest bonesetter. Griff is convinced Hanna is a fraud, but she just might be the person to mend both his injured arm and his broken heart.This is the second book in the Clandestine Affairs series. This book can stand alone. Hanna is cousin to the first heroine, who makes an appearance.I thought this story was fantastic! In this time period, people were very leery of bonesetters because the medical community painted them as charlatans. When Griff first encounters Hanna, he spies her wearing his mother's stolen necklace. He uses a war injury as an excuse to get close to her, never dreaming that she could actually heal his constant pain. They had a slow-burn chemistry that was believable and engrossing. The romance and the unfolding events from Griff's past were well balanced.I also loved the inclusion of Hanna's Arabic heritage, which was weaved in beautifully. There were so many elements of family that I connected to my own Latina culture. Hanna's grandmother was a welcome addition...when she cursed the hero in Arabic, I nearly spit my drink. (4.5 stars rounded to 5)Tropes: Class Difference, Culture Clash, Working HeroineSteam Rating: 2* I received an ARC and this is my honest review. #TheViscountMadeMeDoIt #NetGalley

Hanna Zaydan works hard for every scrap of respect she’s offered as a skilled bonesetter, but her attraction to her newest patient threatens to derail everything she’s worked to build. As she treats his injuries, she finds herself increasingly drawn to the former soldier even though she knows she should stay away. She can tell that Griff has secrets, but she can also see that he desires her too and she may just be willing to give in.Thomas Ellis, Viscount Griffin, has been plagued by awful rumors that he murdered his own parents even since their tragic deaths when he was just 13. Now, more than ten years later, Griff finds a clue that could lead him to his parents’ killer, and which brings him into the orbit of the lovely bonesetter. Influenced by his cousin and former guardian, Dr. Pratt, Griff fully believes Hanna to be a fraud, but she awakens feelings he thought long dead. When her treatment is truly effective, it seems like she could mend more than just Griff’s broken body, if he’ll let her.This has to be a five-star read for me, hands down. There’s relatively low angst, especially given the premise of the plot. We have engrossing intrigue, MCs who are adults and openly communicate as such without playing games. It was a bit low on steam, but I loved these two so much that I didn’t even mind, in fact, I was so engrossed in the story that I didn’t really notice their lack of alone time together all that much. We have both an unconventional hero and an unconventional heroine and a mystery for them to solve together. Of course, they fall in love along the way, face adversity and fight to be together, and heal each other as they go. I couldn’t not love this book. Griff was such a genuinely good man who had been hurt so badly by others and just needed some love in his life. Hanna was the perfect match for him, no matter how reluctant she was at first, and she needed someone to believe in her as Griff did, even if she didn’t realize it. It was great to see Hanna get some support to realize her dreams and to see Griff take his life back and finally heal from the grief and guilt he lived with for so long. I loved this book and it left me so satisfied and full of warm fuzzies that I wasn’t even bothered by wrong forms of address, which are usually a huge pet peeve of mine. I enjoyed this book much more than the first book in the series and I’m looking forward to what’s next and especially hoping we find out what’s going on between Selina and Rafi.I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Blog link: https://mustreadalltheromance.blogspo...

The Viscount Made Me Do It By author Diana Quincy is not your typical historical romance. Set in the early 1800’s in London the two MCs are from completely different worlds, Thomas Ellis, Viscount Griffin, is a haunted man who has not dealt with the horrific loss of his parents. Hanna Zaydan is a bone setter, she learned the skill from her father and since his death she has taken over his practice. When Thomas first sees Hanna he notices she is wearing his deceased mothers unique necklace, he wants to know how she came into possession of the necklace that was stolen when his mom was murdered. He has the perfect excuse to go to Hanna - a 3-year old injury that has never healed. Bone setters can be thought of as very early chiropractor’s . Like the medical society of today’s time believe chiropractor’s are not reliable healthcare providers, back in the 1800’s bone setters were considered swindlers and frauds. So, when Viscount Griffin comes under Hanna’s care, for an injury that no previous physician could fix [even his guardian], it is not long before trouble comes knocking. Meanwhile Hanna & Thomas are growing closer - she knows he sought her out originally due to the necklace— yet, the sizzle between them continues to grow. As Hanna braces for backlash from London’s medical society Thomas is still trying to figure out how this alluring woman originally obtained his mom’s necklace. This is an intriguing story with many layers. There is the one expected society standards of who should be in a relationship, the standards of women providing medical care when society still believes women should not even work, the standards of acceptable medical care, and the mystery of who killed Viscount Griffin’s parents. The author masterfully wove these layers together to produce a story that captures your attention and doesn’t let go! I really enjoyed this story especially with my medical background and found myself researching bone setters. This is my first book by this author and it won’t be my last. Check this story out if you are looking for a great historical romance with an added mystery!!5 Stars ⭐️ | 2 Flames

I thought this was overall a very enjoyable book. Hanna Zayden is a bonesetter. I found her profession really interesting and very different to what you would usually see in Historical Romance. She is also Arab and that too is not the norm for HR. Both of those things really caught my interest. Griff is a Viscount and he comes to see her under the pretense of wanting her to help him with his injured arm. He is really there because she is in possession of his murdered mother's necklace. I felt like the book was focused more on the murder mystery involving Griff's parents than the romance. That didn't really bother me because the story was good. I'm looking forward to book 3 immensely. The glimpses of the Marquis of Brandon during the first two books have made me want to learn more about him. His introduction was probably my favorite scene in the book. I can't wait for more of him.

you know when you see someone and just IMMEDIATELY fall so hard for them?? and like, they’re so gorgeous, so smart, everything they do is so amazing & you just wanna ✨bask✨ in the glory that they emanate? Yeah, so that’s how I felt about Miss Hanna Zaydan in Diana Quincy’s latest book The Viscount Made Me Do It🥰 tbh I just— like I wanna be her??? From the moment she steps on page, Hanna is extremely self assured, commanding the space with her skill and her intelligence. She’s passionate (and ~very~ skilled) when it comes to her work, and tirelessly serves the people in her community despite receiving prejudice because of her identity as an Arabic woman and her occupation as a bonesetter. There was so much of this book that I enjoyed, but Hanna was just knocked me ~right~ off my feet! I loved her fierce independence, her sharp with, her relationship with her family—her brother in particular, when do we get Ravi and Selina’s book👀— and like not to dwell too much on her work as a bonesetter, but talk about COMPETENCE PORN!! the flip side of the whole "OMG Hanna is amazing" was that she was the best part of the book. I loved that Griff was into her from day one (obvi like he's no dummy) but I didn't find him particularly compelling as a character. I also felt like sometimes Hanna's personal arc and the murder mystery sometimes drove the story more than the romance did. However they also kept up momentum, and I liked that there was more external plot happening (in comparison to book one)I vacillated between 3.5/4 stars on this one, but Hanna was just so great I'm going with 4🙌🏻 The Viscount Made Me Do It dropped this Tuesday, and if you haven’t read Diana Quincy I'd recommend starting with this one! Looking forward to her next book👌🏻 Also I received a free ARC in exchange for an honest review, thank you to Avon and Netgalley Content/Trigger Warnings: xenophobia, misogeny, parental murder, familial estrangement, Content Notes: Hanna is a straight Arabic woman in her late 20's, and Griff is a straight white man in his early 30s.

I love the Heroine of this novel and the uniqueness of her career, it was so fascinating and wonderful to see a heroine with a strong passion and purpose. I also love the Arab representation we get with the heroine and her family, it is wonderful to see a wider understanding of the world and diversity within it at all moments in history. The writing is engaging and well paced, overall a really enjoyable story.

If you haven’t read Diana Quincy’s “Her Night With the Duke” book #1 in this Clandestine Affairs series, I highly recommend you do. I loved it—a five star for me.Now for my thoughts on book #2 The Viscount Made Me Do It——It’s a tale of two people finding love under unusual circumstances. Their journey leads to solving a murder mystery and finding acceptance and respect that is well-deserved.We have two main characters: an Arab bonesetter who followed in her fathers footsteps and is family to foreign merchants, and the English Viscount who seduces and falls-fast to make her his. Our hero, Thomas Ellis, Viscount Griffin, is at an ancient coffeehouse when he sees his mother’s sapphire pendant hanging on the neck of a woman, the bonesetter. His chest is in a pain of hurt, as he remembers it was stolen 14 years ago—his mother wearing it the night she was murdered, along with his father. To find answers, Griff makes a plan. He goes to see the bonesetter, requiring her services. Our heroine is the bonesetter, Hannah Zayden.He doubts Hannah’s abilities, but as a rouse to get info about his mother’s pendant, he asks her to repair the arm he injured fighting in the war two years before. It causes unbearable pain that no doctor has been able to help. While in her care, there’s a growing attraction and smoldering chemistry between them. Both are consequential in helping each other through painful and difficult times. The mystery behind Griff’s parents deaths, and Hannah’s fine-tuned art of bone setting being accepted by the medical community. I enjoyed it, and found the occupation of a bonesetter interesting and unique to the storyline. The enormity of feelings between Griff and Hannah rested just below the surface, both agreeing they were friends, nothing more.. but try as they might, the desire between them was more than either could control. I enjoyed the romance, the murder mystery, and absolutely loved how this woman controlled her own future (unheard of back in the day.) She’s very outspoken, wouldn’t allow men to put her in her place, and most definitely didn’t cower to them. I adored her confidence and boldness!! 4.5 stars

Good read.I really like this author.I have been reading more books lately that are less "tonish" and have a little more intrigue and suspense. It's been fun reading something different. You will enjoy this read.

Fourteen years after the murder of his parents, Thomas “Griff” Ellis, the Viscount Griffin receives a package with a ring belonging to his late mother, a ring that was stolen the night she was killed. In an effort to track down the sender, he visits the post office, hoping for a lead, but is sent away empty-handed. He visits a nearby coffeehouse and is shocked when he sees a lovely woman enter, wearing his mother’s necklace. The woman stops at the table of some young noblemen who apparently requested her services as a bonesetter to mock her. Angry, the woman dislocates the man’s wrist, telling him to visit her office to get it fixed, and storms out.Griff learns her name and due to a war injury, has an excuse to visit her offices, even though he doesn’t believe she will be able to help him, since his former guardian is a respected doctor and wasn’t able to alleviate his pain, nor had any of the specialists he has seen. So he is shocked when her treatments work. They form a friendship and he confesses his true reason for seeking her out and she offers to help any way she can.Hanna Zaydan is the daughter of immigrants from the Levant, most of her family is involved in the cotton trade, but her father was a bonesetter and taught her the art, much to the dismay of her mother and grandmother, who hoped she would marry a nice Arab man and start a family. Hanna truly has a gift for bonesetting and will not give up her practice, therefore she believes marriage and a family are not a part of her future. Her attraction to Griff is inconvenient and impossible, even if he wanted to marry her, her family would never approve. But that doesn’t stop her from helping him solve the mystery of who murdered his parents and why. Almost as soon as they start digging into the past, ugly truths begin to emerge and everything Griff has been told seems to be lies. Add to this, his former guardian seeming to have a vendetta against Hanna, and a secret he has kept for years coming out and forcing him to offer marriage to save a friend’s honor. All of these combined seem to ensure that there is no possibility for a HEA with the woman he has come to love.This was a well-written, fast-paced story with wonderful characters and a fresh and original plot. The book is filled with secrets, lies, betrayal, murder, interesting facts on bonesetting, class/station differences, prejudice, warm love scenes, help from unexpected sources, and finally a HEA that seemed impossible. This book achieved the perfect balance of mystery and romance, with neither aspect overpowering or detracting from the other, resulting in a well-balanced and gripping read. There were some typos and title errors, but this was an uncorrected proof, so those errors may be corrected before publication. This is the second book in the series, but it can be read as a standalone title with no problems.*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own.*

The Viscount Made Me Do It is the story of Hanna, a bonesetter from an Arab family, and Griff, a viscount with a difficult past. In order to find information on the death of his parent, he chooses to have Hanna treat his lingering war injury. Friendship, attraction, and challenges ensue and they work to uncover the truth behind his parents' murders and navigate their growing attraction and their cultural differences. Diana Quincy writes historical romance from such a fresh and unique perspective. I love the twists on a traditional HR that come with this story. It's fresh and fun. It's a page turning romp through romance and a little bit of intrigue. This is one that I will be recommending to romance readers all year!

Hanna Zaydan has dedicated her life to her practice of bonsetting, so much so as to claim that she is married to her work. It’s not lake Andy of the good Arab boys her family try to set her up withhold ever permit their wife to continue in her practice. Hannnah has not even noticed what she is missing until Mr. Thomas comes to her practice to treat an injury that has left him in pain and his arm useless for 2 years.Thomas Ellis, Viscount Griffin spied Mrs. Zayden in a coffee shop wearing a necklace that was on his mother at the time of her death- a death he has been blamed for since his youth. Under the guise of treating his old injury he goes to her practice to find out how she got his mothers necklace. Over the course of treatment, she hears his arm and captures his heart! But these two are not just from different classes, they are from ethnicities and Hannah rises being banished from her family by romancing an outsider…Where do I start, Lord Griffin is a bit of a bubblehead, he has so much going on around him but is unable to see anything until he gets a fresh perspective from Hannah. Also, it is easy to see that an affair between them would have devastating effects for Hannah; loosing her practice and family, but Griff continues to pursue her until he is explicitly warn of what he will cost her. Other than Griffin needing Hannah much more than she needed him, these two really did make a good pair. So I forgive Griff for his pursuit. I loved that Hannah continually showed strength in difficult circumstances and didn’t give in too easy to Griff’s charms. Hannah’s extreme competency in her line of work was a delight to read too- she was unapologetic about her skill and abilities.Another highlight of this book was getting to see a lot of Hannah’s family, especially her grandmother, citi and her brother Rafi. Citi was a hoot and Rafi needs a story and an HEA of his own!This diverse historical romance delivers a story that stays true to the characters situations and I loved it. We need more books like this.The Viscount Made Me Do It by Vivienne Lorret is scheduled to release June 29th, 2021.I received a complimentary copy of this book from HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books through Edelweiss+. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.Blog link: https://pinkcowlandreads.blogspot.com... #TheViscountMadeMeDoIt #DianaQuincy #Edelweiss #pinkcowlandreads

Hanna's unusual for her time profession of bonesetting was very interesting to me. I love historicals that show a little known side to the time. Griff had the perfect mix of ignorance and open-mindedness. Griff's history was tragic and a bit of a mystery which is solved by the end of the book. Hanna's family was humorous at times but very loving and close. Story was steady paced. I would read more by this author.