A Scandal Changes Everything
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley January 14, 2026
Author Josie Johns
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1967868070 (Kindle Edition)
Publisher: Victory Editing NetGlley Co-Op
Release Date: 12 January 2026
Website: https://www.amazon.com/Scandal-Changes-Everything-Society-Revolutionaries-ebook/dp/B0FZ758K35
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Society of Women Revolutionaries Book 1.
Set in a time period not often utilised by ‘Regency’ romance writers A Scandal Changes Everything is based in the Politics of 1770’s Britain when Lord North was the Prime Minister and England was involved in the War of Independence in America.
Societies rules were strict and anyone, namely women, found breaking those rules was an immediate outcast, a ruined woman, a family shame and disgrace. Hanging was commonplace for a wide range of crimes and worse if you were considered as a traitor to England.
Sophie St Clair was a social outcast, having been found standing in a garden with a very handsome man, later to give birth to a child which was then removed from her at the tender age of six months. She is known in society as the scandalous ’71. On a small inheritance she has established herself as the owner of small bookstore, writes letters and speeches for the condemned and also for a broadsheet under the pen name of Lady Sour.
She and her sisters have formed a Society of Women Revolutionaries determined to make change; Mariah her third sister is engaged in Moneylending and other illegal but profitable enterprises, whereas Cassandra is Lady Cassandra Ellington, wife to man she cannot stand but suffers, as he gives her a place in Society which due to her birthright she deserves. Her youngest sister is yet to be launched into Society.
Roman Montvilliers, Earl of Hazelmere is a powerful man both politically and through his title of Earl. He sits on the right hand of the prime minister, is widowed and the father to a small daughter. He has a mother who wishes him married again and has a book of likely prospects, one of whom, even though it is crossed through many times, is the Honourable Miss Sophie St Clair, daughter of Lord Oliver St Clair, respected politician, now deceased.
When Roman and Sophie come together in a range of most unusual circumstances it is the beginning of a romance that does not proceed according to any plan, rubs dangerously up against the volatile politics of the day and could end in bliss or death.
A Scandal Changes Everything contains a raft of entertaining issues held together with a very well researched historic background that makes the story well worth the telling. Add strong characters, a little or a lot of levity, a good sense of humour from Josie Johns and there you have an exceptionally entertaining historic romance, 1772 style.