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To Want A Rogue by Tammy Andresen

On By BarbaraIn Barb's Reviews, Georgian Era (1714-1837), Novella1 Comment

To Want a Rogue: De Wolfe Pack Connected WorldBarbara’s rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: De Wolfe Pack Connected World
Publication Date: 12/28/19
Number of Pages: 80

This was an excellently written novella that was really fun to read. I loved the characters and felt as if I got to know them. This book is part of the DeWolf Pack Connected World and I believe it is also the last book in the Chronicles of A Bluestocking series.

Miss Dahlia Abigail Smith and her brother, Samuel (Sam) only had each other. They had lost both of their parents to diseases of the lung when it spread through London. While there was a small inheritance, it wouldn’t keep them for long, so they spent the money to complete Sam’s schooling as a barrister. Sam has now completed his education and they are traveling away from London to Sam’s new place of employment. A terrible storm overtakes them, horrendous thunder, flashing lightning, torrential rain, and wailing wind. The coachman does his best to outrun the approaching storm, but a large tree is uprooted and falls directly across the coach. The coachman is thrown from his perch on the coach and is left unconscious. Sam is trapped under the tree and cannot escape, so it is left to Dahlia to find help.

Dahlia feels as if she’s been trudging through the cold, driving rain for days when she finally sees what must be a dwelling in the distance. The place is forbidding looking – eerie – especially in this storm, but she must trudge on and find help for Sam.

When she arrives and lets the knocker fall on the huge wooden door, she is exhausted. When the door is opened, this sodden, small mouse falls inside dripping all over an expensive carpet. She is at the home of Baron Gavin deWolfe, widower, loner, and, at the moment, her savior.

Gavin has been grieving for his wife for the last two years and has sworn that he’ll never marry again. Losing someone you love just hurts too bad. I loved Gavin’s different reactions to Dahlia. First, he mistook her for a child, then he realized she was a lovely young woman, then he thought she was a widow, then he learned she was the lovely young woman he had thought she was. I loved the battle he had within himself trying to fight the attraction he felt for Dahlia. Then, when she was in danger, he had a grand epiphany.

This is a quick, fun, entertaining and romantic read and I hope you’ll enjoy it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Too Wicked To Want by Tammy Andresen

On By BarbaraIn Barb's Reviews, Novella, Regency Era (1811-1820)Leave a comment

Too Wicked to Want: Regency Romance (Chronicles of a Bluestocking Book 2)Barbara rating: 3.5/4 of 5 stars

Series: Chronicles of A Bluestocking #3
Publication Date: 11/12/19
Number of Pages: 145
*** 3.5 Stars Rounded Up ***

The series theme is that the ladies are ‘ruined’ bluestockings and they have decided to ‘study’ and research rogues in order to write a paper that will warn other young ladies what to look out for and what situations to avoid, etc. In this book, the lady is ‘ruined’ because she has an inattentive/uncaring father that ruined them financially.

Luke Harding, Marquess of Harding, eschews almost all ton events. His time and efforts are all devoted to the running of his estates and the care of his tenants and holdings. However, he has had to make an exception because he was falsely accused of ‘ruining’ a young lady at a previous event – when he wasn’t even there. So, he is putting in an appearance at the current event in order for the ton to see that he is not in hiding and to assume, therefore, that he is not guilty. Yet, there is a young woman across the room, hiding behind a palm, intently watching his every move. Evidently, there is another young woman out to maneuver him into a forced marriage. Well – that won’t be happening.

Lady Annabelle (Annie) Marks never plans to marry – not that she’d ever get an offer with no dowry. It is her plan to help her friends write their papers on rogues and to study sea creatures. She has been writing and publishing scientific papers under an assumed name and has been saving her money so that she can build a cottage where she and her friends can all live. Her father has promised her that he’ll give her a small strip of land by the sea – and that is where she plans to build the cottage. Of course, her father is flighty and fickle and will likely sell the land to the first person who asks.

Annie has chosen Luke Harding as the rogue she will study for their paper. She’s been standing behind a fern watching him all evening, but he isn’t doing anything particularly ‘roguish’. When he comes over and confronts her and they talk, she begins to wonder if maybe he isn’t really a rogue at all.

Both of our characters have issues stemming from fathers who are definitely not what a father should be. They are drawn together, but each fights the attraction. Luke was the one with more serious issues and it took him longer to realize that he could have a loving home and family despite the upbringing he had.

While this is part of a series, it can totally be read as a standalone.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.