The Rogue Not Taken: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book I
by:
Sarah MacLean (author)
Lady Sophie’s Society SplashWhen Sophie, the least interesting of the Talbot sisters, lands her philandering brother-in-law backside-first in a goldfish pond in front of all society, she becomes the target of very public aristocratic scorn. Her only choice is to flee London, vowing to start a new...
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Lady Sophie’s Society SplashWhen Sophie, the least interesting of the Talbot sisters, lands her philandering brother-in-law backside-first in a goldfish pond in front of all society, she becomes the target of very public aristocratic scorn. Her only choice is to flee London, vowing to start a new life far from the aristocracy. Unfortunately, the carriage in which she stows away isn’t saving her from ruin . . . it’s filled with it.Rogue’s Reign of Ravishment!Kingscote, “King,” the Marquess of Eversley, has never met a woman he couldn’t charm, resulting in a reputation far worse than the truth, a general sense that he’s more pretty face than proper gentleman, and an irate summons home to the Scottish border. When King discovers stowaway Sophie, however, the journey becomes anything but boring.War? Or More?He thinks she’s trying to trick him into marriage. She wouldn’t have him if he were the last man on earth. But carriages bring close quarters, dark secrets, and unbearable temptation, making opposites altogether too attractive . . .
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN:
9780062379412 (0062379410)
ASIN: 0062379410
Publish date: 2015-12-29
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Man, did King act like an ass more times than not throughout the whole story. The things he said to her was sometimes intense, I certainly was pulled into the story and felt for her so many times. It was emotionally intense and I had a lot of times where I had to stop reading to have a mental argum...
If one of the Rules of Romance novels is that the protagonists must go through hell before finally getting together, King and Sophie spend a good part of this book there. I did enjoy the characters and the plot and the dialogue were good and occasionally funny. There is the problem of the languag...