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How To Ruin A Reputation (2012)

by Bronwyn Scott(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0373297084 (ISBN13: 9780373297085)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

series

The Rakes Beyond Redemption

review 1: Very good book. When Ashe returns home after his father's death he is dismayed to find out that to have control of the estate, he must marry Genevra. He doesn't want to marry, but he will do so to save his home. He and Neva are immediately attracted to each other but there are things keeping them apart. There is also the mystery of why the estate's funds disappeared so rapidly, and who is behind the problems. I really liked both Ashe and Neva. Ashe had stayed away from the estate and his father because of an argument they had had when he was twenty. When he came back to his home he was filled with guilt and swore to make things right. At first he didn't trust Neva, but soon came to learn that she had been a great support to his family. He also quickly realized tha... moret his intense attraction to her could be a good thing, though he came on a little strong at first. I liked the way that he tried to protect her from his cousin. It took him awhile to realize that the happiness and contentment he felt with Neva was love, and almost left it too late. Neva was a good strong woman. She was a widow who had discovered too late in her marriage that her husband had been a fortune hunter and swore never to be in that position again. She had purchased the estate next to Ashe's and had plans to turn it into a home for women. She had become friends with Ashe's father and was stunned to find that she had inherited part of the trusteeship of the estate. She was not happy about her attraction to Ashe because she compared him to her late husband. After some time she realized he was different, that there was a good man under the rake on the surface. When he proposed a business marriage she accepted, and soon discovered she was falling for him. I liked the way that she was able to help him with the estate, and also that she cared enough to get him to talk about his past. I really enjoyed the final resolution to the mystery, though I felt bad for Ashe's brother. I'm looking forward to the final book in the series.
review 2: 3.5 out of 5 rounded UP to 4.I was thoroughly enjoying this up until the end. When the book focused on Ashe and Genevra, it moved at a brisk pace. The chemistry sizzled, and I loved Genevra did not bother to fight the attraction. Ashe was a wicked rake carrying his own pain. I found the ending rushed, and the subplot fell a little flat, but that's me. Love the cover (I gushed about it on FB) and I do recommend~the H/H make this a very good read, too bad the bit at the end deflated me a little~ less

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