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The Rogue Returns (2014)

by Leigh LaValle(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Heart Bay Publishing

series

Nottinghamshire

review 1: This was the ultimate road trip romance! The writing is great and the love scenes steamy and the characters very likable. I loved Helen and Roane! They were perfect together. I loved that Helen was a girly girl who screamed when she thought there was a spider on her (been there, done that). I loved that Roane teased her about it! Roane was a great hero - he has a past and he has done his time and wants to move beyond his past. He learned from his his past but it doesn't define him. He is not wallowing in self pity - he is just trying to make his dream come true. Helen is a fixer - she has been hurt by all the men in her life and has learned to be the caregiver. She is afraid to trust a man with her future (can't say I blame her, all things considered). I LOVED watching... more these two fall in love - it was beautiful! I loved that Roane said the I love yous first - that is so rare. I also loved that Helen didn't immediately return the words - it made it all the more meaningful when she finally did. I liked the epilogue - I would have liked more - kids? I would have also liked a bit more about Cat and Jamie but it was nice to see that Maize and Trent had a boy and a girl. I wish there were more family members to write about!! I really enjoyed this series and am sad that it is over.
review 2: 'Rogues were like insects!'An amusingly different remark about rogues muttered at one stage by Lady Helen Gladstone. Admittedly not the normal declaration rogues inspire. If I hadn't already suspected it, this comment alone alerted me to consider that this novel was shaping up to be way more than a 'common garden variety' regency romance. Helen finds herself literally digging for gold, making a mad rush across the mountains to secure a fortune, pursued by dangerous men, traveling with a devasting rogue, and being assuaged by feelings she had never before experienced.Roane Grantham is a wonderful hero. Magnificent! is the word that frequently echoes across Helen's thoughts. Compassionate, damaged, hiding dark secrets, reflective, truly magnificent, and terrified by the treacherous desire he feels for this woman he refers to as 'buttercup.'As Roane comes to appreciate, Helen is 'a woman who has everything to loose...A women with strength of spirit, [and ]a steel will.'Helen is stubbornly and fearfully determined, searching for the much needed gold her dead brother has hidden, in order to restore her family's fortune. She is achingly attracted to the rogue she is traveling with, more so than she wants to admit.The air between them is totally electric. Mmm, like a storm breaking on a sultry summer's eve!Helen is quite endearing as she clambers aboard a huge mare, clinging to the little things that make her feel confidant and in charge. Like looping her ridiculous tiny purse around her wrist before riding off across the english countryside to ford rivers and climb through mountainous passes, all the time declaring, 'A lady travels with a reticule.' A wonderful cameo!And Roane? Roane is so 'much more than a rogue. Much more.'A fast paced, very different and enjoyable read! I am definitely off to catchup with the rest of LaValle's writings!A NetGalley and author provided ARC in exchange for an impartial review less

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