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One Rogue Too Many (2014)

by Samantha Grace(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1402286589 (ISBN13: 9781402286582)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

Rival Rogues

review 1: One Rogue too many is predicated on that classic sitcom trope: people can’t talk to other people. Pretty much every plot point in this book could be cleared up with a five minute conversation. Since that doesn’t happen we get, instead, a series of admittedly amusing mishaps. Gabrielle Forest promised to wait for Anthony Keaton, earl of Ellis to come back and announce their impeding marriage. She feels like she’s been waiting a lifetime already, because he’s her older brother’s best friend and she’s ben in love with him since she was a little girl. Anthony has asked her to wait until he comes back to tell anyone about their engagement. So she waits. And she waits. And she waits. And the date passes, and there’s no word. No visit, no letter, no nothing, and tec... morehnically, no engagement. So when her family wants her to start looking at suitors, what can she say? When Anthony rolls back into town with a daughter in tow, he’s ready to pick up where he left off with Gabby and is surprised to find that she’s picked up another serious suitor in his absence. Another has secrets that he’s keeping and his reluctance to tell Gabby why he keeps disappearing makes if hard for him to make a commitment and leaves her other suitor, Thorne, a perfect opening to sow seeds of doubt. As I said at the beginning, the many misfires of this book bring in a lot of the more entertaining elements, but by the end I really wanted to scream. The book really relies on everyone totally failing to have the most basic conversations with each other and frankly, Anthony kind of ends up looking like a little bit of a jerk. I would read another book by this author, but only if it was about Anthony’s rival, who was the most interesting character in the book! Three stars. I was provided with a copy of this book for review.
review 2: Gabrielle has loved Anthony for years but he always thought her too young. After being widowed he does finally see her as a possible wife, and makes promises to Gabby, but has to leave London for a few months. His journey takes longer than anticipated and Gabby has lost faith he would retain to her. When he does come back, she is hurt and distrustful. Unfortunately for me as a reader, the whole thing could have been cleared up with a conversation. It is the family dynamics that really kept me reading and finishing the book. less

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