Book Review featuring author, Amelia Grey: Gone with the Rogue

Gone with the Rogue by Amelia Grey

Publisher & Release: St. Martins Press, April 28, 2020

Time and setting:  Regency England

Genre: Historical Romance

Length: 290 Pages

Heat Level: 1 Flame

Rating:  4.5 Gold Crowns

Book Description: 

A powerful handsome rogue finally meets his match in Gone With the Rogue, the second book in the First Comes Love series from bestseller Amelia Grey.

She had an acceptable marriage of convenience. Now widowed, can this determined and beautiful mother find true and forever love?

The sinking of the Salty Dove took her husband’s life—but it didn’t drown Julia Fairbright’s courage to endure. She creates a proper life for herself and her young son. But now, the ton’s most notorious rogue is back, and how he makes Julia feel is anything but proper. She can’t deny the desires he awakens in her, even though she knows that the handsome devil will surely break her heart.

Garrett Stockton owns a successful shipping company and is rumored to have a woman on every continent and half-a-dozen in England. The truth, however, is that Garrett has but one mistress: the wide-open sea. That is, until he meets Julia, whose spirit of independence matches his own. What begins as a flirtatious battle of wits turns far more passionate than either of them could have imagined. Suddenly, Garrett’s only desire is to sail into the sunset with Julia as his wife and young Chatwyn his son. But she won’t take his hand—how can he convince her that his love is real and his heart is hers?

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Vikki’s Musings

Thanks go to the publisher and Net-Galley for the complimentary copy of Gone with the Rogue by Amelia Grey for the purpose of reading and reviewing prior to publication. An emotionally charged Regency romance. My opinions are my own and no one has influenced me in any way.

Gone with the Rogue is an engaging romance with endearing characters and a unique plot. The pacing pulled me in and kept me enmeshed until the end. The dialogue is sparkling and emotional. I adore Regencies and this has the aspects I love most in this sub-genre of romance.

Julia Fairbright’s character is a lovely heroine with all the aspects of a Regency main character. She is a young widow with a precocious son, and the duke, her father-in-law, is a tyrant who rules her life. Even though she know it’s a danger, she cannot resist the charming gentleman who helped her when she finds herself stuck in a tree.

Garrett Stockton is an honorable rogue who has returned to England bent on purchasing his childhood home, but not for sentimental reasons. When he by chance meets the heroine, he is drawn to her and senses there is more to her than what she shows to society. He is a true gentleman and wants to save the damsel in distress, but Julia is very independent, so he has to work to win her!

The romance between Julia and Garrett is combustible and passionate. However, they are also friends. They work together to solve the mystery of the duke’s machinations. I adore the build of sexual tension and Gone with the Rogue has plenty. I truly wanted them to find their happy ending.

If you enjoy a Regency novel that offers more than the standard fare with an intriguing plot and characters you’ll love, then you will enjoy Gone with the Rogue as much as I. I look forward to reading the next one in this series. Happy reading!

Author Bio:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Amelia Grey read her first romance book when she was thirteen. She's been a devoted reader of love stories ever since.

Amelia has been happily married to her high school sweetheart for over thirty-five years and she lives on the beautiful gulf coast of Northwest Florida.

With more than twenty-five books published, she is a two-time winner of the prestigious Booksellers Best Award. She's also won the Aspen Gold, and the Golden Quill Awards. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she won the coveted Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter and the Maggie Award. Amelia's books have been published in Europe, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia, and Japan.

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