Love Is a Rogue
Wallflowers vs. Rogues
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Once upon a time in Mayfair a group of wallflowers formed a secret society with goals that had absolutely nothing to do with matrimony. Their most troublesome obstacle? Rogues!
They call her Beastly Beatrice.
Wallflower Lady Beatrice Bentley longs to remain in the wilds of Cornwall to complete her etymological dictionary. Too bad her brother’s Gothic mansion is under renovation. How can she work with an annoyingly arrogant and too-handsome rogue swinging a hammer nearby?
Rogue. Scoundrel. Call him anything you like as long as you pay him.
Navy man Stamford Wright is leaving England soon and renovating Thornhill House is just a job. It’s not about the duke’s bookish sister or her fiery copper hair. Or the etymology lessons the prim-yet-alluring lady insists on giving him. Or the forbidden things he'd love to teach her.
They say never mix business with pleasure. But when Beatrice and Ford aren't arguing, they're kissing.
Sometimes temptation proves too strong to resist…even if the cost is a heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bell (How the Duke Was Won) unites a bookish Lady looking forward to spinsterhood with a handsome carpenter in the sparkling launch of her Wallflowers vs. Rogues series. In 1830 Cornwall, Lady Beatrice Bentley struggles to complete work on an etymological dictionary at Thornhill House, her brother's mansion, but is distracted by the presence of Ford Wright, a dashing rogue working on renovations to the estate. After Beatrice returns to London and reluctantly follows her mother's command to attend the events of the season, she inherits a bookstore from an estranged aunt and determines to transform it into a haven for her companions in the Mayfair Ladies Knitting League. When Ford turns up in London hoping to consult with Beatrice's brother on business, Beatrice hires him to complete repairs on the shop. As the pair spend more time together, Ford's teasing of Beatrice turns into a genuine infatuation with her intelligence and caring, though he believes she will never return his affections because of their class disparity. But Beatrice blossoms through her friendship with Ford, learning to stand up to her mother, exert her independence, and go after what she wants. Witty, insightful dialogue and expertly developed characters fill the chapters of this page-turner. Gripping and emotionally charged, this romance promises more good things from the series to come.
Customer Reviews
Nice balance of humour angst and steam
I received an ARC of this book to read through Edelweiss+. All opinions are my own. Love Is A Rogue by Lenora Bell is the first book in what looks to be a captivating new series, Wallflowers vs Rogues. Wallflower Lady Beatrice Bentley wants nothing more than her mother to give up trying to find her a match so that she can retreat to the family estate in Cornwall and work on her etymological dictionary and not have to attend all the balls, routs and musicals that her mother insists are necessary. The unexpected inheritance of a bookshop specializing antiquarian volumes and manuscripts is a dream come true, but her mother wants her to sell it, a nasty developer wants the property and surprisingly, her nemesis, carpenter Stamford Wright volunteers to help her in her quest to repair the bookshop building and turn it into a ladies clubhouse. This enemies to friends to lovers story is full of humour balanced by angst and the perfect amount of steam. I enjoyed it very much. Steam Level: Medium. Publishing Date: October 27, 2020. #LoveIsARogue #LenoraBell #HistoricalRomance #WallflowerRomance #KissingBooks #AvonRomance #HarperCollinsCanada #BooksOfHCC #bookstagram #mybookpledge #bookstagrammer