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For any readers wanting to explore Beverley's Company of Rogues series, I do recommend starting with the beginning. Books 1 and 2 are absolutely necessary, but not all later books are interconnected with all subsequent ones. This book is the direct sequel of The Dragon's Bride, but reading The Demon's Mistress comes in useful as well.
I like Jo Beverley's ability to create different heroes and heroines for so many books in the same world populated by the protagonists of her earlier books and that she creates different problems for her characters to overcome. In this story the hero, David, is burdened by two inherited responsibilities: he is the impoverished Earl od Wyvern and the leader of the local smuggling gang known as Captain Drake. He wants to marry money but he prefers a silly, easily led wife who would not pry into is secrets. Lucy is a City-bred daughter of a merchant, when his widowed father plans to remarry and is no longer interested in treating her as his heir, she needs to conquer the ton and find herself a husband who would not want to break her independence, accepts her intelligence and business experience. However, the two meet and are instantly attracted - but can they be what the other needs?
There were several things I loved about this book: the way Lucy had to enter into two different worlds from her own native environment (the City's merchants): the glittering high Society (where she needs to conceal all her innate characteristics, pretend to be empty-headed and fight off unwanted suitors as well as fight for the one she wants) and then the remote rural community of Devon coast where her beloved belongs - can she fit in and be happy there?
I also liked the fact that Lucy approaches her problems in a rational way but allows her love to determine her decision and wants to make an informed decision. She needs to adjust quite a bit: forsake the urban civilisation and get used to the rural community (where a French soap acquired in a shop amounts to a Christmas present even for the local squire's daughter), broaden her attitudes and accept that smuggling is part of the area's way of life (and deal with her husband-to-be facing the dangers).
I also liked the role the Delaneys played: their nonconformist atitude allowed them to be exactly the help Lucy needed.
The author seems to go for the idea that "true love conquers all", but Lucy's adjustment seems to go very fast and I have some doubts whether she can really change enough to be happy in the life she has chosen. I'd love to see her in a glimpse to her future to be assured o it. Also, as others noted, the reveal of the "grand secret" that David is Captain Drake, is somehat anticlimactic: I wanted more drama, more effect on her. But I admit, the drama provided by her father and the smuggling problems causes excitement in its place.
Also, I can't really approve of her idea to force the commitment through seduction. It's wrong when it comes from the man's side, but it's also wrong from a woman, and unwise, too as she burns her bridges too early. A minor complaint is hat Lucy's secret journal which pretends to be poetry and then evolves into real verse, is never seen and shared by David.

All in all, I liked the book and its unique protagonists, not the best of the Rogues series but a solid good one.


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A Shocking Delight Company Of Rogues Jo Beverley 9780451468017 Books Reviews

This book took its time to build,and was a bit slower than needed at times. That is the reason for four stars instead of five. Also, it referenced a lot of characters that, while not essential to the story,clearly had their own backstory and that was distracting. However the basic story, that if a heiress whose father is also a " cit" being launched into society and the hero who needs her money and also loves her, is a good solid read.
Jo Beverley often writes tales of intelligent women dealing with the restrictions imposed by the times in which they live. The women eventually find men with open minds and open hearts who love them for their brains and character. But it isn't an easy process for either the hero or heroine.

Since the author is an excellent writer, all of her tales are well written. They each resonate with some readers and not with others.

This dragon-centric story kept me reading, but not as avidly as some of her other books.

I wish the hero hadn't spent so much time feeling unworthy and trying to make decisions about the heroine's future--for her own good.

I wish the heroine's father hadn't vacillated between being an ideal father and being a crazy, out-of-control guy.

I wish the heroine's journal had been pictured in its entirety--scribbles of hearts and flowers and sketches of floor plans included. That would be much more interesting than mere entries of bad poetry.

Jo Beverley's books are always among the best romances on the market. They can't all be considered 5-star material by all readers. Her short works are also among the best. I wonder if this tale might have been better with some of the repetition and waffling removed and marketed as a novella?
I loved this book, it is kind of an "in-between" story with the Company of Rogues helping the two lovers come together, but not one of the numbered books of the Company of Rogues series. The hero in this story is the brother of the wife of the couple in "The Dragon's Bride". In that story the man who inherits the title of Earl of Wyvern would rather stay at the house he already owned in a small village not on the coast (I think he already had a title of Viscount). Traditionally the Earl of Wyvern provided protection for the local people who use smuggling as part of their normal daily life. The previous Earl had done that for years, then suddenly stopped protecting the smugglers and one of them died and their leader was sent as a prisoner to Australia. The hero from the previous book gave up the title when it looked like his wife's brother, David Kerslake-Somerford, was legally the heir to the title.

David is in charge of the estate now and is almost penniless. He decides to go to London to find a wealthy wife who will let him use her money to improve the lives of the villagers and local farmers so they won't need to continue to smuggle. His sister and her husband are staying at their London home and are happy to help David find a wife.

Lucy Potter is the daughter of a tradesman and a titled lady. Her mother died the year before of influenza and her father is determined that Lucy will marry a man with a title, partly because he wants her out of the house since he is planning to remarry. His late wife's sister is willing to let Lucy live with her and assist as her daughter is coming out this year. Lucy can go with her to all the parties and balls and hopefully make a good match. Unfortunately, Lucy has a huge dowry, 30,000 pounds. Every fortune hunter in London will want to make her his wife. At her first ball she is surrounded by suitors and David comes to her rescue from an embarrassing situation. It isn't exactly love at first sight since neither of them trust the other. But, they soon learn they are perfect for each other; they just need to overcome a few problems. Such as can Lucy give up living in the city for a rural coastal area hundreds of miles away? Can they convince her father to give his blessing on their marriage? Lucy doesn't approve of smuggling and thinks it should be stopped/David feels differently. Lucy has control over her money, will she let David use it as he wants? What will she think of the outrageous castle the previous "Mad Earl" built and can she live in it? Does madness run in David's family? Will he become the next Mad Earl?

This is a great story and I didn't notice the "slow" parts other reviewers have mentioned. The author passed away in May, 2016, so we won't be getting any new books from her and I will miss that. I have quite a few of her Regency Romances and have enjoyed all of them very much. She has left a great legacy for all of us Regency Romance fans.
For any readers wanting to explore Beverley's Company of Rogues series, I do recommend starting with the beginning. Books 1 and 2 are absolutely necessary, but not all later books are interconnected with all subsequent ones. This book is the direct sequel of The Dragon's Bride, but reading The Demon's Mistress comes in useful as well.
I like Jo Beverley's ability to create different heroes and heroines for so many books in the same world populated by the protagonists of her earlier books and that she creates different problems for her characters to overcome. In this story the hero, David, is burdened by two inherited responsibilities he is the impoverished Earl od Wyvern and the leader of the local smuggling gang known as Captain Drake. He wants to marry money but he prefers a silly, easily led wife who would not pry into is secrets. Lucy is a City-bred daughter of a merchant, when his widowed father plans to remarry and is no longer interested in treating her as his heir, she needs to conquer the ton and find herself a husband who would not want to break her independence, accepts her intelligence and business experience. However, the two meet and are instantly attracted - but can they be what the other needs?
There were several things I loved about this book the way Lucy had to enter into two different worlds from her own native environment (the City's merchants) the glittering high Society (where she needs to conceal all her innate characteristics, pretend to be empty-headed and fight off unwanted suitors as well as fight for the one she wants) and then the remote rural community of Devon coast where her beloved belongs - can she fit in and be happy there?
I also liked the fact that Lucy approaches her problems in a rational way but allows her love to determine her decision and wants to make an informed decision. She needs to adjust quite a bit forsake the urban civilisation and get used to the rural community (where a French soap acquired in a shop amounts to a Christmas present even for the local squire's daughter), broaden her attitudes and accept that smuggling is part of the area's way of life (and deal with her husband-to-be facing the dangers).
I also liked the role the Delaneys played their nonconformist atitude allowed them to be exactly the help Lucy needed.
The author seems to go for the idea that "true love conquers all", but Lucy's adjustment seems to go very fast and I have some doubts whether she can really change enough to be happy in the life she has chosen. I'd love to see her in a glimpse to her future to be assured o it. Also, as others noted, the reveal of the "grand secret" that David is Captain Drake, is somehat anticlimactic I wanted more drama, more effect on her. But I admit, the drama provided by her father and the smuggling problems causes excitement in its place.
Also, I can't really approve of her idea to force the commitment through seduction. It's wrong when it comes from the man's side, but it's also wrong from a woman, and unwise, too as she burns her bridges too early. A minor complaint is hat Lucy's secret journal which pretends to be poetry and then evolves into real verse, is never seen and shared by David.

All in all, I liked the book and its unique protagonists, not the best of the Rogues series but a solid good one.