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In USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s latest installment in the Palace of Rogues series, an estranged couple decide to fake their way through the London season to repair their good name… but neither are prepared for the genuine sparks that begin flying between them.
A blue-blooded beauty bartered to a Beast…
He would pay any price to possess her. But even though Alexandra Bellamy sacrifices herself to save her family’s fortunes, a shocking betrayal sunders her marriage to a taciturn brute of a war hero, Colonel Magnus Brightwall, before it even begins. Five years of icy separation later, a scandal—with Alexandra at the middle—reunites them, and Magnus issues an edict: they will confront the ton, rescue their reputations, then Magnus will banish her to another continent—forever.
But alone in a suite at the Grand Palace on the Thames, a new battle begins—between pride and the unexpected volcanic passion stirring between them. The danger is real: Magnus rediscovers why Alexandra is the only woman who could ever break him. And even as she lays bare the beautiful heart beating beneath the battered hide of the near-stranger she married, Alexandra knows she may have already lost him—even as she finally falls fatally, irrevocably in love.
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Delilah Swanpoole, countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring”, is a lot more interesting - and perfidious - dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless.
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Funny and no Dukes!
- By Cate F. on 03-09-19
By: Julie Anne Long
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The Perils of Pleasure
- Pennyroyal Green Series, Book 1
- By: Julie Anne Long
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Scandal has rocked the city of London. Colin Eversea, a handsome, reckless unapologetic rogue is sentenced to hang for murder and, inconveniently for him, the only witness to the crime disappears. Then again, throughout history, the Everseas have always managed to cheat fate in style: Colin is snatched from the gallows by a beautiful, clever mercenary. Cool-headed, daring Madeleine Greenway is immune to Colin's vaunted charm. Her mission is not to rescue Colin but to kidnap him, and to be paid handsomely for it.
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Pennyroyal Green comes to Audible! Don't miss it!
- By Kate on 11-18-19
By: Julie Anne Long
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One Kiss to Desire
- A Grumpy Sunshine Hot Historical Romance (Blackwood Legacy, Book 1)
- By: Grace Callaway
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After a tragic accident, former piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington takes refuge at a tumbledown country manor that is supposedly haunted. He hires Xenia Loveday to be his housekeeper, unaware that her mousy appearance is a disguise, and she’s a naughty storyteller on the run. As Ethan and Xenia are drawn together by a sizzling attraction, they must contend with dangerous enemies…and unravel the mystery of a century-old curse.
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Lots of Spice but no Substance
- By Amazon Customer on 02-04-25
By: Grace Callaway
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My Once and Future Duke
- The Wagers of Sin
- By: Caroline Linden
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Sophie Campbell is determined to be mistress of her own fate. Surviving on her skill at cards, she never risks what she can’t afford to lose. Yet when the Duke of Ware proposes a scandalous wager that’s too extravagant to refuse, she can’t resist. If she wins, she’ll get 5,000 pounds, enough to secure her independence forever. Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, tells himself he’s at the Vega Club merely to save his reckless brother from losing everything, but he knows it’s a lie. He can’t keep his eyes off Sophie, and to get her he breaks his ironclad rule against gambling.
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READS LIKE A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOT HISTORICAL
- By Edwina "I Love books" on 09-01-18
By: Caroline Linden
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The Wolf of Mayfair
- By: Christi Caldwell
- Narrated by: Paula Nederhorst, Will Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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I don’t want visitors. But when the butler says the caller is a she, I spring to attention. The night just got a lot more interesting. Turns out the recently orphaned Helia Wallace has come to see my mother, her godmother, for help with a dastardly, dowry-chasing cousin. A likely story. But there’s a snowstorm brewing, and she begs me to let her stay the night. I reluctantly agree. It’s her reputation at stake, not mine.
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Great Story
- By Janice Bennett on 01-31-25
By: Christi Caldwell
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The Duchess Takes a Lover
- Ladies of Seduction, Book 1
- By: Jillian Eaton
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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After a disastrous wedding night followed by eighteen months of isolation at her husband's country estate, the Duchess of Southwick has grown tired of being lonely. There's only so many books a person can read, and Mara has read most of them twice. So she's made a decision. For the first time since her wedding, she's traveling to London. And while she's there, this meek, shy mouse of a wallflower who has never met a shade of beige she didn't like will do the unthinkable.
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passion and heart
- By G. Woodruff on 10-12-24
By: Jillian Eaton
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Lady Derring Takes a Lover
- The Palace of Rogues
- By: Julie Anne Long
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Delilah Swanpoole, countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring”, is a lot more interesting - and perfidious - dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless.
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Funny and no Dukes!
- By Cate F. on 03-09-19
By: Julie Anne Long
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The Perils of Pleasure
- Pennyroyal Green Series, Book 1
- By: Julie Anne Long
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Scandal has rocked the city of London. Colin Eversea, a handsome, reckless unapologetic rogue is sentenced to hang for murder and, inconveniently for him, the only witness to the crime disappears. Then again, throughout history, the Everseas have always managed to cheat fate in style: Colin is snatched from the gallows by a beautiful, clever mercenary. Cool-headed, daring Madeleine Greenway is immune to Colin's vaunted charm. Her mission is not to rescue Colin but to kidnap him, and to be paid handsomely for it.
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Pennyroyal Green comes to Audible! Don't miss it!
- By Kate on 11-18-19
By: Julie Anne Long
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One Kiss to Desire
- A Grumpy Sunshine Hot Historical Romance (Blackwood Legacy, Book 1)
- By: Grace Callaway
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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After a tragic accident, former piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington takes refuge at a tumbledown country manor that is supposedly haunted. He hires Xenia Loveday to be his housekeeper, unaware that her mousy appearance is a disguise, and she’s a naughty storyteller on the run. As Ethan and Xenia are drawn together by a sizzling attraction, they must contend with dangerous enemies…and unravel the mystery of a century-old curse.
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Lots of Spice but no Substance
- By Amazon Customer on 02-04-25
By: Grace Callaway
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My Once and Future Duke
- The Wagers of Sin
- By: Caroline Linden
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Sophie Campbell is determined to be mistress of her own fate. Surviving on her skill at cards, she never risks what she can’t afford to lose. Yet when the Duke of Ware proposes a scandalous wager that’s too extravagant to refuse, she can’t resist. If she wins, she’ll get 5,000 pounds, enough to secure her independence forever. Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, tells himself he’s at the Vega Club merely to save his reckless brother from losing everything, but he knows it’s a lie. He can’t keep his eyes off Sophie, and to get her he breaks his ironclad rule against gambling.
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READS LIKE A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOT HISTORICAL
- By Edwina "I Love books" on 09-01-18
By: Caroline Linden
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The Wolf of Mayfair
- By: Christi Caldwell
- Narrated by: Paula Nederhorst, Will Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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I don’t want visitors. But when the butler says the caller is a she, I spring to attention. The night just got a lot more interesting. Turns out the recently orphaned Helia Wallace has come to see my mother, her godmother, for help with a dastardly, dowry-chasing cousin. A likely story. But there’s a snowstorm brewing, and she begs me to let her stay the night. I reluctantly agree. It’s her reputation at stake, not mine.
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Great Story
- By Janice Bennett on 01-31-25
By: Christi Caldwell
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The Duchess Takes a Lover
- Ladies of Seduction, Book 1
- By: Jillian Eaton
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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After a disastrous wedding night followed by eighteen months of isolation at her husband's country estate, the Duchess of Southwick has grown tired of being lonely. There's only so many books a person can read, and Mara has read most of them twice. So she's made a decision. For the first time since her wedding, she's traveling to London. And while she's there, this meek, shy mouse of a wallflower who has never met a shade of beige she didn't like will do the unthinkable.
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passion and heart
- By G. Woodruff on 10-12-24
By: Jillian Eaton
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The Truth About Love and Dukes
- Dear Lady Truelove
- By: Laura Lee Guhrke
- Narrated by: Carolyn Morris
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Henry, Duke of Torquil, wouldn't be caught reading the wildly popular "Dear Lady Truelove" column, but when its advice causes his mother to embark on a scandalous elopement, an outraged Henry decides the author of this tripe must be stopped before she can ruin any more lives. Though Lady Truelove's identity is a closely guarded secret, Henry has reason to suspect the publisher of the notorious column, beautiful and provoking Irene Deverill, is also its author.
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One of the very best...EVER!
- By Morgan Mc Glacken on 08-23-17
By: Laura Lee Guhrke
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The Good Girl's Guide to Rakes
- Last Chance Scoundrels, Book 1
- By: Eva Leigh
- Narrated by: Zara Hampton-Brown
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When Kieran Ransome’s latest antics result in a massive scandal, his father issues an ultimatum: find a respectable wife or inherit nothing. But as one of London’s most inveterate scoundrels, Kieran doesn’t know any ladies who fit the bill. Or does he? Celeste Kilburn is a society darling, beloved by influential members of the ton. But keeping a spotless reputation leaves little room for adventure and she longs to escape her gilded cage, especially with her impending engagement to a stuffy earl.
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brilliant
- By Trina on 03-14-22
By: Eva Leigh
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The Scandalous Ladies of London
- The Countess
- By: Sophie Jordan
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Wealthy society maven Lady Gertrude knows how the world works. If her husband is less than faithful, it’s an acceptable price to pay for her coveted position at the apex of London’s most fashionable set. No exclusive soirée or lavish ball is complete without her and her group of decadent, well-connected friends. And this Season promises more excitement than usual: Tru is launching her daughter into Society, helping her navigate the cutthroat Marriage Mart, complete with fortune hunters, jealous debutantes, and malicious gossips.
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Slow cooker
- By Melissa Bingham on 07-23-24
By: Sophie Jordan
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When the Duke Was Wicked
- Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James, Book 1
- By: Lorraine Heath
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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They are England's most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways…Lady Grace Mabry's ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whether a suitor is in love with her…or enamored of her riches. Who better to distinguish beau from blackguard than her notorious childhood friend, the Duke of Lovingdon? With no interest in marriage, Lovingdon has long lived only for pleasure. He sees little harm in helping Grace find a proper match.
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FUNNY, HEARTBREAKING & ROMANTIC ALL IN ONE
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 03-02-14
By: Lorraine Heath
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She Tempts the Duke
- Lost Lords of Pembrook, Book 1
- By: Lorraine Heath
- Narrated by: Faye Adele
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath writes sweet temptations—richly, deliciously passionate, high concept historical romance in the vein of Lisa Kleypas and Liz Carlyle. With She Tempts the Duke, Heath kicks off another enthralling series, this time following the fortunes of the Lost Lords of Pembrook—three dark and dangerous noble brothers imprisoned and robbed of their inheritance, but free now and determined to reclaim their birthright.
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BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY!!
- By Edwina "I Love books" on 02-23-16
By: Lorraine Heath
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The Trouble with Inventing a Viscount
- A Novel (The Liars' Club, Book 2)
- By: Vivienne Lorret
- Narrated by: Faye Adele
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Honoria Hartley enjoys flirting far too much to consider marrying. And besides, she’s been betrothed since birth to the long-lost Viscount Vandemere. But no one has actually ever met the viscount and, without an heir, the title will soon become extinct. So she’s willing to do anything to keep her viscount alive, even if she has to invent him herself.
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Always a Gentleman, Never a Duke
- Dueling for Dukes, Book 3
- By: Jessie Clever
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
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Having already spent two seasons on the Marriage Mart without a single flutter of her heart, Lady Eloise Bounds has given up on ever finding a love match and accepts the reality of her situation. When the Duke of Ardley expresses interest in having her for his wife, Eloise has no choice but to put away her childish dreams and become the duchess her mother wants her to be.
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Viscount in Love
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- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women.
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Almost!
- By SMATTHEWS on 08-02-24
By: Eloisa James
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A Worthington Wedding
- Here Come the Grooms, Book 1
- By: Ella Quinn
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Charlie, Earl of Stanwood, is at his gentleman's club when he overhears from a nearby card game that the Viscount Ognon plans to gamble away a property in which some of his family live. Charlie takes a dim view of those who mistreat their dependents, and though he rarely gambles, he always wins. This time is no different. Triumphant, Charlie is determined to sign the property over to the appropriate family member.
By: Ella Quinn
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Duchess Material
- By: Emily Sullivan
- Narrated by: Zara Hampton-Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Phoebe Atkinson is what society might call unconventional. Instead of marrying well like other women born to wealth, she chose to be a schoolteacher. Not to mention she lives in a leaky flat in an unfashionable part of town rather than stay in her parents’ mansion. But when her most promising pupil goes missing she has only one option: beg her sister’s best friend, the powerful Duke of Ellis, for help.
By: Emily Sullivan
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The Worst Duke in London
- By: Amalie Howard
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Lady Evangeline Raine prefers animals to people and has no interest in marriage—much to the dismay of her flirty younger sister, Viola. Because their father has one rule: Viola may be courted, only if Effie has a suitor as well. Saddled with debt, Gage Croft, Duke of Vale, is determined to rebuild his estates. When the owner of his vowels offers him a fortune to charm the impervious Lady Evangeline for the season so Lady Viola can be courted, the game is on, even if it means pretending to seduce an unconventional wallflower.
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Totally unbelievable
- By Pbullard on 10-07-24
By: Amalie Howard
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A Duke in Shining Armor
- A Difficult Dukes Novel
- By: Loretta Chase
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend's bride. All he's trying to do is recapture the slightly inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower and return her to her intended bridegroom. For reasons that elude her, bookish, bespectacled Olympia is supposed to marry a gorgeous rake of a duke. The ton is flabbergasted. Her family's ecstatic. And Olympia? She's climbing out of a window, bent on a getaway.
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Wonderfully humorous and entertaining!
- By Millie Hill on 12-13-17
By: Loretta Chase
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- Sue
- 02-02-25
Falling in Love Twice
I read earlier reviews in which someone indicated that they didn't connect with the Hero until half way through. Not me. My heart was broken for him right away & I felt myself rooting for him throughout. Conversely, I found the Heroine so hard hearted that I almost felt she didn't deserve him. I didn't like her at all until she came to realize how little she really did deserve him. Then, I found myself truly rooting for them both. The satisfaction of taking the journey with them & being able to rejoice in their HEA together finally loving each other is what every romance should be. It did sometimes feel a bit slow and wordy at times, but the masterful weaving in of the hotel's characters & perspective-shaping interactions made up for it. Can hardly wait until the next bunch of guests in this hotel series emerge...& of course, I'm ever rooting for simple clumsy Dora. :)
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-23-24
spectacular and amazing per usual from this series
Julie Anne Long is right up there with Lisa Kleypas as far as I am concerned with writing regency romances full of compelling, loveable, flawed characters. This latest edition to her Grand Palace on the Thames series is as good as anything she has ever written. I love the whole series and cannot wait for the next installment.
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- F Elisabeth Wise-Wideman
- 01-07-25
When a good love story is made better still by beautiful writing
The Beast Takes a Bride is one of the most beautifully written romances that I have read in a long while. The language is lyrical and moves us along the story with charm and fluidity. It becomes one with the evolution of the storyline and enhances the plot development.
Not only is the story entrancing and compelling but the characters that represent the protagonists fit perfectly together in the proverbial ying and yang of a relationship. One roots for them to overcome their differences and to acknowledge that they do belong together. No other option exists! One can only cheer when the only solution becomes the perfect solution.
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- Sandy
- 10-27-24
Oh, to have a beast of one's own. ;-)
It’s always a delight to return to the cozy setting of the Grand Palace on the Thames, and reunite with my favorite cast. The Beast Takes a Bride is an entrancing tale of love, forgiveness, and second chances. Alexandra and Magnus are both flawed and vulnerable protagonists. Despite Alexandra’s mistake, I was more sympathetic to her feelings. On the contrary, it wasn’t easy for me to warm up to Magnus for nearly half the book. Yes, I have been spoiled by Hawkes, Lorcan, and Kirke, in particular, from the past three books. Nonetheless, Magnus is magnificent once he exposes his emotional vulnerability and bares his soul. Also, Justine Eyre is indispensable to this series. I enjoy how she depicts each character. Given the large cast of characters, her range is insane.
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- Abel J Werito Sr
- 12-07-24
twas fairly alrightly entertaining
I enjoyed the romantic energy yet it takes a patient listening until the first troughs of intimacy.
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- ME
- 10-25-24
Another winner!
This is one of my favorite series of all time. Every time a new installment of The Palace of Rogues is released, I hope that it’s not the last. The recurring characters are wonderful and the new ones are always interesting and fun to root for. Justine Eyre’s narration is brilliant. The Beast Takes a Bride is an absolutely delightful read!
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- Sandra
- 12-16-24
Love this series!
I truly loved this series and I hope the author continues to write more stories within this series.
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- EJL
- 01-07-25
Another Brilliant One
How does JAL continue to do it? This book is lovely, heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud funny, beautifully written. I loved both the main characters and their story, but we also get to enjoy our reoccurring cast as well as some side characters. I never want Palace of Rogues to end.
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