Redeeming the Rogue (Berkley Sensation)

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PShaw, August 14, 2011 (view all comments by PShaw)
In Redeeming the Rogue by Donna MacMeans, the central plot is summed up nicely by the hero’s best friend (and intriguing, mysterious, delicious sidekick) Phineas Connor: “Have you considered the absurdity of it all, Rafe? That you, a son of Ireland, are traveling to America to impersonate a British minister in order to catch a fellow Irishman?”

Michael (Rafe) Rafferty is an Irishman working as an agent for the Crown to develop a peaceful, political solution to the question of Irish Home Rule. Ranged against Rafferty are the Home Rule League and the Fenians, who killed his parents and who believe violence is the only way to achieve Irish independence. Rafferty, with his network of street urchin spies, is more at home in the rough alleys and taverns of London than in its ballrooms. Unfortunately, the new role he’s been asked to play, as a British diplomat in Washington, D.C., requires something more than native intelligence and rakish good looks.
It also requires someone to play his hostess. And that “someone” would best be a wife.

Lady Arianne Chambers, the daughter and sister of a duke, has lived her whole life in diplomatic circles. Polish, politics, and protocol are in her blood. But like Rafferty, there are secrets in her past and she has very good reasons for wanting to escape London and head to Washington with her reluctant, recalcitrant, delightfully roguish protégé.

As danger creeps up on them, just how far will this couple go to make their pretend marriage look real?

I loved this sensual, sexy, and slyly funny romance. Best of all, it included a solid mystery and interesting plot to drive the story. The historical scaffolding on which Ms. MacMeans builds the romance doesn’t overwhelm the central love story, but provides a solid framework for it. She deftly mixes real and fictional people with a believable tale of danger and intrigue. I was rooting for Rafferty and Arianne from the first pages. My heart broke right along with Lady Arianne’s (yes, 2:00 in the morning, I’m flipping pages as fast I can and crying my eyes out). Just as she did, I fell in love with Rafferty. And of course, because this is romance, the ending made my heart go pitty-pat. Le sigh.

Redeeming the Rogue is the third book in the Chambers Trilogy (book #1 is The Education of Mrs. Brimley and book #2 is The Seduction of a Duke). The only question remaining is, when are we going to get the story of Phineas Connor? I can hardly wait for more!

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saralee_etter, August 6, 2011 (view all comments by saralee_etter)
Lady Arianne Chambers, sister to the Duke of Bedford, has helped numerous upper-class couples make happy marriages, but she's never had any luck finding the right man for herself. Since she's a well bred and properly brought up young lady, she keeps her personal unhappiness to herself.

Now she's been asked to give lessons on diplomatic behavior and deportment to raffish Michael Rafferty, a rugged man of action who's on the trail of a murderer who's killed the previous ambassador to the United States. Then those lessons turn into a perilous masquerade, as Rafferty pursues a path that could lead to danger and death.

Can Arianne trust her secrets--and her heart--to Rafferty the rogue?

There is a nefarious plot afoot, and twists and turns abound as Rafferty and his friend Phineas search for the criminal. But the best parts of the story are the love scenes between Arianne and Rafferty. Tender, heartfelt and sexy, Arianne's introduction to the delights of love with her honorable and passionate rogue are a treat to read.

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Riley_Darkes, August 6, 2011 (view all comments by Riley_Darkes)
This was my first experience of Donna MacMeans, and I just loved it! I didn't realize this was one of a series until I was done, as her world was fabulous and full of necessary information to be a stand alone, I wasn't lost at all. I am now going to pick up her backlist, though! I was totally impressed.

Lady Arianne Chambers works for her country and volunteers to train the rogue hero, Michael Rafferty in etiquette. Rafferty is traveling to America under the guise of a minister, his mission to solve the murder mystery of Lord Weston, a dear friend of Lady Arianne's. But, he needs a woman to teach him the necessary manners to do so.

This was fun from the first meeting. The two had chemistry and worked hard to ignore it because they just couldn't possibly be together. Rafferty's a rogue, not good enough for the sister of a Duke. It was exciting to watch these two characters grow together. The secondary characters were exceptional - Phineas and Mrs. Summers are best friends to the two, and add great subplots to the story.

Overall, an exciting and very entertaining read!

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780425242674

Author:

Macmeans, Donna

Publisher:

Berkley

Subject:

Romance - Historical

Edition Description:

B-Mass Market

Publication Date:

20110802

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

6.79 x 4.29 x 0.95 in 0.36 lb

Age Level:

from 18