Hot, hot, hot!
I loved Celia and Gabriel’s story. It had all of the emotional depth and steaminess that I was looking for. Celia and Gabriel are two people who just understand each other and are really the missing puzzle pieces to each other’s souls.
Gabriel is my new book boyfriend. He is EVERYTHING I love in a hero: big, brawny, good-looking, honest, possessive and fiercely protective. To me, he was a combo of Gabriel (sidebar: Gabriel is like the perfect book boyfriend name) Sauvageau from Tempting Fate by Kerrigan Byrne and Sebastian from Taming Ivy by Ms. Moran herself. Gabriel had that “touch her and die” vibe that is my hero catnip.
Celia, I struggled with a bit more. Initially I sort of disliked her because I felt that she was overly rude to Gabriel on several occasions. I grew to love her though. She’s smart, fun, resourceful and eventually has a nice balance between being a strong woman and also being able to surrender to her man. Considering her past history, it made sense that Celia was “prickly” as Gabriel referred to her (my prickly sugarplum, it works!).
Together they are magic. Gabriel is able to pull a more vulnerable side out of Celia. The love scenes are pure fire. I particularly loved the scene in the garden after there was a game of catching fireflies. I pictured that scene and imagined that it would be so beautiful on-screen in a film or series.
Overall, this was another wonderful addition to the series. I had been disappointed in the previous book with Violet and Tristan, I just didn’t connect with the story like I did with this one and The Untamed Duke. To me, My Darling Rouge, is on par with the Untamed Duke which is saying a lot. The Untamed Duke is a comfort read that I’ve read dozens of times now. I expect that I will be rereading My Darling Rogue every few months.
I received an ARC for an honest review, all opinions are my own.
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Wicked Rogues Ahead
April Moran is back with a new series of Regency/Victorian romances, beginning with My Darling Rogue, first of the Wicked Rogues.Gabriel Rose is a man of shadows and dark deeds. Feared by men and lusted after by the ladies of the ton looking for excitement.Abandoned by his father he grew up on the streets of Paris and London. He moves in the dark recesses of English society. He's a trusted friend to powerful men. Rich by his own intelligence and skills, he stands at the edges of society, where he is barely tolerated, and wants for nothing more than the hand of Lady Celia Buchanan. Lady Cecilia Buchanan is the younger sister of reformed rake, Tristan Buchanan. She's protected, coddled and pampered. She has also managed to thwart her mother's very overt machinations to see her daughter wed. But Lady Cecilia has a secret, one that she believes makes her unwedable.He proposes. She rejects. Let the games begin.Their story takes us from the powers and privilege of peerage, through the dirty underbelly of London, and to the halls of the House of Lords, and the Queen herself. April Moran likes to showcase her characters internal struggles. On the outside, you would think that Gabriel is the self confident rogue, uncaring of society's opinion, finding them foolish and self indulgent. And while the latter is true, he's very aware of the opinion the ton holds of him. It effects his every action, and every decision he makes is filtered through the lens of the actions of a man who longs to be respected and well regarded. And though this is very much Gabriel's story, Celia and her secret are central to Gabriel. Her secret is a stab at the double standards and expectations of society. Don't think I've forgotten the heat. Moran brings it in this story. Gabriel is a strong, dominant man, and he takes the sensual education of Lady Celia very seriously. Very. Seriously. Read by a fan and bring a bucket of ice. Definitely NSFW. I look forward to this new series of rogues from April Moran. And make sure you read her backlist, The Untamed Duke, and Moran's contemporary romance, The Bloodfeather Promise are two favorites of mine.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2022
