When the Rogue Returns Author: Sabrina Jeffries | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DPM7YP4 | Format: EPUB
When the Rogue Returns Description
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR SABRINA JEFFRIES SHINES BRIGHTLY WITH THIS SPLENDID NEW SERIES! They are the Duke’s Men: an investigative agency born from family pride and irresistible passion, risking their lives—and sometimes their hearts—as they unravel shocking deceptions and scandalous transgressions!
Victor Cale never imagined that his sweet, shy bride, Isabella, would use her talent for creating exquisite imitation jewels in a criminal way. But there’s no denying that Isa’s handiwork was used in the brazen heist of the Dutch royal family’s diamonds—after she disappeared into the night.
Ten years later, still reeling from her betrayal and enraged that her duplicitous side was so undetectable, Victor is sent to Edinburgh to investigate a wealthy baron’s mysterious brideto- be. Simple enough—until the “fiancée” proves to be Isa, masquerading as an alluring young widow.
No longer the meek and mild girl he once knew, the bold woman vehemently asserts that it was Victor who abandoned her after he helped steal the royal diamonds! Piecing together the truth of the past reawakens their volatile passion, which burns hotter than ever. But with a decade of secrets between them, Victor and Isa must trust each other in order to bring the real thieves to justice—without getting burned themselves.
- File Size: 7574 KB
- Print Length: 401 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1451693486
- Publisher: Pocket Books (January 21, 2014)
- Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DPM7YP4
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,118 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I just love those second chance romances. And man alive if there's anyone who deserves a second chance it's Isa and Vicor who had their young marriage ripped apart by malicious family members as the truth was twisted and deceptions thrown in their way and who have suddenly found themselves faced with the one person they thought they'd never see again. The one person they think is responsible for changing everything by stealing a set of royal jewels years earlier from the jeweler they worked for and ripping them apart.
I really enjoyed both Isa and Victor. These two had so many things going against them. For ten years they've thought the worst of each other, forged their own lives, survived and flourished even though they continued to pine for each other despite thinking they'd been abandoned and betrayed by the other. I mean. That's a huge hurdle to overcome. I loved that they had to work for their happily ever after and deal with their insecurities and fears because of the past. Yes, they had doubts crop up now and again but they pushed through those and it made the romance even more special.
They were good together once they worked through their past. I loved their interactions. The adjusting they had to do as they explored how they'd each changed over the years, the steamy moments and the heartbreaking ones as they realized all they'd lost over the years, the sweet ones and the funny ones too. Jeffries has a way about her that just mixes it all in the exact right way.
While most of the story is that of Isa and Victor feeling each other out over the theft years earlier and getting to know one another again there's some nice excitement as the real criminals come back into their lives, stir up trouble and once again try to pull them apart.
***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***
When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries
Book Two of The Duke's Men series
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date: January 21, 2014
Rating: 2 stars
Source: eARC from Edelweiss
***Warning: this is an adult book, and for the eyes of mature readers***
Summary (from Goodreads):
The second sparkling book in the New York Times bestselling Duke’s Men historical romance series, featuring the Duke’s cousin and a skilled female jeweler who must unravel a mystery ten years in the making.
It had been a decade since Victor Cale, first cousin to the Duke of Lyons, had seen his wife. After some royal jewelry went missing from the jeweler’s shop where they worked, Isabel Mertens disappeared. When Victor gets word of a woman who fits his wife’s description, he sets out to confront her. But he discovers that nothing is as it seems—and revenge is never as sweet as true love.
What I Liked:
I read and enjoyed the first book in this series (What the Duke Desires) earlier this year, so naturally, I was excited to read the second in the series. I have to admit, I wasn't as pleased with this book as I'd hoped to be, for various reasons. However, for the most part, I found this a tolerable and okay read.
Victor Cale and Isabel Mertens married ten years ago - but they have been separated for ten years. Just months after they got married, they parted ways, but both of them had different understandings of why the other had left. Both of them thought that the other stole a diamond necklace - a necklace that was supposedly replaced by Isabel's recreation. Isabel is a jewelry designer - she designs pieces of jewelry that are mostly fake, but look very real.
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