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Rules of an Engagement (Adventurers’ Club #3)
For proper young ladies, good behavior has always been the rule...
Captain Bradshaw Carroway loves the seafaring life - though he'd rather be battling brigands than his current assignment of ferrying a boatload of spoiled aristocrats. One passenger, however, has caught his eye: a bewitching young minx who definitely distracts him from the rules of shipboard decorum . . .
Som...more
Captain Bradshaw Carroway loves the seafaring life - though he'd rather be battling brigands than his current assignment of ferrying a boatload of spoiled aristocrats. One passenger, however, has caught his eye: a bewitching young minx who definitely distracts him from the rules of shipboard decorum . . .
Som...more
Mass Market Paperback, 375 pages
Published
October 26th 2010
by Avon
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Jul 24, 2012
Ashlee
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Hmm... Hist-fic chicks I guess.
Recommended to Ashlee by:
Katrina
Shelves:
adult
I'm sad to say that I'm no longer interested in the lives of Zephyr Ponsley and Captain Bradshaw Carroway. Which is sad. Because I like their names (Zephyr: a warm, following breeze).
I neither liked nor disliked this book (although, I obviously didn't like it enough to continue reading it), hence the 3 stars. It was okay. Just okay. I had no possible chance of connecting to the characters because they were so flat a crepe has more dimension then those two. Which, again, is sad because I've read...more
I neither liked nor disliked this book (although, I obviously didn't like it enough to continue reading it), hence the 3 stars. It was okay. Just okay. I had no possible chance of connecting to the characters because they were so flat a crepe has more dimension then those two. Which, again, is sad because I've read...more
It's a funny light hearted read that you won't want to put down.Buy it read it than tell me what you thought of the novel.If you read this review I'm letting you know this is in the top ov my best reads and I'll read it over and over again!
This one was a little interesting in the details of sailing and the Pacific, but I found the characters a little blah.
In fact, I really wasn't sure why the hero was so gaga for Zephr at all. As a character, she was very inconsistant. She managed to be both free spirited AND uptight, which was a strange combination for a young woman who's been maturing in a very irregular set of circumstances.
She constantly refers to Shaw as a barbarian, based ONLY on the fact that he's a ship captain and he doe...more
In fact, I really wasn't sure why the hero was so gaga for Zephr at all. As a character, she was very inconsistant. She managed to be both free spirited AND uptight, which was a strange combination for a young woman who's been maturing in a very irregular set of circumstances.
She constantly refers to Shaw as a barbarian, based ONLY on the fact that he's a ship captain and he doe...more
The introduction to the heroine of this book basically put an anvil around her neck. She was immediately unlikable. How in the world was she going to pull it out and be an acceptable heroine for beloved Bradshaw Carroway?
Well, she does. She has an arc and it's drawn with nuance and charm by Enoch. Ultimately Zephyr Ponsley ends up being exactly the love interest Bradshaw needs and vice versa. She learns a lot and has the intelligence to realize it. Not your run-of-the-mill sharp tongued heroine....more
Well, she does. She has an arc and it's drawn with nuance and charm by Enoch. Ultimately Zephyr Ponsley ends up being exactly the love interest Bradshaw needs and vice versa. She learns a lot and has the intelligence to realize it. Not your run-of-the-mill sharp tongued heroine....more
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This book was hard for me to rate. I would describe the characters as being flat but on the other hand, the dialogue between the flat characters was fantastic snappy witty banter, which I liked a lot. The storyline had a tendency to be meandering and an oddball "bad" guy who was a jerk, isn't a jerk? Not sure if author wants to use him in a future book or what but strange either way. The author had something here but I feel like she was maybe writing several books at one time or was somehow dist...more
I only made it 50 pages in and then took it back to the library. For one thing, I was hoping this book was about the Duke of Sommerset, founder of the Adventurer's Club. Instead, it's about Captain Bradshaw Carroway, who is briefly mentioned in Book 2, and who apparently figures more prominently in another series. The heroine is Zephyr Ponsley, daughter of a famous botanist, and Shaw is charged with ferrying Zephyr and her father about for their work.
By page 50, Zephyr read like an insufferable...more
By page 50, Zephyr read like an insufferable...more
This book had a lot of potential: the characters seem remarkable, Miss Zephyr who has traveled the world and seen may unusual sights and Shaw, a captain who is war-wary and jaded, and a setting that is absolutely fascinating, some remote, uncolonized islands. It could have been absolutely delicious and sensual and adventurous but it isn't. The author loses the story to too much detail that don't directly relate back to the two main characters and/or that do nothing to move the plot (their romant...more
Redonk Nutshell: Navy Captain battles his growing attraction to intellectual female passenger
I had previously had my eye on this title, and I only recently nabbed it because the eBook was on sale. I'm really glad I got it when I did because I really enjoyed this story. Rules of an Engagement is the 3rd book in Suzanne Enoch's Adventurer's series. I have not read any others in this series, so Rules was the first for me.
Captain Bradshaw Carroway is an accomplished navy man at the point in his car...more
I had previously had my eye on this title, and I only recently nabbed it because the eBook was on sale. I'm really glad I got it when I did because I really enjoyed this story. Rules of an Engagement is the 3rd book in Suzanne Enoch's Adventurer's series. I have not read any others in this series, so Rules was the first for me.
Captain Bradshaw Carroway is an accomplished navy man at the point in his car...more
Captain Bradshaw Carroway, has a passion for living a life on the see, and loves the excitement and danger that comes from being Captain of his own ship, however when he is ordered by to be a babysitter to a load of Aristocrats, he would rather cut his own tongue out. However there is one passenger that has caught his eye, daughter of a well known historian, Zephyr Ponsely, has been by her fathers side ever since her mother passed away and been all over the world, and is eager to learn how to a...more
I enjoyed much about this book. The banter between the h/h was well done. They were both witty and interesting. I enjoyed life aboard their ship and the mission they were take with - it was unique for a regency-set novel.
The addition of the members of the ton seemed superfluous. They did nothing more than provide background noise, which was rather unnecessary. I really wanted to see a different outcome with Zephyr's father, though I understand that wasn't possible based on his character.
Overall...more
The addition of the members of the ton seemed superfluous. They did nothing more than provide background noise, which was rather unnecessary. I really wanted to see a different outcome with Zephyr's father, though I understand that wasn't possible based on his character.
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This was an enjoyable sea worthy tale, and while I didn't love it, it is still a fun, easy read. This is the third installment in The Adventurers Club series and we get the swash buckling, dashing Captain Bradshaw Carroways story. (Just a side note...I think this could be read as a stand alone as almost the entire book takes place at sea so the previous characters make only brief appearances). Shaw is tasked in taking Miss Zephyr Ponsley and her father, Sir Joseph, around to islands so that Sir...more
RULES OF AN ENGAGEMENT is an enchanting read. I loved the adventurous feel of both the setting and the romance. These two characters are unaccustomed to the “rules” of a relationship. The best thing about this book is where it takes place. Taking the characters out of the normal historical background - London - and putting them on a ship in the middle of the ocean and visiting islands not inhabited by civilized people added a freshness to the book. Shaw and Zephyr are both very funny and I loved...more
This was so cute.
I think the author must have been gorging on "Bones" while writing this, because Bradshaw and Zephyr are the 19th century model of Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan. Since I like that show, I didn't mind one bit. This was a sweet story, with little to no angst and lots of good banter. Zephyr's dad was a total jerk, in my humble opinion.
This is the third story by this author that features a lead character with at least a touch of post-traumatic stress disorder... I would say B...more
I think the author must have been gorging on "Bones" while writing this, because Bradshaw and Zephyr are the 19th century model of Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan. Since I like that show, I didn't mind one bit. This was a sweet story, with little to no angst and lots of good banter. Zephyr's dad was a total jerk, in my humble opinion.
This is the third story by this author that features a lead character with at least a touch of post-traumatic stress disorder... I would say B...more
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Bradshaw Carroway! What can I say about him? The first time I read about him in Dare's story and let me be perfectly honest, I fell in love with every of those Carroway brothers! Shaw was this hilarious, immatured young sailor and his conversations with his family made him so adorable. When I picked this book up, I was expecting to see that same Shaw again. But I didn't.
There was a somber side to him and I couldn't decide for some time whether I liked this side of him or not. I shelfed this book...more
There was a somber side to him and I couldn't decide for some time whether I liked this side of him or not. I shelfed this book...more
3 1/2 stars. This one started out a little slow for me, but about 1/3 of the way through it either picked up the pace, or I just became more invested in the characters. I would give it four stars had it not had such a slow start.
I loved the bantering between Zephyr and Shaw, and how much they each throughly enjoyed pestering each other. There were many times when Zephyr thought to herself that she would save her insults for Shaw because he would better appreciate them.
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I loved the bantering between Zephyr and Shaw, and how much they each throughly enjoyed pestering each other. There were many times when Zephyr thought to herself that she would save her insults for Shaw because he would better appreciate them.
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I really enjoyed this story. I probably enjoyed it more than it's predecessors in the trilogy.
The plot, the setting, the hero, the heroine and the secondary characters are all exactly what I look for in a Regency romance. The story is set around the explorations of the Pacific, when scientific discoveries were really becoming de rigeur. The heroine is a botanist's daughter, who is also his assistant. She's not a wallflower, she has her own opinion, but also shows real affection for her father a...more
The plot, the setting, the hero, the heroine and the secondary characters are all exactly what I look for in a Regency romance. The story is set around the explorations of the Pacific, when scientific discoveries were really becoming de rigeur. The heroine is a botanist's daughter, who is also his assistant. She's not a wallflower, she has her own opinion, but also shows real affection for her father a...more
Feb 14, 2011
Jean Tatro
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-romance,
ebooks
An entertaining enough book, but it lacks a certain sparkle that would make it rise above. It starts with an interesting premise, lacks internal conflict though it has plenty of great external conflict. It wraps up neatly at the end - I was disappointed that we the readers didn't get to see any of the ship battle at the end, and that the characters come to the conclusion of never going on another adventure without much thought.
And really, it needed more of Sommerset's scheming.
And really, it needed more of Sommerset's scheming.
Considering how annoying the heroine was at the start of the book, she really redeems herself by the end. I really liked her by the end, more so than I do many other heroines in the romance genre. The relationship between our protagonists developed in a very straightforward and healthy manner. There were no nonsense twists or misunderstandings. It took a little while for the story to get started, though.
As far as the girl's dad goes ... what the heck is wrong with him?
As far as the girl's dad goes ... what the heck is wrong with him?
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I'm not generally a fan of ship-board romances or historicals written in bad dialect and this, with it's lackluster humor and even more lackluster character interactions*, isn't going to change my mind. It didn't take me long to start skimming and I ended up entirely skipping whole sections in the middle, so this might even be a DNF depending on how you look at it.
*I hesitate to say romance because it was all so very meh.
*I hesitate to say romance because it was all so very meh.
Third in the Adventurers Club series, but only in the sense that this character was only briefly mentioned in the other two, and similarly, we briefly glimpse some characters of other books in the first chapter. More of an adventure tale than a romance, actually, which I liked - they were on an expdedition throughout the South Pacific and mostly it took place on board ship or on one of the islands.
This is a 3.25, maybe, possibly a 3.5.
It's quite fun and delightful, and Bradshaw is awesome. Nowhere near as awesome as his brother Robert, but awesome. Even more awesome than his brother Tristan. I'm still not terribly fond of the heroine's name. Zephyr. It's just clunky and unusual, and not in a particularly endearing way. But whatever. The heroine herself isn't half-bad, actually.
It's quite fun and delightful, and Bradshaw is awesome. Nowhere near as awesome as his brother Robert, but awesome. Even more awesome than his brother Tristan. I'm still not terribly fond of the heroine's name. Zephyr. It's just clunky and unusual, and not in a particularly endearing way. But whatever. The heroine herself isn't half-bad, actually.
As excited as I was to find this book was about another Carroway brother, Shaw's story was a disappointment compared to Robert and Tristan's books. I'm being generous with 3 stars merely for the long awaited mentions of the rest of the Carroway clan. I absolutely adore that family; the "Lessons in Love" trilogy is one of my all time favorites that I've re-read over and over again.
What a fun book. I truly enjoyed it. I kept putting off reading it because of the exotic setting. I love my romances to take place in england adn the US, beyond that I get skittish. Things turned out great with this book. Not only the setting didn't bother me but I truly enjoyed it (especially the bit in Tahiti, can't spoil anyone by saying why, though, you'll have to find out).
Bradshaw was a great hero. Exactly as he was as a secondary character in previous books. Zephyr was a great match for h...more
Bradshaw was a great hero. Exactly as he was as a secondary character in previous books. Zephyr was a great match for h...more
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Sep 04, 2011
Lady Darcie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
romance lover
Recommended to Lady Darcie by:
Adventures club #2
Shelves:
historical-romance
We first met Bradshaw Carroway in the Lessons in Love series, now its his turn.
Bradshaw Carroway has loved the sea for as long as he can remember but when tragidy hits him he begins to think about how his life suddenly seems empty. So he plans to retire after this last mission that has been given to him, little does he know that this mission will also change his life forever.
Zephyr Ponsley has enjoyed the life she has been living since the age of 15, but when her and her father are placed into C...more
Bradshaw Carroway has loved the sea for as long as he can remember but when tragidy hits him he begins to think about how his life suddenly seems empty. So he plans to retire after this last mission that has been given to him, little does he know that this mission will also change his life forever.
Zephyr Ponsley has enjoyed the life she has been living since the age of 15, but when her and her father are placed into C...more
this book is AMAZING IM TOTALLY INLOVE WITH sHAW HES LIKE MY HERO AND PRINCE CHARMING ALL AT THE SAME TIME .... IT CAN BE A LITTEL CHEEZY BUT OVERALL I'VE ENJOYED THIS BOOK TO THE MAX.... I HATED THE GIRL SAPHIRE BAAAH SHES TOOO I DONT KNOW HOW TO PUT IT .. DULL -,- THE ENDING WAS EXPECTED APPARENTLY ALL LOVE NOVELS HAVE THE SAME CLIMAX AND ENDING xD
Lovely, lively and witty historical romance with Zephyr, the brain botanist's (her father) assistant and Capt. Carroway of the big strong shoulders. Great start going from dislike and disrepect to love over two months of sea travels. Loved the complicated characters and the adventurous plot. Don't know that I ever read Enoch, but I'll pick her up again!
Feb 06, 2012
Robin
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-romance,
suzanne-enoch
Half way into this book I was tempted to give up. I thought the story was extremely boring, the chemistry between the H/h...well there wasn't any, and romance beyond just a brief kiss here or there didn't even occur until mid way through, however I'm glad I stuck it out because the second half was much better. I didn't care for the ending I would have much preferred an Epilogue delving a bit more into their future
I generally love Ms. Enoch's books, especially the ones featuring the Carroway brothers. But boy, was this one a bummer for me. I just could not get into it. I hung in there until the bitter end, hoping for an improvement. It never came. I didn't feel invested in any of the characters and didn't like the storyline.
Liked it a lot. I usually don't have good reading with British naval officers in this period but the hero was great and the heroine so unconventional and great. I'd love to read the rest of the books in this series. There are some great romantic moments in here without being too sensual.
So I don't like water & this is a shipboard romance & her name is hard for me to say otherwise it's a 4 star. I love that he is having a career crisis & having to think things through. I love that she doesn't suffer fools gladly but doesn't dislike him just for the plot.
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Suzanne was born in Southern California sometime in the latter half of the 20th century. In the way that some people are born knowing they want to be astronauts or cellists, Suzanne always knew she wanted to be a writer. Early dreams of becoming a zoologist and writing true stories about her adventures in Africa were crushed, however, after she viewed a television special about the world’s most po...more
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