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Once More, My Darling Rogue
(Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James #2)
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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…
Born to the street but raised within the aristocracy, Drake Darling can’t escape his sordid beginnings. Not when Lady Ophelia Lyttleton snubs him at every turn, a constant reminder he’s not truly one of them. But after rescu ...more
Born to the street but raised within the aristocracy, Drake Darling can’t escape his sordid beginnings. Not when Lady Ophelia Lyttleton snubs him at every turn, a constant reminder he’s not truly one of them. But after rescu ...more
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August 26th 2014
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(first published August 15th 2014)
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TW for sexual assault, child abuse/child sexual assault, death of a parent, and suicide.
THIS WAS SO GOOD! So basically this premise is a historical version of the 80s movie Overboard and I loved every second of it. Drake and Ophelia hate each other, so when Drake finds Ophelia almost dead in the Thames, he rescues her and tells her she's his maid. Ophelia has amnesia, so she believes him and stays with him, acting as his maid. I loved how Drake slowly fell in love with her and second guessed wh ...more
THIS WAS SO GOOD! So basically this premise is a historical version of the 80s movie Overboard and I loved every second of it. Drake and Ophelia hate each other, so when Drake finds Ophelia almost dead in the Thames, he rescues her and tells her she's his maid. Ophelia has amnesia, so she believes him and stays with him, acting as his maid. I loved how Drake slowly fell in love with her and second guessed wh ...more
Once More, My Darling Rogue is the 2nd book in the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series, and it's an intriguing story with compelling, relatable characters and a beautiful happily ever after! Lorraine Heath writes historical romance like nobody's business! Her stories are fun, sexy, poignant, romantic, and always... always guaranteed to leave me with a smile on my face and a *sigh* in my heart...and Drake and Ophelia did precisely that! Their witty banter and sexual chemistry made this a har ...more
3.7 stars
Late to the party on this one again and with the wonderful reviews already out there, I'm just going to put up the quotes I liked from the book with a few thoughts.
“We just don’t know each other very well I suppose.”
And so begins the story of Drake Darling and Lady Ophelia Lyttleton, two individuals who circle and attack each other because something of the other calls out to them. Ironically, it takes lies and deceit (Drake lies to Ophelia while she has amnesia telling her she is ...more
Late to the party on this one again and with the wonderful reviews already out there, I'm just going to put up the quotes I liked from the book with a few thoughts.
“We just don’t know each other very well I suppose.”
And so begins the story of Drake Darling and Lady Ophelia Lyttleton, two individuals who circle and attack each other because something of the other calls out to them. Ironically, it takes lies and deceit (Drake lies to Ophelia while she has amnesia telling her she is ...more
Let me tell you a little bit about my reading experience with this book.
Chapter 1: I hate this heroine.
Chapter 2: I really, really hate this heroine.
Chapter 3: Should I keep reading this book?
Chapter 4: Oh crap, am I going to hate the hero too?
Chapter 5: How will this romance have any chance of succeeding? Will this be like Overboard? That movie had a happy ending, didn’t it?
I kept reading, though. Because it’s Lorraine Heath and I loved the last book of hers that I read and I had to see how she ...more
Chapter 1: I hate this heroine.
Chapter 2: I really, really hate this heroine.
Chapter 3: Should I keep reading this book?
Chapter 4: Oh crap, am I going to hate the hero too?
Chapter 5: How will this romance have any chance of succeeding? Will this be like Overboard? That movie had a happy ending, didn’t it?
I kept reading, though. Because it’s Lorraine Heath and I loved the last book of hers that I read and I had to see how she ...more
Drake Darling - born Peter Sykes and son of a convicted murderer - is now a successful businessman and, as the adopted son of the Duke and Duchess of Greystone, has been fully accepted into London society. Being both attractive and wealthy, Drake is never short of female admirers, although there is one woman who refuses to see him as anything other than a lowly street-rat and who treats him at every opportunity as though he’s worse than anything she could want scraped off the bottom of her shoe.
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Another enjoyable read from this author. I see some friends didn't rate it very highly ... well, 3.5 or thereabouts. I loved both characters, especially Drake. I do love a "commoner"! Story might have been a bit implausible but, hey, it's fiction.
She was a bit of a bitch in the beginning.
The ladies were dancing with the devil as he led them merrily into temptation. It was time someone put an end to the charade, that someone reminded them - and him- of his place within their ranks.
She was a bit of a bitch in the beginning.
And tho...more
4.5 It's Good To Be Naughty Stars
Drake Darling knows exactly how lucky he was when the Duke and Duchess of Greystone decided to raise him as their son and is determined to not let them down, not let his horrific lineage pick through the layers of proper behaviour. This is kind of hard when he has Lady Ophelia reminded him of his origins all the time.
Lady Ophelia has perfected the art of appearing cold and distant, even obnoxious most of the time. Since she was a child it has been driven into her ...more
Drake Darling knows exactly how lucky he was when the Duke and Duchess of Greystone decided to raise him as their son and is determined to not let them down, not let his horrific lineage pick through the layers of proper behaviour. This is kind of hard when he has Lady Ophelia reminded him of his origins all the time.
Lady Ophelia has perfected the art of appearing cold and distant, even obnoxious most of the time. Since she was a child it has been driven into her ...more
I loved the tension of this couple from the beginning of the book. It was a lust/hate thing for sure!
I did not like Ophelia in the beginning of this book. I thought, "How can Lorraine Heath write a character like this and make her redeemable to me"?! But she did!
After Phee gets amnesia, she slowly changes, comes out from behind her walls and has freedom for the first time in her life. We find out later in the book that the walls were there for protection.
Drake was great! He is a hardworking and ...more
I did not like Ophelia in the beginning of this book. I thought, "How can Lorraine Heath write a character like this and make her redeemable to me"?! But she did!
After Phee gets amnesia, she slowly changes, comes out from behind her walls and has freedom for the first time in her life. We find out later in the book that the walls were there for protection.
Drake was great! He is a hardworking and ...more
Didn't enjoy the read at all..Found myself unable to relate to the lead characters.Especially the female read.Found her character to be very hardheaded and hard to love. :/
...more
Nothing that I was expecting. But Lorraine Heath managed to pull me through again. I really enjoyed this story. Even if it wasn't what I really wanted.
I just can't over the scenario that the hero would sleep with the heroine when he knew she would NEVER have slept with him if she remembered him. And he KNEW that. Then when we find out the trauma of the heroines past.... I was just very offended for her.
The very end almost won me back over but it just left a sour taste in my stomach afterwards. ...more
I just can't over the scenario that the hero would sleep with the heroine when he knew she would NEVER have slept with him if she remembered him. And he KNEW that. Then when we find out the trauma of the heroines past.... I was just very offended for her.
The very end almost won me back over but it just left a sour taste in my stomach afterwards. ...more
May 10, 2014
Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*
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I loved this book! Lorraine Heath is a consummate storyteller and weaves a captivating and deeply emotional love story laced with delightful touches of humour.
Drake owes a debt of gratitude to the Duke and Duchess of Greystone who took him in off the streets, gave him a home and raised him as if he were their own son. He has always tried to make them proud of him but he has never felt that he really belongs in their world. Raised on the streets and the son of a convicted murderer hanged for his ...more
Drake owes a debt of gratitude to the Duke and Duchess of Greystone who took him in off the streets, gave him a home and raised him as if he were their own son. He has always tried to make them proud of him but he has never felt that he really belongs in their world. Raised on the streets and the son of a convicted murderer hanged for his ...more
4.5 stars!
“Don’t tell me that when my memories return I won’t like you. Because I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it. I know what I feel for you now at this very moment, and I know deep within my heart, to the depths of my soul that I will never care for anyone as I care for you.” Drake Darling may be raised by aristocrats but he is not one. He cannot escape who he truly is, especially when Lady Ophelia Lyttleton goes out of her way to insult and belittle him at every opportunity she has. Whi ...more
“Don’t tell me that when my memories return I won’t like you. Because I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it. I know what I feel for you now at this very moment, and I know deep within my heart, to the depths of my soul that I will never care for anyone as I care for you.” Drake Darling may be raised by aristocrats but he is not one. He cannot escape who he truly is, especially when Lady Ophelia Lyttleton goes out of her way to insult and belittle him at every opportunity she has. Whi ...more
3.75 stars
yes yes yesss the amnesia trope totally SLAPS in this one!
its a wonder what starting over or a clean slate could do to a person. the h was a nasty lady when she had all of her wits about her, but i loved the character development she had through her amnesia. there were some revelations that made me understood her sour disposition and sympathized with her. she grew from someone i wanted to slap to one i wanna be friends with. although, i did want to slap her again when the reveal or the ...more
yes yes yesss the amnesia trope totally SLAPS in this one!
its a wonder what starting over or a clean slate could do to a person. the h was a nasty lady when she had all of her wits about her, but i loved the character development she had through her amnesia. there were some revelations that made me understood her sour disposition and sympathized with her. she grew from someone i wanted to slap to one i wanna be friends with. although, i did want to slap her again when the reveal or the ...more
Started out wanting to slap a woman, ended up with my wee heartbreaking for a woman
Series:Yep - which means I have one more to go...I think
Sexy times: Tame. I think there are two sexy times but they are more romantically described than graphic.
Plan on reading more by the author: Yup - got to finish the series, don't I?
Synopsis: Drake is a man of no pedigree or particular ton standing as it were. And Phee / Ophelia is an aristocrat through and through. Ophelia is deadly with the cut direct and ...more
Series:Yep - which means I have one more to go...I think
Sexy times: Tame. I think there are two sexy times but they are more romantically described than graphic.
Plan on reading more by the author: Yup - got to finish the series, don't I?
Synopsis: Drake is a man of no pedigree or particular ton standing as it were. And Phee / Ophelia is an aristocrat through and through. Ophelia is deadly with the cut direct and ...more
Aha!! Lorraine heath really makes it hard to take side of only one character. You can't help but sympathize and be angry with both one. This was such a lovely and passionate book. The friendship bonding and the family unity here was just enchanting and heartwarming
I love phee but intially I really didn't like Lady ophelia(they are same yet different). Lady ophelia was the perfect example of ideal high and mighty english lady who never does anything considered beneath her. She ignored and contino ...more
I love phee but intially I really didn't like Lady ophelia(they are same yet different). Lady ophelia was the perfect example of ideal high and mighty english lady who never does anything considered beneath her. She ignored and contino ...more
DNF 25%
Lady Ophelia Lyttleton is simply the worst heroine I have read in a long time. Her treatment of Drake Darling in public is terrible (but there is a "reason" for that), but how she treats staff when no one else is around sums up her horrible character quite nicely.
At 25% I still can't stand her, and see no improvement.
...more
Lady Ophelia Lyttleton is simply the worst heroine I have read in a long time. Her treatment of Drake Darling in public is terrible (but there is a "reason" for that), but how she treats staff when no one else is around sums up her horrible character quite nicely.
At 25% I still can't stand her, and see no improvement.
...more
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH ITS A NEW FAVE OF MINE IT'S ABOUT A SNOBBY GIRL WHO BASICALLY IS SHARPAY FROM HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WHO GETS KNOCKED ON THE HEAD AND THE MAN SHE KEPT SNUBBING GETTING REVENGE BY TELLING HER SHE'S HIS MAID WHEN SHE LOSES HER MEMORY
AND SHE BUYS IT.
AND HE FEELS BAD.
BUT THEYRE SO SWEET AND FIESTY WITH EACH OTHER. ...more
AND SHE BUYS IT.
AND HE FEELS BAD.
BUT THEYRE SO SWEET AND FIESTY WITH EACH OTHER. ...more
✨*Over*board and *under* a large, hot man✨
1. Why did they get a man to narrate two measly letters?
2. Why does Lorraine Heath always make me CRY. It’s getting OLD.
3. I appreciate the ode to Overboard but I do think, with this being Lorraine, it could have been a bit more bonkers or cooky. She really tugged on ye olde heartstrings and it was a very heartfelt book but I think some rebellious children would have been fun too.
4. The first 1-2 sex scenes are relatively vague because they happen when ...more
1. Why did they get a man to narrate two measly letters?
2. Why does Lorraine Heath always make me CRY. It’s getting OLD.
3. I appreciate the ode to Overboard but I do think, with this being Lorraine, it could have been a bit more bonkers or cooky. She really tugged on ye olde heartstrings and it was a very heartfelt book but I think some rebellious children would have been fun too.
4. The first 1-2 sex scenes are relatively vague because they happen when ...more
Probably more of a 3.50 - 3.75. Rounding up.
I avoided this book because I didn't like the excerpt (the heroine was horrible) and reviews were tepid. It always makes me sad to skip a Heath book, though, so I finally bit the bullet.
It ended up being much more enjoyable than I had expected. The main reason was Drake Darling. He was such a likable character. He did do a very douchey thing, but his motivations and his inner struggles were compelling.
Ophelia was a tougher nut to crack. She was litera ...more
I avoided this book because I didn't like the excerpt (the heroine was horrible) and reviews were tepid. It always makes me sad to skip a Heath book, though, so I finally bit the bullet.
It ended up being much more enjoyable than I had expected. The main reason was Drake Darling. He was such a likable character. He did do a very douchey thing, but his motivations and his inner struggles were compelling.
Ophelia was a tougher nut to crack. She was litera ...more
3,5 stars rounded to 4
The premise in this book is very similar to a book I have recently read by Lisa Kleypas ("Someone to Watch Over Me"). The MC's are enemies, the heroine is a terrible person and the hero rescues her from a dive into the Thames that makes her lose her memory and become a better person.
The stories follow a different path after that. In this book, the rescuer is an urchin transformed into a Duke's ward (Drake Darling) and the rescued is Lady Ophelia, a person that never misses ...more
The premise in this book is very similar to a book I have recently read by Lisa Kleypas ("Someone to Watch Over Me"). The MC's are enemies, the heroine is a terrible person and the hero rescues her from a dive into the Thames that makes her lose her memory and become a better person.
The stories follow a different path after that. In this book, the rescuer is an urchin transformed into a Duke's ward (Drake Darling) and the rescued is Lady Ophelia, a person that never misses ...more
Drake Darling comes with a past, a past that haunts him but has shaped who he is. Drake can't deny his parentage, and was then adopted by a aristocratic family, and knows the ins and outs of the Ton. There is one lady, that haunts him and makes him burn...Lady Ophelia Lyttleton. A woman that spites him and rejects him at every opportunity, but when he rescues her from a drowning, he takes her home, and discovers that she has no idea who she is. So he settles her in his home as his housekeeper, t
...more
As ever with Lorraine Heath, I have my niggles with this and I can't quite articulate what I really liked about it, but it was a solid, enjoyable read overall and I'm rounding up from 3.5 stars to 4.
The central premise is no one's favourite: amnesia. The heroine and the hero do not get on. She's a stuck up aristocratic heiress (with a tragic, serious history to explain that behavior) and he's saved from a life on the streets when he's adopted and raised by a Duke. Thus he's 'lowborn' and will n ...more
The central premise is no one's favourite: amnesia. The heroine and the hero do not get on. She's a stuck up aristocratic heiress (with a tragic, serious history to explain that behavior) and he's saved from a life on the streets when he's adopted and raised by a Duke. Thus he's 'lowborn' and will n ...more
I have to confess I hesitated to read this book because of the plot. I am not a fan of the "lost memory" theme and always wonder how two people can trust each other after such a plot.
But after re-reading the first book I thought I should give it a try ... and in the end, this book had me convinced (although why I was unsure of a Lorraine Heath book, I don't know).
Nevertheless, even afer reading it I am still not very fond of the plot. I wanted it to be over much sooner, so that we had more time ...more
But after re-reading the first book I thought I should give it a try ... and in the end, this book had me convinced (although why I was unsure of a Lorraine Heath book, I don't know).
Nevertheless, even afer reading it I am still not very fond of the plot. I wanted it to be over much sooner, so that we had more time ...more
If you've seen Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn's Overboard, you've got the basics of the book. There's Goldie Hawn's character, Ophelia, the haughty female protagonist who suffers memory loss, and then she ends up in the hands of Kurt Russell's character, Drake, the male protagonist she mistreated. In Overboard, Dean convinces Joanna that she's his wife and the mother of his children. In this book, however, I liked that Drake tells her she's his servant and not his mistress or his wife. I liked tha
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I always enjoy Loraine Heath's books, but they never quite make it five-stars for me. This one was good, though, and I'm glad that I listened to it.
I thoroughly enjoyed Heath's Scoundrels of St. James series with its clever premise of Fagan's kids grown up into respectable adults. Now, the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series features the children of the earlier generation. I haven't quite finished the series, but I will. Looking back at my ratings, I see that Heath's books are almost alway ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed Heath's Scoundrels of St. James series with its clever premise of Fagan's kids grown up into respectable adults. Now, the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series features the children of the earlier generation. I haven't quite finished the series, but I will. Looking back at my ratings, I see that Heath's books are almost alway ...more
Jan 08, 2014
Mary - Buried Under Romance
marked it as to-read
Peter Sykes's book -- the orphan Frannie took in in Surrender to the Devil, my favorite Lorraine Heath book (hard pick). ^_^ But he has a new name now. :)
Can't wait~ ...more
Can't wait~ ...more
Let me preface this by saying that Lorraine Heath is a beautiful writer. This 3 star review has nothing to do with poor writing because Heath is one of my favorites.
Rather, I just really, really, really disliked the characters. The last 20% upped the rating for this one because it was fast paced, emotional, and satisfying, but the journey it took to get there was hard for me as a reader. In fact, I almost didn't make it.
In this story, we learn more about Drake Darling (adopted son of the Duke an ...more
Rather, I just really, really, really disliked the characters. The last 20% upped the rating for this one because it was fast paced, emotional, and satisfying, but the journey it took to get there was hard for me as a reader. In fact, I almost didn't make it.
In this story, we learn more about Drake Darling (adopted son of the Duke an ...more
1 to 2 stars. Basically my problem with this entire book is that the main heroine, who I admit can be bitchy and bossy at times especially to those of a lower class, loses her memory. And the hero uses that opportunity to one up her and put her in her place by making her believe she's his maid. I didn't mind that part because he only intended it to be for a day and they do have a past history together (she's the bff of his adopted sister) but when he continued with the charade and then made her
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3.5 Stars
absolutely awful heroine and we find out at 85% why she is such an awful human being
and I am not impressed nor I can't forget her snotty behavior
not caring for the romance either ...more
and I am not impressed nor I can't forget her snotty behavior
not caring for the romance either ...more
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Lorraine Heath has always had a soft spot for emotional love stories. No doubt because growing up, watching movies with her mom, she was taught that the best movies "won't half make you cry."
She is the daughter of a British beauty (her mom won second place in a beauty contest sponsored by Max Factor ...more
Lorraine Heath has always had a soft spot for emotional love stories. No doubt because growing up, watching movies with her mom, she was taught that the best movies "won't half make you cry."
She is the daughter of a British beauty (her mom won second place in a beauty contest sponsored by Max Factor ...more
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