Scoundrel (The Blades of the Rose, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 03, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-romance-paranormal, zzcover-blue, authors-a, genre-action-adventure, 2012-in-2012-group-challenge, theme-treasure-hunt, xyzcover-sea-lake-water, character-widow, series-b, m-pb-paperback

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★★★★½ Loved this one. Why did I wait so long to continue this second in the Blades of the Rose series? It is a wonderful paranormal-romance action-adventure set in a stunning local: Greece! I enjoy a good “road trip” story, and this is one that takes place on the ocean. Seems to me to have more romance this time around than the first one did, or is that just my imagination? There’s certainly magic in the air, as well as on the sea. A delight!

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Oct 05, 2010 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, own, witches, historical, sorcerer, zzread-may2011

That was fun!

Bring on the popcorn, cue the Indiana Jones theme music, and let the adventure begin! Scoundrel brings to mind those action/adventure movies I loved as a child. It’s a cross between the Indiana Jones movies and those old Sinbad movies – remember those? They had really bad special effects but were oh, so fun.

Scoundrel is a combination of a treasure hunt and a race to protect these special artifacts called Sources. The Source objects are protected by a secret dedicated group of men a That was fun!

Bring on the popcorn, cue the Indiana Jones theme music, and let the adventure begin! Scoundrel brings to mind those action/adventure movies I loved as a child. It’s a cross between the Indiana Jones movies and those old Sinbad movies – remember those? They had really bad special effects but were oh, so fun.

Scoundrel is a combination of a treasure hunt and a race to protect these special artifacts called Sources. The Source objects are protected by a secret dedicated group of men and women in an organization called the Blades of the Rose. An equally secret and powerful group called the Heirs of Albion wishes to collect these objects and exploit them for the glory of England.

Set in the very sunny and romantic Greek Isles in the 1870’s, our story begins in Athens where Bennett Day, a serial womanizer and a Blade is running away from an angry husband. The chase takes him through the city of Athens where he runs into the lovely and recently widowed London Harcourt. A chance meeting and Bennett is attracted to her, especially her archeological knowledge.

And so the attraction begins – slowly.

I loved this book. I enjoyed every moment. The main characters were interesting. How many women were educated in ancient languages in the 1870’s? I’m guessing not many. Not only is our heroine London well versed in these ancient languages, she is also brave and independent. I found the chemistry between London and Bennett wonderful. There was such a slow burn to this relationship. At times, I thought that the two of them would burst into flames, they were that hot.

I loved that our main characters traveled from island to island in a small sailing ship. Sailing ship, Greek Islands, how romantic is that? They are accompanied by Athena, a witch and Kallas the captain. Athena and Kallas have a love/hate relationship that is very entertaining.

London’s father was an absolutely horrible man. His anachronistic ideas about women were his downfall.

I enjoyed the magic in this book. The description of Athena battling the Chernock the Heir sorcerer was amazing. The addition of mythological creatures made the story come alive. Cattullus Graves’ inventions were extremely clever. I especially liked the folding glider wings. Very handy.

I’m looking forward to reading Rebel next.
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Oct 20, 2010 cc rated it liked it

Shelves: steamy, 2010-read, paranormal-romance

The second book in the The Blades of the Rose series tells the story of Bennett Day and London Harcourt, as they go on another Blade adventure, this time with the sea, and the Greek Islands as scenario. The storyline in this is similar to the one in the first book – man and woman join forces to solve a puzzle, find and ancient magical object that some evil people are after, and fall in love in the process.

As expected, I enjoyed this book – it has all the elements that I found entertaining in boo ...more

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Oct 04, 2010 Sandra rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical, own, pnr-uf

Scoundrel is book #2 in the Blades of the Rose series; a historical with a little magic and the inenvitable right to rule the world that the British Empire thought it had back in Victorian times. Remember all those red countries on the world map?

Our heroine London Harcourt's father is high up in the Heirs of Albion (the baddies) but of course, she knows nothing of that. She goes to Greece with him to translate some obscure language and meets the hero, Bennett Day, a Blade of the Rose (the goodie ...more

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May 27, 2011 Tammy rated it really liked it

Great follow up to a really good first book.I am very really liking this series.

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Jun 26, 2011 Rachel-RN rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2014

A fantastic, fun adventure! Much better than the first book. I enjoyed the secondary characters more (Athena and Kallas). The overall storyline was more entertaining. Good villains.

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