Annabelle Anders
Author of Hell Hath No Fury
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Works by Annabelle Anders
Love For Maui: A Romance Charity Anthology — Author — 2 copies
Pall Mall Peer 1 copy
In the Arms of a Sinful Duke — Author — 1 copy
Maid Under the Mistletoe 1 copy
Duke Most Dangerous 1 copy
Associated Works
Mistletoe, Mulled Wine, & Maybe a Duke — Contributor — 1 copy
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Thank you to Annabelle Anders and In For A Penny Publishing for sending this Advance Reader Copy (ARC). I'm giving an honest review of the book, all opinions are my own.
Publication date: August 8, 2024
Print length: 312 pages
"Bond Street Bachelor is the fifth book in the Rakes of Rotten Row Series but can be read in any order, or as a stand-alone novel."
I think Leopold and Amelia may be my favorite couple in the Rakes of Rotten Row series. This is an opposite attracts tale with two people who never, ever would have met. The first time our male lead sees the female lead they were both at a party (he wasn't invited), he hid in the shadows and she looked right through him. I found Leopold to be the most layered fleshed out character while Amelia was more typical Ton young lady. The plot had me invested from page one and it moved at a nice pace. We get to check in on a few the previous couples with a small appearance by a couple of them as the story progresses.
Leopold isn't a typical bad guy character in that he has standards to his illicit business. No drugs or human trafficking, only goods and information. He takes care of the people who work for him and has made sure people from his past who want to work have a place in his organization. That he threw in with the Rotten Rakes to see a truly bad man delt with shows that he's nicer than he lets on. He tells himself the plan is just good business on his part. Self-made man, survived his horrid childhood, and with the help of a "mentor" thrived and became a criminal kingpin. He's handsome with enough scars to make him appear a bit dangerous; even though he dresses well you can tell he didn't go to Eaton. He's got plenty of attitude.
Amelia is a typical titled young lady who has to marry well and is silently screaming on the inside. Beautiful, intelligent, kind, and doesn't appear to be spoiled to death. Her parents pushed for an arrangement with a Marquess who ran off with her cousin. Of course, it's Amelias fault and now she has to marry a man her parents have been negotiating with to take her off their hands. Soiled goods even though she was an innocent victim in the whole mess. She becomes interesting when she's kidnapped and has an opportunity to let loose and find out who she is and what she wants for herself. Amelia called Leopold Mr. Beckworth through the story, inner dialog also, it was cute and kind of hot when they were up to no good.
An enjoyable read and I'm waiting on the next story, the Duke of Malum. How he's redeemed is going to be a chore to figure out.
#AnnabelleAnders #BondStreetBachelor #TheRakesofRottenRow #InForAPennyPublishing #Bookfunnel #historicalromance #romance… (more)
Publication date: August 8, 2024
Print length: 312 pages
"Bond Street Bachelor is the fifth book in the Rakes of Rotten Row Series but can be read in any order, or as a stand-alone novel."
I think Leopold and Amelia may be my favorite couple in the Rakes of Rotten Row series. This is an opposite attracts tale with two people who never, ever would have met. The first time our male lead sees the female lead they were both at a party (he wasn't invited), he hid in the shadows and she looked right through him. I found Leopold to be the most layered fleshed out character while Amelia was more typical Ton young lady. The plot had me invested from page one and it moved at a nice pace. We get to check in on a few the previous couples with a small appearance by a couple of them as the story progresses.
Leopold isn't a typical bad guy character in that he has standards to his illicit business. No drugs or human trafficking, only goods and information. He takes care of the people who work for him and has made sure people from his past who want to work have a place in his organization. That he threw in with the Rotten Rakes to see a truly bad man delt with shows that he's nicer than he lets on. He tells himself the plan is just good business on his part. Self-made man, survived his horrid childhood, and with the help of a "mentor" thrived and became a criminal kingpin. He's handsome with enough scars to make him appear a bit dangerous; even though he dresses well you can tell he didn't go to Eaton. He's got plenty of attitude.
Amelia is a typical titled young lady who has to marry well and is silently screaming on the inside. Beautiful, intelligent, kind, and doesn't appear to be spoiled to death. Her parents pushed for an arrangement with a Marquess who ran off with her cousin. Of course, it's Amelias fault and now she has to marry a man her parents have been negotiating with to take her off their hands. Soiled goods even though she was an innocent victim in the whole mess. She becomes interesting when she's kidnapped and has an opportunity to let loose and find out who she is and what she wants for herself. Amelia called Leopold Mr. Beckworth through the story, inner dialog also, it was cute and kind of hot when they were up to no good.
An enjoyable read and I'm waiting on the next story, the Duke of Malum. How he's redeemed is going to be a chore to figure out.
#AnnabelleAnders #BondStreetBachelor #TheRakesofRottenRow #InForAPennyPublishing #Bookfunnel #historicalromance #romance… (more)
I can't bring myself to read the middle of the book. I got 13% in and ten skipped to the end to see what happened. The main female lead is described as business savvy and yet too stupid or scared to take care of her ass of a new husband. It get worse from there. When the husband sees his cousin for the first time in years he calls him cuz. What? In regency England? So on from there. It was free and I just can't finish it.
There are quite a few contradictions in the story that didn't help. She's ruined, she can be redeemed, she must go to the country but can come back in 6 months or so. Anyway, I didn't like Natalie at first, spoiled, willful, brave but a little dense. Turns out she's not so bad after all. Garrett was a tough nut to crack. He was closed off for a good reason but it also made him cruel. Glad he came around. There's a sad and lovely story to Garretts life that made me happy and then cry.
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By Scarlett Scott, Alexa Aston, Annabelle Anders, Meara Platt, Kathleen Ayers, Chasity Bowlin, Sara Adrien, Jude Knight
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: August 24, 2024
Print length: 406 pages
Rated a 3 out of 5 stars
An anthology of never-before published novellas. What a cute Summer read; it didn't take long to finish each story which is perfect for Summer when I seem to always be on the go. Taking a bit of time for myself was easier to do with each being a short story. I'm always up for a historical romance involving a hot duke. While each story is a standalone some fit into a series if you're interested in reading more of a particular author.
A few of the stories weren't up to par for me. Vering off the historically correct path a bit is ok, but I prefer not to go so far that it's unbelievable. A couple weren't interesting. I don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment or bias you unkindly to a story you might think is grand. I'm going to pick my favorite to give you a taste of the material.
Love is the Duke's Best Remedy by Sara Adrien.
A play on Pretty Woman and a bit of Cinderella. I've never read any of this authors work and was pleasantly surprised by how well the plot moved along, the dialog was enjoyable, the characters likeable. Edmund and Lola are our couple with Brewster as the bad guy lawyer. For me using the plot of the movie as the basis for the story worked, with a few changes it fit into Regency England without too much fuss. Edmund can't sleep, Lola grows flowers and herbs to sell at an apothecary, Brewster is a mover-and-shaker lawyer using Edmund as his pawn in deals to make himself rich. One of the tweaks is Lola's job. The Cinderella aspect has a bit of a twist but it also works. There're mean shopkeepers, rubies, opera, and a brown polka-dot dress. I loved it.
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