The Rub: The dukedom he abandoned isn't doing too well in his absence - especially now that it's managed by a former mistress of his who managed to con her way into the position of Duchess of Dunbrooke.Įdelston, Dissolute Nobleman: No, caught you!Ĭonnor: *fake Irish accent* So, you don't want to get married, then? Now working as a groom for the Tremaine family, he can't bear the thought of Fiesty, Redheaded Rebecca being forced into an unhappy marriage. "Connor Riordan." To rebel against his abusive nobleman father, Roarke joined the army - and used the Battle of Waterloo to fake his own death. The Dude: Roarke Blackburn, Duke of Dunbrooke - a.k.a. The Rub: She's far too Fiesty and Redheaded for her foppish fiance - and she'd much rather read scientific journals and practice medicine than embroider cushions for the rest of her life.ĭream Casting: I'm running out of redheaded actresses! I went for Bryce Dallas Howard again. In an attempt to catch her older, prettier, more proper sister in the middle of a tryst with a dissolute nobleman, she is caught with him instead, and to save her honour she's forced into an engagement with him.
Though the climax seems too soft and the audience never learns what happens to a key tertiary villain, sub-genre fans will want to run away with this delightful pair.The Chick: Rebecca Tremaine. The support cast provides depth to the story line particularly intriguing is The Rom (Gypsy) moral philosophy of theft. In her debut novel, Julie Anne Long provides Regency romance readers with two fantastic lead protagonists, but especially interesting is Connor, running from a past that ultimately catches up with him. As they flee to his aunt's home, Connor's past will make the trek dangerous for them, but love makes the trip also pleasant for the duo. He promises to help her escape though he knows that his peaceful five years of living ends with this pledge. Rebecca tells her confidant Connor that she cannot marry Edelston. Over the next week, Edelston visits and bores Rebecca with his trite poetry and conversation. Henry calmly tells Edelston that he now has a fianc e. Rebecca follows her sister outside, but Edelston accosts her with kisses just as Henry catches them together. In 1820, Lord Anthony Edelston arranges a tryst with Rebecca's sister Lorelei.
A year later, Roarke goes by the name of Connor Riordan, head groom for Sir Henry Tremaine.
Once he realized what happened, Roarke fails to correct anyone as he sees this as an avenue to escape from his abusive father. Everyone concludes he is Roddy Campbell while next to him is the dead future Duke Roarke Blackburn. In 1815 Waterloo, the chaos of death and destruction leads a wounded Englishman to mutter Roddy to the question who is he is.
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