Darcy Burke

Because the Baron Broods by Darcy Burke
Rogue Rules #2

Two people who thought they would remain single forever just might find something that will work better instead…maybe…

What I liked:
* Tamsin Penrose: lives with her difficult widowed father, isolated, may have abandonment issues, has never had a season, looks forward to the month she spends with her grandmother and friends, a good friend, begins to question her future when she receives a letter…and meets Droxford. She reminds me of a bubblier Pollyanna.
* Isaac Deverell, Baron Droxford: good friend, a bit aloof, morally resolute, made a vow to himself when 17 years of age, trained as a lawyer, lost mother in childbirth with his brother, lived with rigidly religious father, uncle paid for his higher education, did not expect to be a Baron, carries guilt and regret, conflicted in more than one way
* That Isaac would not allow Tamsin to be ruined and though his reasoning was given…wondered if he really did like her more than he realized
* Tamsin’s grandmother: gardener, loving, kind, truly loved and appreciated her husband
* Isaac’s Aunt Sophia: loving, kind, goodhearted, generous, wise, matchmaker
* Getting to see the friends of Tamsin and Isaac – both groups in book one of the series and no doubt will show up again in the future
* The Burrows couple addition to the story and how they met in Marrywell [a reference to the Marrywell Brides Series by Darcy Burke]
* The way it all came together in the end though there were times I wondered what the two main characters saw in one another and whether or not they would find common ground
* Thinking about and wondering which of the supporting characters will show up in the next book

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* The expectations of women, the power given to men, that scandal was so easily created by gossip, and thinking about how difficult life must have been without so many things – including contraceptives

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3-4 Stars… (más)

Slightly overwrought. He could NEVER propose…because he had encouraged another to play with HER nearly a decade ago. OH! The horror!!!!!
No chemistry, no sense. She gets a second chance at a season and throws it away as easily as if she’d been pursuing her pleasures for the past decade, when, in fact, she’s a virgin. Just didn’t track. The pieces might have worked but they were shoved together without credible growth.
Not interested in trying out further books.

UPDATE: Actually, just read “Her Wicked Ways” and WILL try out further books.… (más)

The only other DB book I’d read, I gave 2 stars and put her on my “avoid” list. Don’t remember why this particular book ended up in my TBR holds but decided to give it at least a quick skim. To my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed this story which was not a run-of-the-mill rehash of Regency ballrooms and salons. Instead, deals with trying to stretch your meager resources and slowly overcoming a lifetime of lessons in arrogance. Takes the FMC an absolute age to move past lust into love but the journey was worth it and also rather believable.
Now reading the next book, involving the FMC’s brother. DB is off my bad list.… (más)