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The Rose Hunters Trilogy #3
My Surrender
CONNIE BROCKWAY
sweeps readers into the ballrooms and boudoirs of Regency-era London and on to the Scottish Highlands in a sizzling tale of scandal, deception, and breathtaking passion.
Charlotte Nash is the most impulsive of the Nash sisters. Using her position as one of London's most popular and naughty debutantes, she assists English spies in conveying messages that will help them infiltrate Napoleon's inner circle -- and fulfill the mission her father died trying to achieve. But only as a courtesan can she infiltrate London's most notorious gatherings and retrieve a crucial document. Is she ready to take part in a deception that will leave her reputation in shreds? And when Highlander Dand Ross -- a dangerous, disreputable blackguard -- reappears in her life and offers his aid, dare she accept it? The exquisite pleasure she finds in his arms might be worth the price of her surrender, but is the dark Highlander who loves her so passionately really just luring her toward the ultimate betrayal?
sweeps readers into the ballrooms and boudoirs of Regency-era London and on to the Scottish Highlands in a sizzling tale of scandal, deception, and breathtaking passion.
Charlotte Nash is the most impulsive of the Nash sisters. Using her position as one of London's most popular and naughty debutantes, she assists English spies in conveying messages that will help them infiltrate Napoleon's inner circle -- and fulfill the mission her father died trying to achieve. But only as a courtesan can she infiltrate London's most notorious gatherings and retrieve a crucial document. Is she ready to take part in a deception that will leave her reputation in shreds? And when Highlander Dand Ross -- a dangerous, disreputable blackguard -- reappears in her life and offers his aid, dare she accept it? The exquisite pleasure she finds in his arms might be worth the price of her surrender, but is the dark Highlander who loves her so passionately really just luring her toward the ultimate betrayal?
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Connie Brockway
60 books726 followersNew York Times and USAToday best selling author Connie Brockway has twice won the Romance Writers of America's Rita award for best historical romance as well as being an eight time finalist. After receiving a double major in art history and English from Macalester College, Connie entered grad school with an eye to acquiring her MFA in creative writing. Soon enough she jettisoned the idea of writing serious literature for what she considered (and still considers) the best gig in the world, writing romance.
Connie has received numerous starred reviews for her romances in Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal. Library Journal also named her Her 2004 romance, My Seduction, one of the year's top ten romances.
In November of 2011, THE OTHER GUY'S BRIDE (a sequel to the perennially popular AS YOU DESIRE) was Amazon's Montlake Publishing's launch title. Here next book, NO PLACE FOR A DAME will be published September, 2013. A regency set romance, it is also the sequel to ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.Today Connie lives in Minnesota with her husband David, a family physician, and two spoiled mutts.
Connie has received numerous starred reviews for her romances in Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal. Library Journal also named her Her 2004 romance, My Seduction, one of the year's top ten romances.
In November of 2011, THE OTHER GUY'S BRIDE (a sequel to the perennially popular AS YOU DESIRE) was Amazon's Montlake Publishing's launch title. Here next book, NO PLACE FOR A DAME will be published September, 2013. A regency set romance, it is also the sequel to ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.Today Connie lives in Minnesota with her husband David, a family physician, and two spoiled mutts.
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May 31, 2012
Well. I wrote a review, but it never got posted. Let's try this again.
This is a romance book, but it is also a book about choices and sacrifice. At least three of the characters in this book had to make choices and sacrifices that destroyed their reputations and their credibility to achieve a goal. As this book begins, I saw Charlotte on the crux of changing her life irrevocably. And it only gets more hairy. I asked myself why it bothered me that she was going to do what she did. Should I have worried so much about that. Reputation is important, but is it that important to me that I truly regretted what Charlotte did, even knowing why. I was involved in this story, but not necessarily in a good way at some places. I guess that's makes a book successful for me. When I read this book, I wasn't just marking time. I was feeling a lot, and suffering along with Charlotte. She showed courage, and that courage translated to me as I read. I don't look at fiction books as a guide for behavior, but I do believe that almost every book I read has some gem that I can ponder and let it help me in some way. That might sound strange to most people, but not to me. It is rarely a literal thing. Most often, it is an encouragement in my own walk of life. From this book, I took the idea that I had to take advantage of the adversity I face to let it build me up instead of tearing me down. That courage is not being unafraid or uncertain. Courage is doing in the face of that fear. And the fears are many in life. If we let one fear overtake us, we will fall beneath so many. It's a domino effect. The reasons don't have to translate directly to my life. But deep down, that human experience always does.
As far as the romance, I felt the potency of it. Charlotte and Dand, both seemingly hardened to such a thing, found love together. A common goal brought them into each other's sphere, and love found its way into both of their hearts. I like to think that a mutual respect was the foundation to that love. When others around them saw little but the facade they projected, they looked deeper and saw the whys and not the whats. Considering the path that their lives had been forced into by circumstance, that was a rewarding thing in this book.
Overall, although I didn't like some of the aspects of this story (It has me wincing emotionally in parts), I loved the romance between Charlotte and Dand, and I loved their characters, and their willingness to sacrifice so much for doing the right thing. That's the core of this book, and that's what calls to me as a reader. So I count this as a well-written, enjoyable read.
This is a romance book, but it is also a book about choices and sacrifice. At least three of the characters in this book had to make choices and sacrifices that destroyed their reputations and their credibility to achieve a goal. As this book begins, I saw Charlotte on the crux of changing her life irrevocably. And it only gets more hairy. I asked myself why it bothered me that she was going to do what she did. Should I have worried so much about that. Reputation is important, but is it that important to me that I truly regretted what Charlotte did, even knowing why. I was involved in this story, but not necessarily in a good way at some places. I guess that's makes a book successful for me. When I read this book, I wasn't just marking time. I was feeling a lot, and suffering along with Charlotte. She showed courage, and that courage translated to me as I read. I don't look at fiction books as a guide for behavior, but I do believe that almost every book I read has some gem that I can ponder and let it help me in some way. That might sound strange to most people, but not to me. It is rarely a literal thing. Most often, it is an encouragement in my own walk of life. From this book, I took the idea that I had to take advantage of the adversity I face to let it build me up instead of tearing me down. That courage is not being unafraid or uncertain. Courage is doing in the face of that fear. And the fears are many in life. If we let one fear overtake us, we will fall beneath so many. It's a domino effect. The reasons don't have to translate directly to my life. But deep down, that human experience always does.
As far as the romance, I felt the potency of it. Charlotte and Dand, both seemingly hardened to such a thing, found love together. A common goal brought them into each other's sphere, and love found its way into both of their hearts. I like to think that a mutual respect was the foundation to that love. When others around them saw little but the facade they projected, they looked deeper and saw the whys and not the whats. Considering the path that their lives had been forced into by circumstance, that was a rewarding thing in this book.
Overall, although I didn't like some of the aspects of this story (It has me wincing emotionally in parts), I loved the romance between Charlotte and Dand, and I loved their characters, and their willingness to sacrifice so much for doing the right thing. That's the core of this book, and that's what calls to me as a reader. So I count this as a well-written, enjoyable read.
March 10, 2018
Charlotte Nash has been romping through society for years collecting tidbits of knowledge she passes on to aid in the fight against Protestants and France. Nobody suspects anything because women, amirite, so everyone just thinks she's a floozy. Dand Ross is also a spy. When Charlotte needs to go undercover by going under the covers (heh), she turns to the one man pledged to aid her however she might need it: Dand. Lights, inappropriate touching, love.
1. This was actually a rather well done reflection on the 'fall from grace' a woman might suffer if she opted to circumvent society's dictates on proper behavior?? While there are holes in it, and it could have used slightly more fleshing out (in place of some of the spy games nonsense), watching Charlotte determine how to move forward with her ruination in spite of her friends concerns was intriguing. (Her family is notably absent, which is one of the aforementioned 'holes', but.)
There's a sense of very real consequence to Charlotte's decision, and one passage in particular where Charlotte is realizing the impact to her friends and family and attempting to harden her resolve was so well done. I may have teared up??—don't tell anyone. Anyways.
2. That said: the spy games were....whatever. It was less about the actual spying and more about reminding us that Charlotte is an information gatherer and Dand may or may not be a well known spy from the continent?? THE MORE YOU KNOW. The reality is that the spy stuff was not interesting to me and the implications of the very important letter were lost on me.
3. Rose Bros, HO.
4. The premise that 3 men bonded by an oath to each other then marry the 3 daughters of some man who saved their life is silly. And with that silliness prowling in the margins, it made it hard to believe that Dand and Charlotte were actually falling in love because they connected over a shared worldview and more that Dand was the last of the Rose Bros. available to protect Charlotte and of course they end up together because NEAT ENDINGS SELL ROMANCES? IDK, it ended up feeling lazy rather then...like it fit, like it worked.
5. Very little of this novel is from Dand's POV; basically, he's a shadow with a mysterious aristocratic background that has boners for Charlotte.
6. Also, the ending was a complete disaster. It ends when Charlotte's brothers-in-law arrive and knock out Dand. THE END. There is zero resolution to any of it. It's sloppy and shoddy and removed a lot of my goodwill by being so ridiculous. (PS THAT EPILOGUE DOESN'T EXIST YOU CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE.)
7. In spite of all my complaining and italics, I did enjoy this the most of the 3, I think (or from what I can remember of the other 2...); I just wish the spy/looming villain crap had been left where it belonged (Bourne's hands) and there was a little more development to Dand.
1. This was actually a rather well done reflection on the 'fall from grace' a woman might suffer if she opted to circumvent society's dictates on proper behavior?? While there are holes in it, and it could have used slightly more fleshing out (in place of some of the spy games nonsense), watching Charlotte determine how to move forward with her ruination in spite of her friends concerns was intriguing. (Her family is notably absent, which is one of the aforementioned 'holes', but.)
There's a sense of very real consequence to Charlotte's decision, and one passage in particular where Charlotte is realizing the impact to her friends and family and attempting to harden her resolve was so well done. I may have teared up??—don't tell anyone. Anyways.
2. That said: the spy games were....whatever. It was less about the actual spying and more about reminding us that Charlotte is an information gatherer and Dand may or may not be a well known spy from the continent?? THE MORE YOU KNOW. The reality is that the spy stuff was not interesting to me and the implications of the very important letter were lost on me.
3. Rose Bros, HO.
4. The premise that 3 men bonded by an oath to each other then marry the 3 daughters of some man who saved their life is silly. And with that silliness prowling in the margins, it made it hard to believe that Dand and Charlotte were actually falling in love because they connected over a shared worldview and more that Dand was the last of the Rose Bros. available to protect Charlotte and of course they end up together because NEAT ENDINGS SELL ROMANCES? IDK, it ended up feeling lazy rather then...like it fit, like it worked.
5. Very little of this novel is from Dand's POV; basically, he's a shadow with a mysterious aristocratic background that has boners for Charlotte.
6. Also, the ending was a complete disaster. It ends when Charlotte's brothers-in-law arrive and knock out Dand. THE END. There is zero resolution to any of it. It's sloppy and shoddy and removed a lot of my goodwill by being so ridiculous. (PS THAT EPILOGUE DOESN'T EXIST YOU CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE.)
7. In spite of all my complaining and italics, I did enjoy this the most of the 3, I think (or from what I can remember of the other 2...); I just wish the spy/looming villain crap had been left where it belonged (Bourne's hands) and there was a little more development to Dand.
September 14, 2022
Aventuras, amor y pasión, los ingredientes perfectos para el bello romance de Charlotte y Dand.
Rendición de Connie Brockway nos arrastrará a vivir el romance más comentado de todo Londres, una jugosa aventura llena de amor, pasión y complots donde Charlotte y Dand deberán unir fuerzas para llevar la gloria a su país, pero también para sellar sus destinos y conseguir la felicidad que por tantos años llevan buscando, un amor sin medida que los hará fuertes y que nadie podrá romper jamás.
➞ Link de la reseña completa: http://florecilladecereza.blogspot.co...
Rendición de Connie Brockway nos arrastrará a vivir el romance más comentado de todo Londres, una jugosa aventura llena de amor, pasión y complots donde Charlotte y Dand deberán unir fuerzas para llevar la gloria a su país, pero también para sellar sus destinos y conseguir la felicidad que por tantos años llevan buscando, un amor sin medida que los hará fuertes y que nadie podrá romper jamás.
➞ Link de la reseña completa: http://florecilladecereza.blogspot.co...
August 27, 2012
This book, the third in the Rose Hunters Trilogy, was a bit of a disappointment. I did like the romance, which was well done. However, I found the resolution of the mystery that ran through all three of the books of the trilogy to be somewhat confusing. I had enjoyed the way the author had set up the mystery during the first two books, and was looking forward to its solution in the last book of the series. You can imagine my chagrin when I found the wrap-up of this tantalizing mystery to be so unsatisfying and confusing.
Here are some of the issues that I felt were never adequately answered and were confusing:
Here are some of the issues that I felt were never adequately answered and were confusing:
January 29, 2016
What a splendid conclusion to The Rose Hunters Trilogy. **sigh** I love this series. This third addition was fantastic. I loved Charrlotte and Dand's story very much. It was wonderful.
Both hero and heroine were strong and brave. Dand Ross drove me crazy. I wanted to simultaneously slap him and kiss him at the same time. Ugh! He was stubborn, hardheaded, and very determined.
Charlotte was corageous and strong heroine. I really liked her. I loved the romance between them.
What I loved most about this story is how Charlotte slowly creates cracks in Dand’s tough façade. Deep down, Dand Ross is a wonderful and caring man and Lottie was just the right woman to bring it all out without really fully changing him. He’ll always be Dand, but with heart. Cheesy, I know, but I’m a sucker for these types of stories. My favourite kind of heroes always men who are madly in love with the heroine all the way through and can't say anything about it. And Dand Ross defenitely fit that description.
The only complaints I have are the abrubt ending and the fact that we didn't get a lot of insight into Dand's heart. It would be great to see more of his feelings for Lottie.
Both hero and heroine were strong and brave. Dand Ross drove me crazy. I wanted to simultaneously slap him and kiss him at the same time. Ugh! He was stubborn, hardheaded, and very determined.
Charlotte was corageous and strong heroine. I really liked her. I loved the romance between them.
What I loved most about this story is how Charlotte slowly creates cracks in Dand’s tough façade. Deep down, Dand Ross is a wonderful and caring man and Lottie was just the right woman to bring it all out without really fully changing him. He’ll always be Dand, but with heart. Cheesy, I know, but I’m a sucker for these types of stories. My favourite kind of heroes always men who are madly in love with the heroine all the way through and can't say anything about it. And Dand Ross defenitely fit that description.
The only complaints I have are the abrubt ending and the fact that we didn't get a lot of insight into Dand's heart. It would be great to see more of his feelings for Lottie.
December 13, 2013
I know a lot of readers really liked this trilogy. From the start I did not buy into the story. It was draggy to me. There was a lot of redundancy in the story line. I think these three books could have been reduced to one if you eliminate the number of times that each hero/heroine was seduced, tried to be seduced, wanted to be seduced, or pretended not to be seduced. I kept skip, skip, skipping along so I could confirm that the traitor was whom I had identified in the first book. Oh well, they can't all be wonderful.
April 20, 2014
I knew it!!! I had (90% certain) guessed who the "bad" guy was, and I was right!!
I loved Charrlotte and Dand's story, though maybe not as much as Kate/Kit and Helena/Ram's... But once again the writing was seemless, and the plot sweet: I just wish we'd gotten more insight into Dand's heart and head, and I felt that some of their time together was passed over a little too quickly for my tastes:-D
I loved Charrlotte and Dand's story, though maybe not as much as Kate/Kit and Helena/Ram's... But once again the writing was seemless, and the plot sweet: I just wish we'd gotten more insight into Dand's heart and head, and I felt that some of their time together was passed over a little too quickly for my tastes:-D
April 21, 2020
There is nothing NOT to like about Charlotte Nash as a heroine and Dand Ross as a hero. Charlotte is an innocent idealist and patriot willing to risk her reputation, virtue and life for her country thus her decision to take the place of a courtesan-spy in going to a comte’s castle to become his mistress. This will give her an opportunity to look for a letter that holds the fate of the war with France. Dand is one of the Rose Hunters, three men/spies who vowed to protect Charlotte and her two sisters after their father exchanged his life for the men’s when they were held, tortured and about to be executed by the French. Ram and Kit have already fallen for the other two Nash sisters. The less emotional and more unreadable Dand seem unlikely to follow suit with Charlotte. But he does and she does in return, as well. The repartee between them is witty, amusing, heady and passionate. Dand does not say what he’s thinking or feeling but they are in his intent looks, in his body language and nuances. And he’s intense. The perfect romantic hero.
But I just feel that Ms. Brockway could have pushed for the emotions further. She could have made us more privy to Dand’s thoughts and feelings (not too much but just enough). All the right words, emotions and situations are there but she always stops just before you want to sigh at the romance of it all. Even at the end when I would have appreciated a clearer detailing of the epilogue (that Charlotte was embraced back to society, how she and Dand were toasted for their patriotism and bravery, how they found Douglas (the antagonist who was once a “brother” and co-conspirator of the Rose Hunters but went mad with the guilt and shame of betraying their secrets under torture)’ body and how the three Rose Hunters talked about the past and had some closure, Ms. Brockway only hinted at all of these. It actually fits the characters. Less talk, more action but it always brought me back up every time I am about to fall in love with this book.
The passages about the Rose Hunters’ past with Douglas are really fascinating and compelling though – from Dand’s hinted royal blood to the four orphans meeting and training under the watchful eye of monks, their brotherhood until they all became spies for the country to the moment that they were captured and tortured, with Dand not revealing that he knew it was Douglas who betrayed them, thinking that he didn’t want to betray Douglas whom they all thought had been executed.
But I just feel that Ms. Brockway could have pushed for the emotions further. She could have made us more privy to Dand’s thoughts and feelings (not too much but just enough). All the right words, emotions and situations are there but she always stops just before you want to sigh at the romance of it all. Even at the end when I would have appreciated a clearer detailing of the epilogue (that Charlotte was embraced back to society, how she and Dand were toasted for their patriotism and bravery, how they found Douglas (the antagonist who was once a “brother” and co-conspirator of the Rose Hunters but went mad with the guilt and shame of betraying their secrets under torture)’ body and how the three Rose Hunters talked about the past and had some closure, Ms. Brockway only hinted at all of these. It actually fits the characters. Less talk, more action but it always brought me back up every time I am about to fall in love with this book.
The passages about the Rose Hunters’ past with Douglas are really fascinating and compelling though – from Dand’s hinted royal blood to the four orphans meeting and training under the watchful eye of monks, their brotherhood until they all became spies for the country to the moment that they were captured and tortured, with Dand not revealing that he knew it was Douglas who betrayed them, thinking that he didn’t want to betray Douglas whom they all thought had been executed.
April 30, 2018
I came in late for this one....have not read the first two in the trilogy. That made for a bit of disconnect but the frequent flashbacks explained the misssing parts of the story.
This book was a slow starter for me but a great finisher. Only thing I didn't care for was, just as the action was getting very interesting, it stops and flashes back several years.
This was my first Brockway book but having read this one, I will go back and read books one and two as I liked the characters very much.
This book was a slow starter for me but a great finisher. Only thing I didn't care for was, just as the action was getting very interesting, it stops and flashes back several years.
This was my first Brockway book but having read this one, I will go back and read books one and two as I liked the characters very much.
May 27, 2019
A fairly nice afternoon read, I'm still put out little details here and there are not factually correct. Plus it genetically near impossible to have sisters who have one has dark hair, a third who has an unusual shade of blonde and finally one who has ginger hair.
October 14, 2021
Convoluted plot.
December 26, 2022
My Surrender by Connie Brockway was an Amusing Read with Interesting Situations!
I enjoyed the banter and character development of Charlotte Nash and Dand Ross.
I enjoyed the banter and character development of Charlotte Nash and Dand Ross.
November 4, 2023
I like female spies.
August 19, 2016
Spoilers
I think what really lost me is the lack of hero pov. I get why she did this, but the intrigue really ruined it for me. I already knew the hero wasn't the villain. I already had an inkling who it was. And after the two "maybe it's him, maybe it's not him" pov's it just didn't sit well with my reading experience. And then she threw in there while in the villain's pov about some dark master? How do you throw in a dark master and not actually have a dark master? It made it seem like there was a higher entity pulling the strings, when really it was just insanity, which again, it was HEAVILY alluded that it was just insanity.
Nothing about this was really surprising. And I think it was trying REALLY hard to be surprising. Which , again, lost a lot of my enjoyment. I like having the hero's pov especially if it's heavily heroine oriented. It just balances the energies out. At least for me.
And it seems kinda too random that bit by bit, the hero's pov lost it's intrigue, like she lost steam halfway through and was like "ah, fuck it, I know that you know that I know this isn't working, so just, here's the hero being an actual hero pov."
Not to mention that Dand was really excited, and maybe it was just cause Lottie was always exited to be around Dand, that it made the audience (me) wanna be next to Dand, and therefore, INSIDE Dand's head, that I NEEDED his pov. Not to mention that I want more depth to him. How did he feel about being the only member of his family. Does he feel happy that he has a kid and therefore has blood family again? What were his thoughts about Lottie and the way she worked it out? Was he happy for his brothers' to have found happiness and were moving on from the past? He feels so incomplete, that it just further downgraded this story to meh-ville.
The thing that really saved this, however, was that she did compensate by having Lottie really well-rounded, since we were mostly in her head any way. So this was really her story, with bits of Dand every where. Yet, that's also a problem, because again, it's not just HER story, this involves the brotherhood, the past, and it machinations.
And then, the villain dies, and that's it. No one talks about it again. There isn't any brotherhood bonding after years of thinking it was probably Dand because he was the most shady on them all, and "the devil's own." Whatever that means.
Just so underwhelming. It's an ok story. It's even an ok love story, because even though you don't really get inside his head, he shows that he is in love with her, so that's not a problem. But everything just sort of happens and I REALLY need the commentary. I love for commentary. And not to mention it's the end of a series. Shouldn't we have a pretty bow? Can't we have everyone gathering about the fire, or with brandy snifters and being like "Yeah, bro, I didn't really think it was you." Kit and Ram had that. Where's Dand's? And where's the grief?
I feel like I'm not talking in circle now. So just, an underwhelming end to a somewhat intriguing series. Lots of potential, but not quite there for me.
I think what really lost me is the lack of hero pov. I get why she did this, but the intrigue really ruined it for me. I already knew the hero wasn't the villain. I already had an inkling who it was. And after the two "maybe it's him, maybe it's not him" pov's it just didn't sit well with my reading experience. And then she threw in there while in the villain's pov about some dark master? How do you throw in a dark master and not actually have a dark master? It made it seem like there was a higher entity pulling the strings, when really it was just insanity, which again, it was HEAVILY alluded that it was just insanity.
Nothing about this was really surprising. And I think it was trying REALLY hard to be surprising. Which , again, lost a lot of my enjoyment. I like having the hero's pov especially if it's heavily heroine oriented. It just balances the energies out. At least for me.
And it seems kinda too random that bit by bit, the hero's pov lost it's intrigue, like she lost steam halfway through and was like "ah, fuck it, I know that you know that I know this isn't working, so just, here's the hero being an actual hero pov."
Not to mention that Dand was really excited, and maybe it was just cause Lottie was always exited to be around Dand, that it made the audience (me) wanna be next to Dand, and therefore, INSIDE Dand's head, that I NEEDED his pov. Not to mention that I want more depth to him. How did he feel about being the only member of his family. Does he feel happy that he has a kid and therefore has blood family again? What were his thoughts about Lottie and the way she worked it out? Was he happy for his brothers' to have found happiness and were moving on from the past? He feels so incomplete, that it just further downgraded this story to meh-ville.
The thing that really saved this, however, was that she did compensate by having Lottie really well-rounded, since we were mostly in her head any way. So this was really her story, with bits of Dand every where. Yet, that's also a problem, because again, it's not just HER story, this involves the brotherhood, the past, and it machinations.
And then, the villain dies, and that's it. No one talks about it again. There isn't any brotherhood bonding after years of thinking it was probably Dand because he was the most shady on them all, and "the devil's own." Whatever that means.
Just so underwhelming. It's an ok story. It's even an ok love story, because even though you don't really get inside his head, he shows that he is in love with her, so that's not a problem. But everything just sort of happens and I REALLY need the commentary. I love for commentary. And not to mention it's the end of a series. Shouldn't we have a pretty bow? Can't we have everyone gathering about the fire, or with brandy snifters and being like "Yeah, bro, I didn't really think it was you." Kit and Ram had that. Where's Dand's? And where's the grief?
I feel like I'm not talking in circle now. So just, an underwhelming end to a somewhat intriguing series. Lots of potential, but not quite there for me.
May 14, 2023
„Wie verführt man einen Schotten?“ von Connie Brockway ist der dritte und abschließende Band ihrer Regency Scots Reihe.
Charlotte Nash ist die jüngste der Nash Schwestern, der Liebling der feinen Gesellschaft und eine heiß umschwärmte Debütantin. Niemand weiß, dass sie hinter ihrem unbeschwerten und lockeren Lebensstil eine geheime Rolle als Mittlerin für englische Spione verbirgt. Um in den Besitz eines äußerst wichtigen Dokuments zu gelangen, muss Charlotte bei ihrer aktuellen Mission aber weit über ihre Grenzen hinausgehen. Sie ist bereit, ihren bisher makellosen Ruf zu ruinieren und in die Rolle einer Kurtisane zu schlüpfen. Zur Seite steht ihr dabei eher unfreiwillig der mysteriöse Spion Dand Ross, der einst geschworen hatte, sie zu beschützen. Bei seinem Schwur hatte er aber nicht daran gedacht, dass ihm Charlotte den letzten Nerv und auch sein Herz rauben würde.
Man kann das Buch auch ohne Vorkenntnisse lesen, aber wer wissen möchte, wer der geheimnisvolle und gefährliche Drahtzieher im Hintergrund aller drei Teile war, der bekommt am Ende des Buches die lang erwartete Auflösung. Die Beschützerrolle wird unseren drei attraktiven Schotten in keinem der Bände leicht gemacht, aber Dand hat in Charlotte eine ganz besondere Herausforderung gefunden.
Der Schreibstil liest sich wie gewohnt leicht und flüssig und immer wieder sind kleine Rückblenden in die Vergangenheit von Dand eingestreut. Irgendwann erschließt sich, wer für die tödliche Gefahr im Hintergrund verantwortlich ist, aber trotzdem bleibt die Spannung erhalten.
Charlotte ist eine mutige junge Lady, aber bei ihrem waghalsigen Plan habe auch ich nur mit dem Kopf geschüttelt. Dand ist natürlich einer von den Guten, aber er bewahrt sich lange seine Geheimnisse und seine undurchschaubare Aura.
Der dritte Band schließt die abenteuerliche Reihe gelungen ab und lässt keine Langeweile aufkommen.
Mein Fazit:
Mich hat dieses Buch sehr gut unterhalten und ich gebe gern eine Leseempfehlung!
Charlotte Nash ist die jüngste der Nash Schwestern, der Liebling der feinen Gesellschaft und eine heiß umschwärmte Debütantin. Niemand weiß, dass sie hinter ihrem unbeschwerten und lockeren Lebensstil eine geheime Rolle als Mittlerin für englische Spione verbirgt. Um in den Besitz eines äußerst wichtigen Dokuments zu gelangen, muss Charlotte bei ihrer aktuellen Mission aber weit über ihre Grenzen hinausgehen. Sie ist bereit, ihren bisher makellosen Ruf zu ruinieren und in die Rolle einer Kurtisane zu schlüpfen. Zur Seite steht ihr dabei eher unfreiwillig der mysteriöse Spion Dand Ross, der einst geschworen hatte, sie zu beschützen. Bei seinem Schwur hatte er aber nicht daran gedacht, dass ihm Charlotte den letzten Nerv und auch sein Herz rauben würde.
Man kann das Buch auch ohne Vorkenntnisse lesen, aber wer wissen möchte, wer der geheimnisvolle und gefährliche Drahtzieher im Hintergrund aller drei Teile war, der bekommt am Ende des Buches die lang erwartete Auflösung. Die Beschützerrolle wird unseren drei attraktiven Schotten in keinem der Bände leicht gemacht, aber Dand hat in Charlotte eine ganz besondere Herausforderung gefunden.
Der Schreibstil liest sich wie gewohnt leicht und flüssig und immer wieder sind kleine Rückblenden in die Vergangenheit von Dand eingestreut. Irgendwann erschließt sich, wer für die tödliche Gefahr im Hintergrund verantwortlich ist, aber trotzdem bleibt die Spannung erhalten.
Charlotte ist eine mutige junge Lady, aber bei ihrem waghalsigen Plan habe auch ich nur mit dem Kopf geschüttelt. Dand ist natürlich einer von den Guten, aber er bewahrt sich lange seine Geheimnisse und seine undurchschaubare Aura.
Der dritte Band schließt die abenteuerliche Reihe gelungen ab und lässt keine Langeweile aufkommen.
Mein Fazit:
Mich hat dieses Buch sehr gut unterhalten und ich gebe gern eine Leseempfehlung!
November 25, 2009
In this book the very forgettable heroine acts like a hoyden to allay any suspicion that she is actually a spy (of sorts). The forgettable hero is a spy who has vowed with his life to protect our forgettable heroine, thus allowing for lots of boring lectures about how unsafe her spying is. He then suspends all good judgment, and she becomes to stupid to live in a hair brained scheme that I could not suspend my disbelief for, nor dredge up much interest in. Lots of skimming took place.
Still I give it two stars because it's about a million times better than most one star romances.
Still I give it two stars because it's about a million times better than most one star romances.
June 4, 2018
Ms. Brockway, I say this with all due respect. Stick with the humorous and light romances, you're way better at them. The intrigue ones, not so much. I mean this is book 3, there should be some grand resolution, instead all be get is a quick wrap-up and some babies. Also I didn't like the hero, or the heroine for that matter in this one as there really wasn't anything to know. I understand withholding information and insight to build suspense but there's a little too much withholding going on.
September 17, 2012
This 3rd one in this triology was just okay, which was disappointing bcause I really liked the first two. A lot of "explanations" didn't make sense and not all the questions were answered. For instance, just who was Dand, anyway. Was he actually Andre Rousse, which was kind of implied, or was that just an alias? That's just one example, there were plenty more. I also found the epilogue to be extremely unsatisfying.
July 7, 2016
I almost did not read this, because I was not crazy about the second book in this series (I did not read the first book). It was an okay fluffy read, and I was able to follow along easily despite skipping over parts of the second book, and not reading the first one at all. The "bad guy" was exactly who I thought it was, even down to why he was after our main characters. I wish Dand had been developed a little more, I wanted to see things from his point of view a little more.
March 14, 2015
I wanted to give this 3.5 stars but that isn't possible. It started out slow and a bit tortuous for me. Plotting a fake even for such a worthy cause was a bit much. And the shadow figure was exactly who I thought it would be and just a bit too evenly deluded to be interesting. Once the story moved on to the castle I was caught but it was a little too late to get 4 stars!
December 2, 2008
I used to love Connie B. But her recent books have turned me cold. Sad.
June 15, 2009
Well writen, but hard to read because its about a woman who gives up everything for duty. I read romance to make me happy, and this one left me feeling sad.
September 25, 2009
Regency
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February 25, 2011Great light read while I was on vacation!
July 18, 2011
Good storyline, characters, and fluff sections. Very enjoyable!
May 6, 2012
Dand and Charlotte were a power couple! I would have awarded another star had it been more romance, less mystery-plot driven.
September 21, 2012
Seriously? Lame. Lame, lame, lame. Gives romance novels a bad name. Annoying characters, boring plot.
February 2, 2015
The book is good up to a point but the plot starts unraveling half way through.
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February 4, 2014unreadable
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