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The Rogue Files #6.5
In Bed with the Stablemaster
She won't be another notch on his bedpost...
Vera Wells is not like the other housemaids. She doesn't fall over herself to gain the attention of the gruff and virile stablemaster, Rufus Blackthorne. She performs her duties most diligently, hoping one day to become housekeeper of the grand ducal manor.
Stranded together, anything can happen...
When Vera is forced to take shelter from a storm with the big, handsome stablemaster in a cottage with just one bed, she can't deny the sparks flying between them. Nor can Blackthorne deny how much he wants to strip the prickly housemaid of her wet garments and get her into that bed.
In Bed with the Stablemaster is set in the Rogue Files world and can be read as a stand-alone, but it does tie into the series. Basically, it's a very sexy love story happening "belowstairs" between a housemaid and the stablemaster... while The Virgin and the Rogue is happening upstairs.
Vera Wells is not like the other housemaids. She doesn't fall over herself to gain the attention of the gruff and virile stablemaster, Rufus Blackthorne. She performs her duties most diligently, hoping one day to become housekeeper of the grand ducal manor.
Stranded together, anything can happen...
When Vera is forced to take shelter from a storm with the big, handsome stablemaster in a cottage with just one bed, she can't deny the sparks flying between them. Nor can Blackthorne deny how much he wants to strip the prickly housemaid of her wet garments and get her into that bed.
In Bed with the Stablemaster is set in the Rogue Files world and can be read as a stand-alone, but it does tie into the series. Basically, it's a very sexy love story happening "belowstairs" between a housemaid and the stablemaster... while The Virgin and the Rogue is happening upstairs.
31 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2021
About the author
Sophie Jordan
75 books9,123 followersPseudonym:
Sharie Kohler
Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her first historical romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a degree in English and History.
A brief stint in law school taught her that case law was not nearly as interesting as literature - teaching English seemed the natural recourse. After several years teaching high school students to love Antigone, Sophie resigned with the birth of her first child and decided it was time to pursue the long-held dream of writing.
In less than three years, her first book, Once Upon A Wedding Night, a 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Nominee for Best First Historical, hit book shelves. Her second novel, Too Wicked To Tame, released in March 2007 with a bang, landing on the USA Today Bestseller's List.
Sharie Kohler
Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her first historical romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a degree in English and History.
A brief stint in law school taught her that case law was not nearly as interesting as literature - teaching English seemed the natural recourse. After several years teaching high school students to love Antigone, Sophie resigned with the birth of her first child and decided it was time to pursue the long-held dream of writing.
In less than three years, her first book, Once Upon A Wedding Night, a 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Nominee for Best First Historical, hit book shelves. Her second novel, Too Wicked To Tame, released in March 2007 with a bang, landing on the USA Today Bestseller's List.
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June 9, 2021
In Bed with the Stablemaster features a delightful romance set during The Virgin and the Rogue, the sixth book in the Rogue Files series.
Vera Wells has no interest in being just another bedmate for stablemaster Rufus Blackthorne. It doesn't matter how attractive Vera finds the man. But when a big storm catches Vera off guard while she's out on the grounds, she's forced to take shelter with Rufus to ride out the storm. Trapped together with only one bed, it becomes impossible to ignore the sparks flying between them.
This was a fun story that follows two of the staff at the Duke of Warrington's estate, the hero of The Duke's Stolen Bride. The events in the story take place towards the beginning of The Virgin and the Rogue and we hear about Charlotte and Kingston's meeting from an outside perspective. I do recommend picking this book up after reading that one as otherwise you won't know who the characters being referenced are.
Vera and Rufus do not get along at the start of this story although the sexual tension between them is off the charts. It's clear their dislike of each other is simply to hide their attraction to one another, one of my favorite tropes. There's some great banter between the two as well which I enjoyed. This novella becomes quite steamy after the arrival at the cottage and I thought the scene was well done.
Overall In Bed with the Stablemaster was a fun addition to the series and I would recommend it.
Vera Wells has no interest in being just another bedmate for stablemaster Rufus Blackthorne. It doesn't matter how attractive Vera finds the man. But when a big storm catches Vera off guard while she's out on the grounds, she's forced to take shelter with Rufus to ride out the storm. Trapped together with only one bed, it becomes impossible to ignore the sparks flying between them.
This was a fun story that follows two of the staff at the Duke of Warrington's estate, the hero of The Duke's Stolen Bride. The events in the story take place towards the beginning of The Virgin and the Rogue and we hear about Charlotte and Kingston's meeting from an outside perspective. I do recommend picking this book up after reading that one as otherwise you won't know who the characters being referenced are.
Vera and Rufus do not get along at the start of this story although the sexual tension between them is off the charts. It's clear their dislike of each other is simply to hide their attraction to one another, one of my favorite tropes. There's some great banter between the two as well which I enjoyed. This novella becomes quite steamy after the arrival at the cottage and I thought the scene was well done.
Overall In Bed with the Stablemaster was a fun addition to the series and I would recommend it.
June 1, 2021
I really liked this story. Although there was only 31 pages, there was a lot packed into it. It flowed nicely without being rushed. A lovely sexy ending. 4☆
May 31, 2025
Shortest Novella Possible
This is a true novella. Sophie Jordan got the job done in under 50 pages — BUT THE WHIP ON THE COVER IS MISLEADING.
✔️ Single POV (Vera)
✔️ Set in ye olden times England
✔️ Open-door historical romance (3/5🌶️)
This is a true novella. Sophie Jordan got the job done in under 50 pages — BUT THE WHIP ON THE COVER IS MISLEADING.
✔️ Single POV (Vera)
✔️ Set in ye olden times England
✔️ Open-door historical romance (3/5🌶️)
March 17, 2021
This was a pretty perfect historical romance short story. Beautifully written, steamy and I loved it!
November 13, 2021
Faaaast Hooot read
June 2, 2021
Short fairytale romance
This is so short that I don't really want to call it a novella. It's a cute little story without any loose ends.
This is so short that I don't really want to call it a novella. It's a cute little story without any loose ends.
December 30, 2024
I think this short would be best enjoyed by those who have read at least one of the books in The Rogue Files series. As not even 30 pages, this was a fun and delightfully sexy short and I enjoyed getting a story about the people in histroms who make manors and estates run smoothly! Vera was saucy, Rufus was the cheeky thorn in her side, and it was clear that they had repressed feelings for each other. The only thing I found misleading was the crop on the cover because that gave the impression there would be at least some lite BDSM in this short but there was none of that to be found! Still, their getting together was unsurprisingly steamy and I loved that cute little ending too.
May 28, 2021
Loved rereading this story, seeing what the staff were doing and the romances that they were having, during the events of The Virgin and the Rogue!
*First Read February 1st, 2021*
This was a really great short story, loved seeing these side characters amidst some of the events of The Virgin and the Rogue!
*First Read February 1st, 2021*
This was a really great short story, loved seeing these side characters amidst some of the events of The Virgin and the Rogue!
December 10, 2021
As a Sophie Jordan fan it was perfect to sit down with this very very short story for 30 mins. Just a little taste of everything I love though not largely spectacular. Entertaining and it was included in my Kindle Unlimited subscription.
December 27, 2021
This was a very short story, really no plot. Even though it's not insta love, it kind of feels like insta love because as the reader you join the story in the middle and just in time for the two characters to come together.
July 24, 2021
this had entirely too much plot
December 26, 2021
Thought this was a novella but it was very short. Had a bit of the downtown abbey vibe, makes me want to read more historicals set among house staff.
January 6, 2023
Short and sweet but it could have been longer.
July 16, 2021
In Bed with the Stablemaster, Book 6.5 of The Rogue Files, was a short, one chapter-long, love story between Vera Wells, the uke of Warrington's housekeeper's niece, and his stable master, Rufus Blackthorne.
Vera, having lost her mother at the age of 13, went to live with her Aunt Rose, who was the housekeeper at Haverston Hall. At that time, she met Rufus, who was 15 and a groom at that time.
Over the 10 years they had known each other, they had a contentious relationship. She knew him to be a rogue who flirted and chased most of the other housemaids. She was determined to not be one of them.
When she fell into disfavor with her aunt, who was grooming her to become the future housekeeper, her aunt sent her berry picking...normally a chore for a groom or other housemaid. When Rufus tried to tell her there was a storm coming, she refused to heed his warning and went anyway.
Upon the beginning of the storm, Vera became soaked and disgruntled that the stable master had been right...only to see him racing towards her on a horse. They managed to find an empty cottage on the way back and took shelter till the storm passed....and oh did the chemistry and passion fly.
For such an extremely short story, it was still full of angst, drama, and loads of passion. Just because it was a part of the series, I determined to add it to the Keeper for the Shelves collection.
Vera, having lost her mother at the age of 13, went to live with her Aunt Rose, who was the housekeeper at Haverston Hall. At that time, she met Rufus, who was 15 and a groom at that time.
Over the 10 years they had known each other, they had a contentious relationship. She knew him to be a rogue who flirted and chased most of the other housemaids. She was determined to not be one of them.
When she fell into disfavor with her aunt, who was grooming her to become the future housekeeper, her aunt sent her berry picking...normally a chore for a groom or other housemaid. When Rufus tried to tell her there was a storm coming, she refused to heed his warning and went anyway.
Upon the beginning of the storm, Vera became soaked and disgruntled that the stable master had been right...only to see him racing towards her on a horse. They managed to find an empty cottage on the way back and took shelter till the storm passed....and oh did the chemistry and passion fly.
For such an extremely short story, it was still full of angst, drama, and loads of passion. Just because it was a part of the series, I determined to add it to the Keeper for the Shelves collection.
June 9, 2021
Although this story is very short (I think it took me about half an hour to read), I really enjoyed it. Sophie Jordan has such an awesome writing style that I didn't even mind how short this story was. I also appreciated how this romance is about the downstairs staff which is a refreshing change. It doesn't hurt that this story was quite steamy. Simply put, this is another great short story from Sophie Jordan.
March 10, 2025
short romantic read
I am jot a huge fan of regency style stories but I enjoyed this one. With an interesting storyline, great characters romance and a little steam this was a great lunch time read
I am jot a huge fan of regency style stories but I enjoyed this one. With an interesting storyline, great characters romance and a little steam this was a great lunch time read
February 4, 2021
A quick read with a nice (and hot) smut scene at the end.
February 5, 2021
Short and sweet
February 26, 2021
Very disappointing.
March 9, 2021
This short had me in stitches as well as had me sighing during its tenderly cute moments. I loved how Jordan took a historical romance and made it modern by adding elements from the #MeToo movement.
March 10, 2021
Cute short read. I don't actually get the idea of sleeping with anything moving in a skirt because the woman he loves doesn't pay attention, but OK.
March 30, 2021
1.5 stars
April 2, 2021
cute!
May 7, 2021
It was a short read, wish it was longer. Did enjoy the little bit of love at the end 🔥
November 7, 2021
Great short story.
December 30, 2021
i need more hr's about servants of households
February 7, 2022
Cute!
I had a great time with this! I love their dynamic it was too cute. It’s nice to read about people outside of the aristocrats
I had a great time with this! I love their dynamic it was too cute. It’s nice to read about people outside of the aristocrats
April 7, 2022
Too. Damn. Short.
I wanted a entire novel on stablemaster and a maid.
“You will be mine.”
(Swoooon)🥰🥰😛
Rufus ❤️ Vera
I wanted a entire novel on stablemaster and a maid.
“You will be mine.”
(Swoooon)🥰🥰😛
Rufus ❤️ Vera
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