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Redeemable Rogues #3
Happily Ever After
A Girlhood Dream
Sophia Vanderwahl had always dreamed a knight in shining armor would sweep her off her feet, but she knew this only happened in fairy tales. And when she discovers the truth about her philandering fiance, she decides to track the scoundrel down and confront him in person. So she hires adventurer Jack MacAuley to help her find her neglectful husband to-be. But with every glimpse into Jack's seductive eyes, every tremor she feels at the sound of his voice, she finds her memory of her fiance fading away... A Woman's Love
When the headstrong heiress offers him a king's ransom to find her long-absent intended, rugged Jack MacAuley figures it will be easy money. But nothing is easy when it comes to this willful beauty with the golden eyes and kissable lips, and soon he can't help but think of delicious ways to make her forget her promises to anyone else... and to believe that happily-ever-afters really can come true.
Sophia Vanderwahl had always dreamed a knight in shining armor would sweep her off her feet, but she knew this only happened in fairy tales. And when she discovers the truth about her philandering fiance, she decides to track the scoundrel down and confront him in person. So she hires adventurer Jack MacAuley to help her find her neglectful husband to-be. But with every glimpse into Jack's seductive eyes, every tremor she feels at the sound of his voice, she finds her memory of her fiance fading away... A Woman's Love
When the headstrong heiress offers him a king's ransom to find her long-absent intended, rugged Jack MacAuley figures it will be easy money. But nothing is easy when it comes to this willful beauty with the golden eyes and kissable lips, and soon he can't help but think of delicious ways to make her forget her promises to anyone else... and to believe that happily-ever-afters really can come true.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 9, 1999
About the author
Tanya Anne Crosby
178 books1,151 followersTanya Anne Crosby is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty novels. She has been featured in magazines, such as People, Romantic Times and Publisher’s Weekly, and her books have been translated into eight languages. Her first novel was published in 1992 by Avon Books, where Tanya was hailed as “one of Avon’s fastest rising stars.” Her fourth book was chosen to launch the company’s Avon Romantic Treasure imprint.
Known for stories charged with emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters Tanya is an award-winning author, journalist, and editor, and her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She and her writer husband split their time between Charleston, SC, where she was raised, and northern Michigan, where the couple make their home.
Known for stories charged with emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters Tanya is an award-winning author, journalist, and editor, and her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She and her writer husband split their time between Charleston, SC, where she was raised, and northern Michigan, where the couple make their home.
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February 4, 2021
2,5 Stars
A fun, well-written and entertaining little romance. A bit dated in the hero and heroine’s characterisations with their unnecessarily drawn out lack of communication about continuous silly misunderstandings, but as a whole a quick and averagely enjoyable read.
January 5, 2023
So apparently this is the third book in this series but as told all books can be standalone. Well let me tell you if I had read the first two prior and they were as bad as this one, I never would have read this book!
Immature, unbelievable, disaster at every turn and no real communication between the H/h until the end makes this book barely a 2 star read! I hated Sophie! I know hate is a strong word but with this character it is called for! She mentions wanting to be like the boys and following her dreams (which gave me hope for her character) then in the next paragraphs back to her spoiled, pampered brat of a person!! Add in zero reality, I mean it's 1899 no female goes off on her own, on a ship full of men only female, sleeps in the captain's cabin (with only sheets dividing them), then sleeps with said captain and says oh well I'll never merry anyway it's all good. What, I mean WTF!?! do you know this era at all?!?
I've read other books by this author and I don't recall having this strong a dislike to one of her books, so I'll give another series at another time a chance. Just not anytime soon! ✌️
Immature, unbelievable, disaster at every turn and no real communication between the H/h until the end makes this book barely a 2 star read! I hated Sophie! I know hate is a strong word but with this character it is called for! She mentions wanting to be like the boys and following her dreams (which gave me hope for her character) then in the next paragraphs back to her spoiled, pampered brat of a person!! Add in zero reality, I mean it's 1899 no female goes off on her own, on a ship full of men only female, sleeps in the captain's cabin (with only sheets dividing them), then sleeps with said captain and says oh well I'll never merry anyway it's all good. What, I mean WTF!?! do you know this era at all?!?
I've read other books by this author and I don't recall having this strong a dislike to one of her books, so I'll give another series at another time a chance. Just not anytime soon! ✌️
December 4, 2012
Heroine exceedingly annoying. Hero kinda skeezy and creepy. Made it 35% before skimming the rest.
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March 25, 2014
Stars don't come cheap by me!
I really enjoyed this. The characters were fun and the plot entertaining. Any book that primarily involves romance genre that can still be entertaining enough to make me laugh that hard aloud, is well worth a five star rating. And boy did I laugh! The heroin has an uncanny way of flustering, to horrendous disasters in the wake of her hero. At one point, I'm shaking my head and telling the girl in the book to just stay in her room and not to touch anything. But yet, so entertaining that it works, and the reader will be forced to laugh aloud. The main characters are intriguing, few secondary characters, but still likeable, and the villain is down right loathsome. Well worth a read! I really love when an author can write a good romance, while adding truly enduring (yes, the ones that will be remembered) comical scenes. Austen always wrenches my heart, and at the same time makes me giggle like a school girl. I use those feelings in comparison to whatever I'm currently reading. I weigh the result of how I feel when I've finished, to the worth of reading the book.
I really enjoyed this. The characters were fun and the plot entertaining. Any book that primarily involves romance genre that can still be entertaining enough to make me laugh that hard aloud, is well worth a five star rating. And boy did I laugh! The heroin has an uncanny way of flustering, to horrendous disasters in the wake of her hero. At one point, I'm shaking my head and telling the girl in the book to just stay in her room and not to touch anything. But yet, so entertaining that it works, and the reader will be forced to laugh aloud. The main characters are intriguing, few secondary characters, but still likeable, and the villain is down right loathsome. Well worth a read! I really love when an author can write a good romance, while adding truly enduring (yes, the ones that will be remembered) comical scenes. Austen always wrenches my heart, and at the same time makes me giggle like a school girl. I use those feelings in comparison to whatever I'm currently reading. I weigh the result of how I feel when I've finished, to the worth of reading the book.
July 9, 2014
This book is so beautiful. I love how the heroine learns to stand up for herself and in the mean time falls in love with the man of her dreams. A perfect romance, with a lot of laughs, and of course, the much needed happy ending. I love all of Tanya's books.
March 31, 2018
Anche se i romanzi storici non sono tra i miei preferiti, quest’opera è stata un’eccezione.
La protagonista, Sophia, nonostante l’epoca, è una ragazza indipendente e non vuole che il proprio orgoglio venga calpestato. Sin dalle prime pagine si capisce che non si fa prendere dallo sconforto, anzi, reagisce alle avversità con intelligenza e non si muove (a modo suo….) solo con l’istinto, anche se spesso i risultati non sono quelli sperati.
Jack, oltre a diventare l’uomo dei sogni della maggior parte delle future lettrici, e’ un ragazzo che segue il proprio istinto, ma quando si tratta di Sophia lascia un poco a desiderare! Col tempo ha creato su di sé una sorta di barriera che lo ha portato a non fidarsi più di nessuno, figurarsi di una rampolla dell’alta società, la stessa che non ha voluto finanziare i suoi studi a causa del fidanzato e del padre di lei!
Jack scoprirà ben presto che nonostante tutti gli sforzi, dovrà abituarsi alla presenza di Sophia.
Una delle pecche, a mio avviso, sono le descrizioni introspettive dei personaggi, in particolar modo quelle della protagonista. Le ho trovate talvolta pesanti e ripetitive. Il fidanzato Harlan non viene preso in considerazione se non per il motivo della partenza di Sophia. Ogni volta che viene citato e’ quando fa il dongiovanni con le donne del posto! Ultimo punto a sfavore e’ il finale che a parer mio e’ stato scritto frettolosamente; nel senso che potevano essere descritte altre situazioni a completamento del racconto; mi aspettavo qualcosa di meglio e con un po’ più di suspance. La sposa di Mc Auley e’ comunque un libro che consiglio di leggere sia per la storia che per le scene divertenti per le quali ho riso quasi a crepapelle. Ci sono delle discussioni tra i due protagonisti a suon di doppi sensi che sono a dir poco esilaranti. Alcune scene mi hanno rapito per quanto la scrittrice le abbia descritte in modo impeccabile, ma d’altronde Tanya Anne Crosby è una garanzia.
La protagonista, Sophia, nonostante l’epoca, è una ragazza indipendente e non vuole che il proprio orgoglio venga calpestato. Sin dalle prime pagine si capisce che non si fa prendere dallo sconforto, anzi, reagisce alle avversità con intelligenza e non si muove (a modo suo….) solo con l’istinto, anche se spesso i risultati non sono quelli sperati.
Jack, oltre a diventare l’uomo dei sogni della maggior parte delle future lettrici, e’ un ragazzo che segue il proprio istinto, ma quando si tratta di Sophia lascia un poco a desiderare! Col tempo ha creato su di sé una sorta di barriera che lo ha portato a non fidarsi più di nessuno, figurarsi di una rampolla dell’alta società, la stessa che non ha voluto finanziare i suoi studi a causa del fidanzato e del padre di lei!
Jack scoprirà ben presto che nonostante tutti gli sforzi, dovrà abituarsi alla presenza di Sophia.
Una delle pecche, a mio avviso, sono le descrizioni introspettive dei personaggi, in particolar modo quelle della protagonista. Le ho trovate talvolta pesanti e ripetitive. Il fidanzato Harlan non viene preso in considerazione se non per il motivo della partenza di Sophia. Ogni volta che viene citato e’ quando fa il dongiovanni con le donne del posto! Ultimo punto a sfavore e’ il finale che a parer mio e’ stato scritto frettolosamente; nel senso che potevano essere descritte altre situazioni a completamento del racconto; mi aspettavo qualcosa di meglio e con un po’ più di suspance. La sposa di Mc Auley e’ comunque un libro che consiglio di leggere sia per la storia che per le scene divertenti per le quali ho riso quasi a crepapelle. Ci sono delle discussioni tra i due protagonisti a suon di doppi sensi che sono a dir poco esilaranti. Alcune scene mi hanno rapito per quanto la scrittrice le abbia descritte in modo impeccabile, ma d’altronde Tanya Anne Crosby è una garanzia.
March 10, 2018
AUDIOBOOK edition
I enjoyed listening to Mr. Wright perform this awesome story. I love his voices, the passion with which he brings the characters and story to life. My fave was Jack's voice. YUM - 5 stars
Ms. Crosby really knows how to make a story shine. Historicals are not my first go-to genre, but the way the author portrays heroines that do not conform to the norm is very much to my liking and I liked Sophie despite her being a disaster magnet, she cracked me up with her reactions. The chemistry between her and Jack was palpable and once they gave in, it was magic. Ending with an HEA, my fave kind, left me giddy, a 5-star experience for sure.
I enjoyed listening to Mr. Wright perform this awesome story. I love his voices, the passion with which he brings the characters and story to life. My fave was Jack's voice. YUM - 5 stars
Ms. Crosby really knows how to make a story shine. Historicals are not my first go-to genre, but the way the author portrays heroines that do not conform to the norm is very much to my liking and I liked Sophie despite her being a disaster magnet, she cracked me up with her reactions. The chemistry between her and Jack was palpable and once they gave in, it was magic. Ending with an HEA, my fave kind, left me giddy, a 5-star experience for sure.
July 17, 2018
I read this in the Three Redeemable Rogues collection. I note it here because I was not enamored with this story and am not sure I want to continue reading the other two in the collection.
Happily Ever After had potential. I really wanted to fall in love with it. Sophia was likable. Her fiance, not so much. The "rogue"? How can you not love a rogue. He really wasn't a rogue though. Just misunderstood. Yep! That is what I said. Poor little rich girl. Sleezoid antagonist. Misunderstood hero. Rather cliched and predictable. I got a bit of eyestrain from all the eye-rolling. There was just enough here to keep me reading, but does not inspire continuing with the collection.
Happily Ever After had potential. I really wanted to fall in love with it. Sophia was likable. Her fiance, not so much. The "rogue"? How can you not love a rogue. He really wasn't a rogue though. Just misunderstood. Yep! That is what I said. Poor little rich girl. Sleezoid antagonist. Misunderstood hero. Rather cliched and predictable. I got a bit of eyestrain from all the eye-rolling. There was just enough here to keep me reading, but does not inspire continuing with the collection.
November 21, 2022
Revenge Leads to Finding New Love
Wealthy heiress discovers her explorer fiance is actually enjoying a debauched life while supposedly conducting archeological research financed by her father. He feels nothing for her and thinks he can forestall marriage. However, he sends a letter to a friend and suggests that he join him in this hedonistic debacle. Instead the fiancee hires passage on a decrepit ship to settle the score and enact revenge. A hilarious voyage ensues and sparks fly. I couldn't put the book down. Highly recommended!
Wealthy heiress discovers her explorer fiance is actually enjoying a debauched life while supposedly conducting archeological research financed by her father. He feels nothing for her and thinks he can forestall marriage. However, he sends a letter to a friend and suggests that he join him in this hedonistic debacle. Instead the fiancee hires passage on a decrepit ship to settle the score and enact revenge. A hilarious voyage ensues and sparks fly. I couldn't put the book down. Highly recommended!
November 29, 2022
The writing is…not good. The dialogue is stilted and strained, the scenes are disjointed: a question is asked and four pages later, after metaphorical squirrels are chased in the characters’ thoughts, an answer is given and the reader has forgotten a question was even asked. The characters do nonsensical things for nonsensical explanations. Anything to do with sex or sexual attraction is abrupt and clumsy. I did more snorting and eye-rolling than is healthy while reading this book—I might have sprained something.
This was my first and last book by this author.
This was my first and last book by this author.
October 20, 2018
Trusting your love
What do you do when you find that the man you THOUGHT you loved had never loved you? He was never faithful, and didn't plan returning to you? Why, you go after him, of course. And that's just what this young lady did, finding her heart, and love along the way. Riveting example of what Tanya Ann Crosby is capable of turning out.
What do you do when you find that the man you THOUGHT you loved had never loved you? He was never faithful, and didn't plan returning to you? Why, you go after him, of course. And that's just what this young lady did, finding her heart, and love along the way. Riveting example of what Tanya Ann Crosby is capable of turning out.
July 29, 2021
Woman's lib in the19th Century.
I couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the antics and the absurdity of the errors. I know many men scoff at romance novels but they don't know what they are missing. I have read about a dozen of Tanya Crosby books and that are awesome in their plots and her research is top notch. Pick one up, what have you got to lose?
I couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the antics and the absurdity of the errors. I know many men scoff at romance novels but they don't know what they are missing. I have read about a dozen of Tanya Crosby books and that are awesome in their plots and her research is top notch. Pick one up, what have you got to lose?
November 12, 2021
All in all, not a bad book. The storyline is interesting, but there were times when the book was riddled with angst that could've been eliminated if the characters communicated better, and they were forever coming to the wrong conclusion. It had kind of a rom-com feel in that respect. Other than that, a good book.
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November 29, 2017
Good story
The coming of age story of a young woman set in an interesting plot is well told. Tcaracters are well drawn. Fortunately the detailed sensuous physical encounter frequently found in romance stories can either be enjoyed or skipped. They are not the who!e story.
The coming of age story of a young woman set in an interesting plot is well told. Tcaracters are well drawn. Fortunately the detailed sensuous physical encounter frequently found in romance stories can either be enjoyed or skipped. They are not the who!e story.
October 8, 2018
I enjoyed this book very much. It is about a young woman who learns that her fiance does not really love her only using her to get grant money for an expedition. This is her story about reclaiming her life and finding new love.
November 29, 2018
Great story!!! I was hoping the h would eventually become a better cook. I am glad the cad got what he deserved. The love scenes were hot. I am glad to see a female lead taking charge of her life and seeing to her happy ending.
December 18, 2019
Loved h & H and exotic settngs
From the re-built old ship to the Mayan ruins and history and the sea and then the jungle, the settings fascinated this reader as did the endearing love story.
From the re-built old ship to the Mayan ruins and history and the sea and then the jungle, the settings fascinated this reader as did the endearing love story.
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March 21, 2020Thrilling!
Loved the story! Several times I laughed out loud because of the author's choice of humorous scenes. The romance that transpires between the major characters is delightful!
Loved the story! Several times I laughed out loud because of the author's choice of humorous scenes. The romance that transpires between the major characters is delightful!
May 26, 2020
I really liked this book. I was afraid, being the 3rd in a series, the story would seem like I was dropped off in the middle and I would be playing catch-up. But not the case! There was enough background in the characters and the story unfolded nicely. I would recommend this book.
January 24, 2023
An Adorable Story.
I truly enjoyed reading this Book. I was laughing so hard at these Wonderful Characters as if I was there with them.
Albeit I felt like Tanya Anne Crosby did a little more musing than she usually does in writing.
Don't get me wrong, The Story, Scenes & Characters were Great.
I truly enjoyed reading this Book. I was laughing so hard at these Wonderful Characters as if I was there with them.
Albeit I felt like Tanya Anne Crosby did a little more musing than she usually does in writing.
Don't get me wrong, The Story, Scenes & Characters were Great.
January 5, 2024
A Page Turner
Absolutely one of my favorite books from Tonya Anne Crosby. Sophie's innocent mistakes made me laugh out loud! And so nice to have a handsome hero put her first! Read it!
Absolutely one of my favorite books from Tonya Anne Crosby. Sophie's innocent mistakes made me laugh out loud! And so nice to have a handsome hero put her first! Read it!
November 1, 2017
Another hit
I just love Tanya's stories. This book was full of humor, love and great characters. I have read several of her books and as usual, this one did not disappoint.
I just love Tanya's stories. This book was full of humor, love and great characters. I have read several of her books and as usual, this one did not disappoint.
November 28, 2017
Loved it
Wonderful love story. One of those where they meet and rub each other the wrong way, then things change. It's a love story.
Wonderful love story. One of those where they meet and rub each other the wrong way, then things change. It's a love story.
June 25, 2018
Romance
Thank you for sharing these wonderful romance novels series books. Please keep writing more of these wonderful books. Thank you
Thank you for sharing these wonderful romance novels series books. Please keep writing more of these wonderful books. Thank you
August 20, 2019
Redeemable Rogues
I love your writing. I loved the main characters. I’ve read quite a few of your books and have lost much sleep. I could not put it down.
I love your writing. I loved the main characters. I’ve read quite a few of your books and have lost much sleep. I could not put it down.
April 30, 2020
Great!
Easy read that kept you engaged through out the story. Lots of characters to build upon in future stories. Looking forward to reading the next book!
Easy read that kept you engaged through out the story. Lots of characters to build upon in future stories. Looking forward to reading the next book!
July 30, 2020
This is why I read romance.
Just delicious. Beautifully written in such a professional manor. This is what writing is all abiut. Boy, I wish more books were of this wuality!
Just delicious. Beautifully written in such a professional manor. This is what writing is all abiut. Boy, I wish more books were of this wuality!
February 12, 2021
Good story.
Good story that kept me interested but too much detail for me. I kept wanting writer to get to the bottom lime.
Good story that kept me interested but too much detail for me. I kept wanting writer to get to the bottom lime.
May 22, 2021
Entertaining..
Good humour..
Life's reality..
Love..
Emotion..
Strength..
Determination..
An inspiring story..
Good humour..
Life's reality..
Love..
Emotion..
Strength..
Determination..
An inspiring story..
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