It was a great start to MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series. I really enjoyed my hybrid read of this book though the audiobook narrator for this one was not my favorite.

Can these two find their way back to the connection they once had and the possibility of more? My Thoughts After a broken engagement and years of courtships that didn’t pan out, her father is now determined to see her married.Īfter a quick marriage, Bourne has his land back, but he struggles to keep his new wife away from his “wicked” activities. Things get complicated when Lady Penelope Marbury, his childhood friend, has the Bourne family lands added onto her dowry. He still wants his home back and his revenge! Now he’s built himself back up to be one of London’s most powerful men and a partner in the city’s most exclusive gaming hell. I finished that series earlier this month and continued my dive into MacLean’s backlist with A Rogue by Any Other Name.ġ0 years ago, the young Marquess of Bourne lost everything in a game of chance. I hadn’t read Sarah MacLean before selecting her first book, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, as March’s A Dose of Romance Book Club pick. A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean You can find my reviews for Amari and the Night Brothers (4 stars), My Name is Memory (2.5 stars), Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (5 stars), Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord (4 stars), and Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart (5 stars) in my mid March Reading Recap. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean 🎧.A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean 🎧📖.Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean 🎧📖.Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean 🎧📖.The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell 📖 (also a buddy read).Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins 🎧 (adventure romance rec).Something Wilder by Christina Lauren 🎧 (adventure romance rec).Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean 📖.Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell 📖🎧.March Reading Wrap Up: By the Season and Reading Format Spring Reads I picked up another of the authors on my 2023 reading life bucket list as well. I had 4 5-star reads! I also discovered a new-to-me author, diving right into her backlist. I read a total of 14 books, including all of my March hopefuls – there were only 4 – and 2 books from my spring tbr. I picked up 5 different series, read 3 book club picks, and enjoyed 1 buddy read. March was a big month for historical romance, audiobooks, and picking up new series!

Prisoner of Love by Beverly Jenkins