Taming An Impossible Rogue (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars! I just loved it!While I thought the first book in the series was good, but not great, Taming an Impossible Rogue (Scandalous Brides #2) was fantastic! Camille Pryce was thrown into a life of scandal when she fled the alter from an arranged marriage with an arrogant and cold fiance she'd never spoken with. Camille found her way to the Tantalus Club for employment after her parents kicked her out and her friends all turned their backs on her. The Tantalus club became her home and her family and protected her by not allowing membership to her ex fiance, the Marquis of Fenton.Sick of being laughed at, Fenton hired his rogue of a cousin "Bloody Blackwood" to secure his betrothed and bring her begging for forgiveness back to the alter. Keating Blackwood had been hiding in the country, far far away from the London ton which ridiculed and loathed him. After a mistake he made as a young man six years ago caused him to kill the husband of his lover in self defense, he ran away to the country where he drank and brawled and sent every penny he earned to the woman whose husband he had killed and his illegitimate son. When Fenton offers Keating a huge sum of money in exchange for his help getting a nervous bride back to the alter, it's a deal too good to refuse despite his dislike for his pompous cousin.After meeting Camille, Keating is pleasantly surprised by the strength, beauty, and defiance of the chit he thought would be timid and mild. At the same time, Camille makes an unlikely friend in the only person whose scandalous past has more tongues wagging than her own. This is where the book takes off to unexpected greatness ... instead of the lies that would be hanging over the readers head expecting the other shoe to drop, Keating and Camille have complete honesty right from the beginning. **mild spoiler alert - just mild, but just skip the next paragraph to aovid it if you wish**Keating discloses to Camille everything - that he is being paid, what the terms are, why he needs the money. The whole friendship is based on honesty and trust which is so much more enjoyable to read than waiting for Camille to find out he's being paid and hating him for it. It's a clever story set up and so much more enjoyable!**mild spoiler alert over**Their friendship and protection of each other is inspiring and romantic and wonderful. The most important thing to each of them is the others happiness. Along with the help of some unlikely allies - Sophia and Adam, the book is laugh out loud funny and enjoyable from start to finish. It reminds the reader what true friendship and true love is all about. Will they sacrifice everything so the other can have security and money? Or will they find that there are some things much more important than a little scandal? Things like happiness and love ... This book is remarkable and romantic and delightfully well written.Heroine: 5/5Hero: 5/5Romance: 5/5Steaminess: 4/5Side Characters: 5/5Writing: 5/5Overall 5+/5 The Tantalus Club is an interesting place. The staff is made up of young ladies of beauty and education and charm. But, each with a story.This book is about Camille, who walked out of the church on her wedding day and became an invisible person in the eyes of society. The man she left at the altar decides he has suffered enough embarrassment and hires his black sheep cousin to convince the disappearing bride to return to marry him. The cousin is Keating a black sheep who shot and killed a man who happened to be the husband of a woman who had been his lover.As exciting as all this is, for some reason the book did not do it for me. I love Suzanne Enoch's writing. She generally develops characters who are fun and interesting. She generally has a story line which holds my interest. For some reason this book did not do it for me.That being said, she writes well enough that this book is far superior to many by less talented authors.I wished for more action and activity. But, since it is written by such an excellent writer, it is above what many romance authors write.I look forward to the next Tantalus Club story, 'cause I know it will be a barn burner.
What do You think about Taming An Impossible Rogue (2012)?
This is one of the most sophisticated, well-crafted romance novels I've ever read.
—Jacqui
This is one bad boy I would like to try to tame. Damn shame.
—bb0160
