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elspethm's review against another edition
4.0
This romance reminded me a lot of Jane Austen's Persuasion, my favorite of her books. In this story, Susan and Con had met when they were 15 and she acted very stupidly (very stupidly) so they were separated for 11 years. But they were both still in love and I couldn't wait for them to get together. Susan was definitely an annoying character though, always lying and otherwise not giving Con any serious indication of her feelings. Another difference between this and Persuasion was the underlying mystery of the creepy castle and who actually could call themselves the Earl of Wyvern, and the smugglers that worked out of the local cove. It seemed to go on and on with Susan and Con mostly heading towards getting back together, and the whole "I've promised to marry another woman" story hanging over their relationship was silly as well, but overall it had a good ending and I desperately wanted them to get back together.
carokinkead's review against another edition
3.0
I'm enjoying my re-read of Jo Beverley's Company of Rogues series -- but while I enjoyed Con's and Susan's story, there were a few items that made me twitch badly, especially the inheritance plot. The irony is that the situation set up in the book is quite possible legally; as long as a husband did not publicly disown a wife's children, they were legally considered his. Which means David could be argued to be the rightful heir to the earldom (and I don't blame Con for wanting to get the hell out of that place), but it would cause some legal upset and wouldn't be accomplished easily. I know just enough about the inheritance laws that I found myself going "Well..." at a few points.
Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, but given that I'm also feeling sorry for poor Lady Anne who's lost two potential Rogue husbands so they can marry their lady-loves who are both of somewhat...questionable social status, this one just wasn't at the top of the list for the series.
(And just because the legal niceties made me twitch a bit, doesn't mean I'm not picking up the next book. It's like Doctor Who and science. As long as you're enjoying yourself, you're willing to handwave a lot.)
Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, but given that I'm also feeling sorry for poor Lady Anne who's lost two potential Rogue husbands so they can marry their lady-loves who are both of somewhat...questionable social status, this one just wasn't at the top of the list for the series.
(And just because the legal niceties made me twitch a bit, doesn't mean I'm not picking up the next book. It's like Doctor Who and science. As long as you're enjoying yourself, you're willing to handwave a lot.)
jamread2021's review
3.0
A more likable heroine and a group of minor characters made this addition to the series interesting. The plot was not terribly exciting but I liked the lead characters, Con and Susan, more than previous couple of titles. Susan in particular seemed to have self-awareness that allowed her to be honest in appropriate situations rather than succumb to insecurities of telling the truth in the previous books.
albagar90's review against another edition
2.0
me suelen gustar bastante sus libros, el argumento pintaba bien, pero se me ha echo eterno y en el final tenia tantos frentes abiertos que los ha querido cerrar demasiado rápido.
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