To rescue a rogue

Format:

Book

Title:

To rescue a rogue

Author:

Beverley, Jo.

ISBN:

9780451220110

Publication Information:

New York : Signet Book/New American Library, 2006.

Physical Description:

417 pages ; 18 cm.

Series title(s):

Signet historical romance.

Summary:

Mara St. Bride is determined to help Lord Darius Debenham, a friend of her brother's with whom she is secretly in love and a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo, to overcome his troubled past and his addiction to opium.

Subject(s):

Bachelors -- England -- London -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Fiction.

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Summary

Lady Mara St. Bride has never backed down from a good adventure, which was how she wound up roaming the streets of London in the middle of the night, wearing nothing but a shift and corset beneath an old blanket. Luckily, her brother's oldest friend, the devilishly sexy Lord Darius Debenham, answered her plea for help. Now she intends to repay the favor... Before he was wounded at Waterloo, Dare had embraced everything life had to offer. Forever changed by the war, he now believes nothing-not even the interference of a lovely young minx like Mara-can rescue him from his demons. But Mara is determined to reignite his warm smile, and enlists the help of all the Rogues to offer Dare a temptation he cannot resist...

Author Notes

Jo Beverley was born on September 22, 1947 in Lancashire, England. She received a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire in 1970. In the mid-1970s, she moved to Canada with her husband.

She wrote over 30 historical romance novels during her lifetime including Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed, The Stolen Bride, The Shattered Rose, Lord of Midnight, and Forbidden Magic. She also wrote several series including the Company of Rogues series and the Malloren series. She received numerous awards for her work including five RITAs, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times, The Golden Leaf Award, and the Readers' Choice Award. She died from cancer on May 23, 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Booklist Review

After Darius Dare Debenham rescues her from a potentially ruinous late-night adventure, Mara St. Bride vows to return the favor by rescuing Dare. A year after everyone thought he had perished at Waterloo, Dare turns up in England with little memory of what had happened to him and an addiction to opium. As Dare struggles desperately to overcome his dependency, the last thing he thinks he needs is someone like sweet, stubborn Mara meddling in his life, but she is determined to bring joy and light to the man she loves. A resourceful heroine who refuses to settle for anything less than true love and a tortured hero with a scandalous past eventually earn a happily-ever-after in this quietly powerful romance. With her usual beautifully nuanced characters and lyrical writing, RITA Award winner Beverley brings her popular Company of Rogues Regency historical series to a triumphant conclusion. --John Charles Copyright 2006 Booklist

Library Journal Review

At long last, we have the story of Lord Darius Debenham, the final rogue in Beverley's beloved Company of Rogues series. Home from the war but wounded and struggling with the aftermath of laudanum addiction, the once fun-loving Dare is a changed man, now haunted and hopeless. But young, irrepressible Mara St. Bride has known Dare for years and is not about to let her favorite Rogue stay unhappy. She sets out to rescue him and succeeds beyond her--and everyone else's--wildest expectations. Lighthearted and serious, sexy and sweet, this exquisitely rendered story is a perfect finale to this classic series. Canada-based Beverley (The Rogue's Return) is one of the genre's favorite historical authors; readers will be lining up for this book as well as the earlier series titles. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.