The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman

To be fair, the blurb literally mentions them meeting in a brothel, but the fact that he believes she’s a courtesan while there (I forget the circumstances of her being there), and they have this “titillating” (actually disturbing, in my opinion) encounter, and then a bit later, he finds out she’s working for his aunt, and is like, “She’s trying to fleece you?!?” I can’t respect men who get horny for women, but also think the worst of them because they aren’t (or at least don’t appear to be) “proper ladies.” Her link to the missing Russian princess that concerns him due to his work for Bow Street *was* interesting, but it was overtaken by a continuation of his lust for her, culminating in them sleeping together. While it is implausible, I liked the homage to Anastasia, and was intrigued to follow Anya as she fled from home, and feel the storyline would have been interesting, if the hero were actually a decent person.Īnd that brings me to the frustration with this book that I tried to deal with for way too long, in hopes that the intrigue would capture my attention enough to forget his boorishness. To be fair, there are glimmers of potential, mostly related to the heroine. The first two books were fine, but not remarkable, but I had foolish hope that things could improve (I also recall receiving the ARC for this one before even reviewing the previous book, so I only had book one to go off, and this I had only been burned once at the time).īut while the first two were ok, this one was just…unsalvageable, and I stuck it out longer than I maybe should have. The Princess and the Rogue (and my entire experience with the Bow Street Bachelors series) has taught me that sometimes it’s probably better to not continue to beat a dead horse when something is not working for you. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. If Anya’s true identity is revealed, does their romance stand a chance? Could a princess ever marry a rogue? But living in such close quarters, and aiding Wolff in his Bow Street cases, fans the flames of their mutual attraction. With a dangerous traitor hot on her trail, her best option is to accept Wolff’s offer of protection-and accommodation-at his gambling hell. Princess Anastasia Denisova has been hiding in London as plain ‘Anna Brown’.

When the mysterious woman is linked to an intrigue involving a missing Russian princess, however, Seb realizes her air of innocence was too good to be true. In The Princess and the Rogue, Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, doesn’t believe in love-until a passionate kiss with a beautiful stranger in a brothel forces him to reconsider. ISBN-13: 978-1250306098 | $7.99 USD | 304 pages | Regency RomanceĪ princess in disguise is forced to live with a rogue in order to protect her from danger in this fun, sexy regency romance from Kate Bateman.

The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman