Scoundrel of My Heart
Ratings11
Average rating3.8
4.5/5 - I liked this so much that what I was expecting!
I didn't really know anything about this book going into it, apart from that the main character needed to marry a titled gentleman to inherit a cottage. So the events 30% of the way through the book (which is mentioned in the blurb) took me by surprise and really added to the plot line. I thought I knew where this was going but I was pleasantly surprised to see I was wrong.
Docking 0.5 of a star because I did find the first part a bit slow. However, once it picked up pace it stayed like that for the rest of the book.
The love story between Kathryn and Griff was very sweet and romantic, warmed my heart.
Lorraine Heath comes through as per usual!
Really enjoyed this one - I haven't read a ton of the “helping your friend/enemy get engaged, whoops I love them” trope (which has to have a better name than that). Loved the chemistry between these two, and this set me off on a mission to read all the Sins for All Seasons books, since this is a spinoff of the last one. There are too many books to read and not enough time!!
3.5 stars. Took me a while to realise that the hero is the brother to the heroine of the Beauty Tempts the Beast heroine. Frankly I wasn't terribly swept up by the couple's love story. It felt like something I've read a 100x times before. In fact, I was set to hate the heroine because she came off as a gold digger in the first few chapters. But once I knew why she had to snag a duke, I was a wee more sympathetic to her. Still, the plot was very common, so to speak, and I was about to give up on page 90 when things picked up a few pages later. That's when the Beauty Tempts the Beast couple makes a brief experience, which perked my interest a wee bit. Now I'm really curious about the fate of Griff's brother, Marcus, who seems like a more interesting fellow ...