Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Avon Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Rating: NC-17 (Not suitable for children under 17)
Backcover:
Fall in love with the Malorys - an unforgettable family of dashing rogues, rakehell adventurers, and beautiful ladies of incomparable spirit - created by the #1 bestselling author Johanna Lindsey, a master of storyteller who spins romantic fiction like no other.
Gentle Rogue can be said to be the third book following Love Only Once and Tender Rebel. However it can stand on its own.
Summary:
Heartsick and desperate to leave her sorrows on England's shores, innocent Georgina Anderson seeks passage on the "gentleman's ship," Maiden Anne, disguised as a cabin boy. The captain, however, is no gentleman; he's the ex-pirate and irrepressible rake, James Malory.
The black sheep of a proud, tempestuous family, Malory, soon see through Georgina's masquerade and is enchanted by the courageous, high-spiritedlady he has forced into intimate servitude. But though he has sworn he will never be enticed into matrimony, Captain Malory has finally met his match on the high seas - undone by the passionate heart of one remarkable beauty whose love of freedom and adventure rivals his own.
Aizawa's Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
My View:
I was hooked from the first paragraph! I laughed and instantly liked the way Lindsey potraited the character Georgina was.
"Georgina Anderson held her spoon up backward, placed one of the pared-down radishes from her plate in the bowl of the spoon, pulled the tip back, and shot the radish across the room. She didn't hit the fat cockroach she was aiming for, but she was close enough...."
By the simple fact that Georgina threw food at a 'fat' cockroach had me laughing out loud. How many books can you say start off this way. We can immediately tell that Georgina is not lady like at all. We later find out, it's because she was raised by five brothers and a close family friend who also happens to be male.
I truly enjoyed this book, maybe because I have a fetish for girls disguising as boys and trying to get into a all male school [in this case, a ship]. I was entertained by the fireworks and sparks flying off James and Georgina, not just the lustful ones but also their heated arguments. Both being hot headed and stubborn. My favorite part of the whole book is how close the five brothers are to Georgina, even though they all argue together all the time.
I highly recommend this book. I'm anxious to get my hands on the previous two stories and the one following this one.
always keep the faith
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