Every Bit a Rogue
Reeks: The Ellinghams
Adrienne Basso
- ***An
- Amazon
- Best
- of
- the
- Month
- SelectionWhen
- a
- young
- lady
- sacrifices
- her
- reputation
- to
- save
- a
- viscount,
- it’s
- the
- beginning
- of
- an
- extraordinary
- adventure
- in
- Adrienne
- Basso’s
- captivating
- Regency
- tale
- .
- .
- .***Jon
- Burwell,
- Viscount
- Kendall,
- knows
- what
- the
- gossips
- say
- about
- him.
- They
- claim
- he’s
- been
- a
- dejected,
- half-mad
- recluse
- ever
- since
- he
- was
- jilted
- at
- the
- altar.
- The
- simple
- truth
- is
- that
- Jon
- has
- thrown
- all
- the
- passion
- he
- once
- had
- for
- his
- fiancée
- into
- his
- latest
- mechanical
- invention.
- But
- his
- single-minded
- existence
- has
- lately
- been
- shattered
- by
- repeated
- encounters
- with
- Miss
- Emma
- Ellingham,
- his
- neighbor’s
- intriguing
- sister-in-law
- .
- .
- .Painting
- and
- sketching
- have
- been
- Emma’s
- consolation
- since
- her
- own
- secret
- heartbreak.
- When
- she
- stumbles
- upon
- the
- viscount’s
- workshop,
- his
- machine
- revives
- her
- artistic
- imagination.
- The
- gentleman
- himself
- is
- even
- more
- fascinating—and
- deeply
- seductive.
- When
- Jon
- is
- accused
- of
- a
- crime,
- Emma
- risks
- her
- good
- name
- for
- his
- sake.
- But
- though
- the
- threat
- of
- scandal
- compels
- them
- to
- wed,
- only
- courage
- can
- overcome
- their
- pasts,
- and
- allow
- desire
- to
- transform
- into
- love
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- Adrienne
- Basso’s
- The
- Bride
- Chooses
- a
- Highlander“Basso
- keeps
- the
- action
- moving
- and
- the
- attraction
- building
- between
- the
- compassionate,
- appealing
- protagonists,
- making
- their
- journey
- to
- the
- altar
- both
- entertaining
- and
- satisfying.”
—Publishers Weekly
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