A Rogue of My Own (edició 2010)

Not the worst book i have read.....
But one of the worst Johanna Lindsey books i have read. Her's are usually much better than this one. ( )

I really liked this book. Great story and I love the characters. I would recommend. I gave 4.5 stars. ( )

I really liked this book. Great story and I love the characters. I would recommend. I gave 4.5 stars. ( )

A crudely stitched patchwork of mismatched pieces.

The arrival of Rebecca Marshall at Buckingham Palace as a new maid of honor and the details of personal and political intrigues at the court of Queen Victoria were refreshingly different, but as the narrative rushed nowhere and finally disintegrated, I was left wondering about the authenticity of the historical detail.

First impressions of Rebecca are of a beautiful, intelligent, and self-assured lady, sparking anticipation of her part in the story. The first of many wrong notes is struck by her adolescent infatuation with the handsome 'rogue' Rupert, and the startling speed with which she gives up her virginity and achieves instant orgasm. Rupert St John is supposed to be some kind of government intelligence agent, but the background to this is not developed, and we're left with an almost psychotic lothario who apparently hangs around society venues collecting information for his sexually ambiguous handler.

Rebecca becomes pregnant and her attempt to confront Rupert with her predicament only gets her caught up in a chase across France to visit a Englishman who is suspected of smuggling arms.

Rupert doesn't believe Rebecca is pregnant, squabbles and spats ensue, families get involved, undying love is declared, but nothing can compensate for the fundamental weakness in characterisation and lack of control over the structure of the narrative.

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I usually love Johanna Lindsey novels, but I couldn't even finish this one. The two leads snap at each other constantly to where I wanted to smack them both. The writing isn't even up to Lindsey's usual standards. I think if she did a search for the word "blush" it would come up about a hundred times.

I won't be giving up on Lindsey (since I really enjoyed her Mallory novels), but this one was a dud for me. ( )