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A review by glo68
The Rebel and the Rake by Emily Sullivan
5.0
Rafe Davies is a skilled Crown agent posing as an irredeemable rake and he’s quite a good actor… Women swoon at his feet while he works to uncover nefarious plots against the Government. But this time his mission could be more difficult than expected, due to the presence of a very distracting woman who seems immune to his charm…
Sylvia Sparrow is hiding from a turbulent past. She’s now content with working as companion and secretary to an old lady while trying to forget all about charming men like the one who ruined her life and her future… Well, maybe not exactly content, but resigned. So why is she attracted to lazy and charming Rafe? Why is she reading something more in his eyes than what he’s showing to the world?
Yes, I definitely loved this book by Emily Sullivan. She is a new author to me and I gather that this is only her second book, but she’s a very promising and talented author. And I must confess that spy plots are my favorite, because they enliven a book quite a lot when they are well written, as this one was. The author has wonderfully fleshed out a surprisingly kind and tender male character, Rafe, a spy who’s sick and tired of his cover, of being someone else, of the façade he hides behind. And Sylvia is equally intriguing. She’s a character who fits very well in the world of her time: a modern woman who wanted to fight for women’s rights, but has been crushed by society and by an unscrupulous man for having dared to love freely. The chemistry between Rafe and Sylvia is off the charts and their love scenes are awesome, steamy, but also very emotional. And of course I look forward to meeting the two most interesting side characters, Henry and Georgiana, again, for their own love story!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Sylvia Sparrow is hiding from a turbulent past. She’s now content with working as companion and secretary to an old lady while trying to forget all about charming men like the one who ruined her life and her future… Well, maybe not exactly content, but resigned. So why is she attracted to lazy and charming Rafe? Why is she reading something more in his eyes than what he’s showing to the world?
Yes, I definitely loved this book by Emily Sullivan. She is a new author to me and I gather that this is only her second book, but she’s a very promising and talented author. And I must confess that spy plots are my favorite, because they enliven a book quite a lot when they are well written, as this one was. The author has wonderfully fleshed out a surprisingly kind and tender male character, Rafe, a spy who’s sick and tired of his cover, of being someone else, of the façade he hides behind. And Sylvia is equally intriguing. She’s a character who fits very well in the world of her time: a modern woman who wanted to fight for women’s rights, but has been crushed by society and by an unscrupulous man for having dared to love freely. The chemistry between Rafe and Sylvia is off the charts and their love scenes are awesome, steamy, but also very emotional. And of course I look forward to meeting the two most interesting side characters, Henry and Georgiana, again, for their own love story!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.