The Rebel and the Rake

TITLE: The Rebel and the Rake

SERIES: A League of Scoundrels #2

AUTHOR: Emily Sullivan

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THE SYNOPSIS

Rafe Davies might seem like just another charismatic rake, but in reality, he is one of the crown’s most valuable agents. As relentless as he is reckless, Rafe has never come upon a mission he couldn’t complete. But when he encounters the intriguing-yet-prickly lady’s companion Miss Sylvia Sparrow while on assignment at a Scottish house party, he finds himself thoroughly distracted by the secretive beauty.

Though most women would be thrilled to catch the eye of a tall, dark, and dangerously handsome man, Sylvia is through with that sort of adventure. She trusted the wrong man once and paid for it dearly. The fiery bluestocking is resolved to avoid Rafe, until a chance encounter between them reveals the normally irreverent man’s unexpected depths—and an attraction that’s impossible to ignore. But when Sylvia begins to suspect she isn’t the only one harboring a few secrets, she realizes that Rafe may pose a risk to far more than her heart . . .

THE REVIEW

Sylvia Sparrow was a reporter for a newspaper and a women’s rights supporter living in London when she was wrong accused, jailed and exiled by all her friends. She moved back to her childhood home in shame, trying to run from the reputation she had unjustly been given. Now she works as a companion to her friends aunt. They traveled to Scotland for a house party, but Sylvia is being blackmailed with her secrets and told to steal papers from their host.

Rafe Davies works as a spy for the crown and was summoned by Mr. Wardale to investigate the guests at his house party as some very important papers have gone missing.

This was a cute story; different storyline which is hard to find in Historical Romance sometimes. But it just didn’t grab me the way A Rogue to Remember did…it is possible I was just in a post holiday funk but it took me a week to finish; I just wasn’t motivated by the story.

TROPES

Historical Romance, Victorian Era, House Party, Gamma Hero, Detective Hero, Rake Hero, Soldier/War Hero, Protective Hero, Titled Hero, Aggressive Heroine, Bluestocking Heroine, Damaged/Tortured Heroine, Sailor Hero, wall steam, Dresses as Male, Experienced Heroine, Independent Heroine, Orphan Heroine, Spinster Heroine, Working Heroine, Class Difference, Blackmail, Hidden Identity, Secrets & Lies, Suffragist Heroine, Chair Bang, The Abandoned Cottage Hookup, Caught in the Rain, Second Act Breakup, Four Star, Three Steam

HistoricalRomance, VictorianEra, HouseParty, GammaHero, DetectiveHero, RakeHero, Soldier/WarHero, ProtectiveHero, TitledHero, AggressiveHeroine, BluestockingHeroine, Damaged/TorturedHeroine, SailorHero, wallsteam, DressesasMale, ExperiencedHeroine, IndependentHeroine, OrphanHeroine, SpinsterHeroine, WorkingHeroine, ClassDifference, Blackmail, HiddenIdentity, SecretsandLies, SuffragistHeroine, ChairBang, TheAbandonedCottageHookup, CaughtintheRain, SecondActBreakup, FourStar, ThreeSteam