Anything but a Gentleman

Name: Anything but a Gentleman
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Elisa Braden
ISBN: 9781977386120

Author: Elisa Braden

Series: Rescued from Ruin #8

Narrator: Mary Sarah

Unabridged: 15 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/29/2019

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A spinster hatches a plan (with a smattering of blackmail)

Miss Augusta Widmore has no time for proprieties. She must force her sister's ne'er-do-well betrothed to the altar with all haste—or watch her sister bear the scandalous consequences. But with the blackguard resisting his duty, she needs leverage. And only one man can provide it.

A giant holds all the cards (or so he thinks)

Sebastian Reaver has no time for presumptuous women. He has a club to run. So, when a perfect nuisance invades his office, demands a fortune in markers, and refuses to leave until he relinquishes them to her, he knows just the thing to send her scurrying back to Hampshire: Exact a price this prim country spinster would never agree to pay.

A fiery battle begins (with both sides playing for keeps)

Ordinarily, Augusta would never agree to become the mistress of a notorious club owner—whether he's a lowborn ruffian or the wealthiest man in London or the most intriguing, ill-tempered giant she's ever encountered . . . or all three. Calling his bluff raises the stakes (and the heat), but retreat will mean ruin for Augusta. Now, Sebastian wants her total surrender, and he has a few tricks up his sleeve—soul-stealing kisses, unexpected honor, and electrifying persuasion for the woman he never saw coming.

Contains mature themes.

About Elisa Braden

Reading romance novels came easily to Elisa Braden. She's been doing it since she was twelve. Writing them? That took a little longer. After graduating with degrees in creative writing and history, Elisa spent entirely too many years in "real" jobs, writing T-shirt copy . . . and other people's resumes . . . and articles about giftware displays. But that was before she woke up and started dreaming about the very unreal job of being a romance novelist. Frankly, she figures better late than never.

Elisa lives in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest, where you're constitutionally required to like the colors green and gray. Good thing she does. Other items on the "like" list include cute dogs, strong coffee, and epic movies. Of course, her favorite thing of all is hearing from readers who love her characters as much as she does.

Reviews

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on January 29, 2019

Marianne Travis is busy running her family's estate. Her brother is in exile, having run up excessive gambling debts (so unlike him) which caused her father to become a recluse. Marianne is compassionate towards her tenants in such hard times and doesn't begrudge them a rabbit or two, especially dur......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on July 01, 2012

This book is a quick read, I started reading it about 9pm on the 30th of June and finished it around Noon on July 1st and managed to sleep a customary 6 hours between. The premise is rather typical of these sorts of books, girl with her own mind in a time period where that sort of thing is not usual......more

Goodreads review by Gigi Ann on March 12, 2014

Note: This book was originally published under the title of "Anything But A Gentleman." Marianne is delighted when the empty estate next door is rented by an earl, but she soon finds that Luke, Lord Ravensford is anything but a gentleman! And yet with his dark hair and his dangerous air, she finds he......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 20, 2016

This was an easy-to-read romance set in 1793. There were elements of the plot that I found a little hard to believe and others that were entirely predictable, but this didn't affect my enjoyment of the book too much. I did find that the continual repetition of the title phrase 'anything but a gentle......more

Goodreads review by Richelle on March 17, 2018

I could not put this book down. I started it later in the evening, and I HAD to finish it before I would go to bed, which was at like 6 a.m. (Thank goodness for Spring Break! HA!), it was THAT GOOD! The hero is not your typical gentleman, he has a bit of a rakish side to him. Our heroine is strong a......more