Taken by the Rake - Release Day Review by Voodoo Bride

Taken by the Rake (The Scarlet Chronicles #3)
by Shana Galen

What is it about:
Sometimes beauty…
Honoria Blake knows she must have had a moment of madness when she accepted a summons by the Scarlet Pimpernel to travel to revolutionary Paris and help his League. She’s an expert forger and glad her services can be of use, but the violence of the Reign of Terror has her longing for her quiet, unobtrusive life in London. Then a bloody man staggers to the door of the house where she’s hiding, claiming he was sent by the Pimpernel. Recently escaped from La Force prison, the former Marquis de Montagne is sinfully handsome and charming. He’s also desperate enough to kidnap Honoria. So much for her return to the quiet life.

Can be a beast…
Laurent is a consummate rake, but even he is captivated by the beautiful Honoria. Laurent cares almost nothing for his own life, but he was always close to the royal family and the little princess was like a sister to him. He will risk everything to save her from a life of imprisonment and possible execution. His plan is risky and surely doomed, but if he can convince Honoria and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel to help him, it just might succeed. The only question is how far he’s willing to go and whether he’s willing to risk the life of the only woman he’s ever loved to save a doomed princess.

What did Voodoo Bride think of it:
This is a delicious read.

Laurent is set on saving the French princess, but can't do it alone. When the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel refuses to help and is threatening to send him to England he kidnaps Honoria in an attempt to get them to help him anyway.

I loved Honoria and Laurent together. They're antagonistic a first, but there's a clear attraction. I was eager to see them realize their feelings and act on them. Laurent is stubborn and focused on the princess, so it sure takes him some time to open his eyes, while Honoria slowly learns she might be braver than she ever thought.

Next to their well paced romance there is a very suspenseful action storyline that had me on the edge of my sea. I finished this story in one sitting.

All in all a delicious and suspenseful romance. I will most certainly try to get hold of the next book.

Why should you read it:
It's a very enjoyable Historical Romance


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