A Rogue by Night (The Devils of Dover, #3)

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From the author who Sarah MacLean calls a charming, clever, and engaging storyteller comes the next regency romance in the witty and sexy Devils of Dover series Baron Physician Smuggler Sir Harland Hayward is living a double life as an aristocrat by day and a criminal by night As a doctor, Harland has the perfect cover to appear in odd places in the dead of night, a cover he uses to his advantage to bring in all sorts of illicit cargo from across the English Channel He s chosen this life to save his family from financial ruin, but he draws the line at taking advantage of the honest and trustworthy Katherine Wright.Katherine has returned to Dover to find that her family is working for a mysterious new crime boss Growing up in a family of smugglers, she knows it s only a matter of time before they are caught and killed So after her brother is shot, she convinces her family to move away and start over After they honor their last contract, of course With her injured brother and elderly father unable to work, Katherine reluctantly steps back into the life she had left behind And straight into the path of the merciless Harland Hayward. New Download Books A Rogue by Night (The Devils of Dover, #3) author Kelly Bowen – kino-fada.fr What a book I have found a new romance writer to add to my pre release purchase list.Harland Hayward, Baron of Strath, isthan a peer of the realm He is a skilled surgeon and he also has ties to the post war smuggling underworld He meets Katherine Wright, a gifted healer in her own right as well as part of a smuggler family They come together after Katherine s brother Matthew becomes injured while attempting to smuggle brandy off the coast of Dover, England There was instant chemis What a book I have found a new romance writer to add to my pre release purchase list.Harland Hayward, Baron of Strath, isthan a peer of the realm He is a skilled surgeon and he also has ties to the post war smuggling underworld He meets Katherine Wright, a gifted healer in her own right as well as part of a smuggler family They come together after Katherine s brother Matthew becomes injured while attempting to smuggle brandy off the coast of Dover, England There was instant chemistry between Harland and Katherine Katherine is a very strong and strong willed woman who only wants to be respected for her medical skills and take her family away from the smuggling life Harland is astonished to find a woman with K...A confusing, disappointing read from the usually reliable Kelly Bowen.I feel like I missed a lot of information about the baron doctor underworld smuggler main character By the way, please ignore reality and historical accuracy if you are going to try to read this book I couldn t wrap my brain around a member of the nobility practicing a trade and being so heavily involved with a crime syndicate It just didn t fit Also, it s like we are thrown into Harland Hayward s character and expected A confusing, disappointing read from the usually reliable Kelly Bowen.I feel like I missed a lot of information about the baron doctor underworld smuggler main character By the way, please ignore reality and historical accuracy if you are going to try to read this book I couldn t wrap my brain around a member of the nobility practicing a trade and being so heavily involved with a crime syndicate It just didn t fit Also, it s like we are thrown into Harland Hayward s character and expected to just go with it I...I read the first two entries in Bowen s The Devils of Devon series, so, for, shall we say, closure, I decided to read 3 It s about smugglers and has a woman doctor as heroine Oh Wow How unusual Excuse me, I m feeling a touch of ennui I need to go take a quick nap and I ll be back shortlyThere All refreshed But, unfortunately, not in a better mood about the book Please, HR authors Enough with tales of smuggling in Devon and Cornwall Enough with 1800s women doctors I realize tha I read the first two entries in Bowen s The Devils of Devon series, so, for, shall we say, closure, I decided to read 3 It s about smugglers and has a woman doctor as heroine Oh Wow How unusual Excuse me, I m feeling a touch of ennui I need to go take a quick nap and I ll be back shortlyThere All refreshed But, unfortunately, not in a better mood about the book Please, HR authors Enough with tales of smuggling in Devon and Cornwall Enough with 1800s women doctors I realize that there were actual 19th century females attempting to break the medical field barrier, but there are so many of them running around in HRs I ve read that they are all starting to bore me.Perhaps if the romance were really, really romantic and full of feels I could give the hackneyed plot a pass, but in this case the romance between Harland Hayward, Baron Strath, doctor and part time smuggler Don t tell anyone about that last bit It s a secret , and Katherine Wright, smuggler s daughter, midwife, ...I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my reviewI don t like to be told what I can and can t do What is right and wrong based on nothing but preconceptions and ignorance He stepped closer I don t think you do eitherA Rogue by Night follows Harland Hayward and Katherine Wright as they get caught up in smuggling, doctoring, and falling in love The Devils of Dover s previous two books starred Harland I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my reviewI don t like to be told what I can and can t do What is right and wrong based on nothing but preconceptions and ignorance He stepped closer I don t think you do eitherA Rogue by Night follows Harland Hayward and Katherine Wright as they get caught up in smuggling, doctoring, and falling in love The Devils of Dover s previous two books starred Harland s sisters and while you could start here like I did, I think I missed out on the hows and whys of Harland s character We re introduced to him as a surgeon, learn he s also a Baron, and is the go between in a smuggling business It s obvious that he doesn t want to be apart of the smuggling, we don t get in depth scenes with h...I ve read and enjoyed a number nearly all of Kelly Bowen s historical romances, and have particularly admired her ability to create strong, determined heroines who manage mostly to operate within the conventions of the time period in which her novels are set Yes, they have unusual professions or ambitions a fixer, a bounty hunter, a professional gambler but they re not generally obvious about it and don t go about proclaiming their unconventionality The same is true of the heroine o I ve read and enjoyed a number nearly all of Kelly Bowen s historical romances, and have particularly admired her ability to create strong, determined heroines who manage mostly to operate within the conventions of the time period in which her novels are set Yes, they have unusual professions or ambitions a fixer, a bounty hunter, a professional gambler but they re not generally obvious about it and don t go about proclaiming their unconventionality The same is true of the heroine of A Rogue in the Night, Katherine Wright, a young woman born into a family of smugglers who became very good at that particular craft until she fell in love and followed her lover to war, where it appe...Series The Devils of DoverPublication Date 5 28 19Number of Pages 368 3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 Well, I m going to tell you two things right up front 1 I thoroughly enjoyed this fast paced, action filled book 2 Be prepared to suspend any credulity you have because there is not one nope, not one historically accurate thing in the book I believe there should be a separate sub genre for books like this because they can t rightly be called historical romance or Regency romance Series The Devils of DoverPublication Date 5 28 19Number of Pages 368 3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 Well, I m going to tell you two things right up front 1 I thoroughly enjoyed this fast paced, action filled book 2 Be prepared to suspend any credulity you have because there is not one nope, not one historically accurate thing in the book I believe there should be a separate sub genre for books like this because they can t rightly be called historical romance or Regency romance because there is nothing historical or Regency about the book Maybe there should be another sub category like fantasy historical romance The same has been true for the entire series so far.Harland Hayward, Baron Strath, became a physician because that was just who he was Society doesn t condone it, but that doesn t matter to him He s also caught in a snare and has been for many years with manyto go In order to save his ...I really am a fan of Kelly Bowen and although I found this romance to be a little I don t know quieter than some of the others I ve read from her, I still found it to be a solid read The previous book in this series centered on the sisters of Harland, our hero here He is a baron, but also a doctor and a reluctant smuggler He s in the service of King whose book I am still waiting for and must continue to do the man s bidding in exchange for the criminal kingpin saving his family from ruin I really am a fan of Kelly Bowen and although I found this romance to be a little I don t know quieter than some of the others I ve read from her, I still found it to be a solid read The previous book in this series centered on the sisters of Harland, our hero here He is a baron, but also a doctor and a reluctant smuggler He s in the service of King whose book I am still waiting for and must continue to do the man s bidding in exchange for the criminal kingpin saving his family from ruin.Our heroine is Katherine, a healer and also reluctant smuggler She was born into the life and only wants to get herself and her family out She and Harland cross paths when her brother is shot and the baron doctor helps hide him from the troops looking to hang him She doesn t want to like the man she s been burned by a peer before And he doesn t want to ever open his heart to someone who could break it the way his wife...Note I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.As a major history buff, my huge problem with this book is that it isn t historically accurate in almost any way The story is set in the late Regency period of 1820 Even if this book were set another hundred years into history, in 1920, I would find it really hard to believe this story line The female lead, Kate, is supposed to be a surgeon and midwife on the side which would NEVER have happened in the Regency time per Note I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.As a major history buff, my huge problem with this book is that it isn t historically accurate in almost any way The story is set in the late Regency period of 1820 Even if this book were set another hundred years into history, in 1920, I would find it really hard to believe this story line The female lead, Kate, is supposed to be a surgeon and midwife on the side which would NEVER have happened in the Regency time period Similarly, the male lead, Harland, is not only a baron, but he s also a doctor AND a smuggler Titled men were much too busy taking care of estates to have time to pursue medicine a...I m happily suspending disbelief because the storytelling is superb, nonstop action is exciting, and the characters are compelling.We have Harland, our hero, who is a doctor, a baron, and a criminal all at the same time He is so enlightened, he calls the FMC a surgeon and offers for her to be his partner, his equal Of course, he s handsome Swoonworthy, right Then, you have an intrepid heroine, Katherine She s a midwife self taught doctor , a caring daughter and sister, and a smuggler Sh I m happily suspending disbelief because the storytelling is superb, nonstop action is exciting, and the characters are compelling.We have Harland, our hero, who is a doctor, a baron, and a criminal all at the same time He is so enlightened, he calls the FMC a surgeon and offers for her to be his partner, his equal Of course, he s handsome Swoonworthy, right Then, you have an intrepid heroine, Katherine She s a midwife self taught doctor , a caring daughter and sister, and a smuggler She s also smart and beautiful, naturally There s a cowardly former lover, a lord of the underworld whose story I d love to read, an overzealous captain, and a couple of funny old ladies for comic relief Quite balanced.This book caught me in the right mood, because had I read this at any other time, I d have rolled my eyes at all that perfection of the MCs and the historical inaccuracies in the story and given this a...

A Rogue by Night (The Devils of Dover, #3)
  • English
  • 18 December 2017
  • ebook
  • 368 pages
  • 1478918616
  • Kelly Bowen
  • A Rogue by Night (The Devils of Dover, #3)