Gone With the Rogue

Amelia Grey

Apr 2020 · First Comes Love Book 2 · Sold by St. Martin's Paperbacks

About this ebook

A powerful handsome rogue finally meets his match in Gone With the Rogue, the second book in the First Comes Love series from bestseller Amelia Grey.

She had an acceptable marriage of convenience. Now widowed, can this determined and beautiful mother find true and forever love?

The sinking of the Salty Dove took her husband’s life—but it didn’t drown Julia Fairbright’s courage to endure. She creates a proper life for herself and her young son. But now, the ton’s most notorious rogue is back, and how he makes Julia feel is anything but proper. She can’t deny the desires he awakens in her, even though she knows that the handsome devil will surely break her heart.

Garrett Stockton owns a successful shipping company and is rumored to have a woman on every continent and half-a-dozen in England. The truth, however, is that Garrett has but one mistress: the wide open sea. That is, until he meets Julia, whose spirit of independence matches his own. What begins as a flirtatious battle of wits turns far more passionate than either of them could have imagined. Suddenly, Garrett’s only desire is to sail into the sunset with Julia as his wife and young Chatwyn his son. But she won’t take his hand—how can he convince her that his love is real and his heart is hers?

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Ratings and reviews

Gone With the Rogue First Comes Love #2 Amelia Grey St. Martin’s Press, Apr 2020 290 pages Historical Romance Pub’s rep ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The cover is great! It’s usually the woman who’s half undressed, but on this one, it’s the guy! I love the happy, relaxed looks on the couple’s faces. And I like the use of the blue and violet color palette for this, rather classy. The story is the middle one of the three women who open the school for the sisters and daughters of the men who died in the sinking of the Salty Dove. Julia is busy being a proper widow and taking care of her young son. Garrett Stockton owns a shipping company and is in love with the sea. But the ton gossip would have it that he has a mistress in every port, with several in England. As in the first book in this series, The Earl Next Door, he eventually talks her around to his way of thinking and it’s a really enjoyable journey getting there. The characters are well developed and interact very well. Ms. Grey has a way with these couples that really makes her romances fun and funny at times. Yes, they do struggle to get their HEA, but there are laughs along the way. The pace is brisk and the tension stays high in this one as these two seemingly mismatched individuals find their way to their own happiness despite what the ton may think. Recommended.

This is the second book in the First Comes Love series. You do not need to read the first book in order to enjoy this story. Julia Fairbright had lost her husband when the Salty Dove sank and she was newly with child. Now four years later Julia and her two friends, Adeline and Brina have started a school for young girls who were affected by the sinking of the Salty Dove. While trying to raise her young son, Chatwyn, Julia has to abide by her late husband's father, the Duke of Sprogsfield, or risk having the child taken away from her. These rules include not having any other men involved in her life. Enter Garrett Stockton. After a fun and entertaining way of meeting, Garrett and Julia are both very attracted to each other, but Julia keeps him at arms length because of her father-in-law. As Garrett and Julia spend more time together, Garrett vows to do whatever he can to help make Julia his....even if he has to go up against a duke because for the first time in a long time Garrett has found a woman who speaks to him more than the open wide seas. It will take a little nerve and a lot of luck for these two to find the answers they need in order to be together but in the end love wins out! I just adored Garrett and Julia. They are both stubborn but very emotion filled people and together they just worked. I loved how Garrett took such a shine to Chatwyn and together they found something that neither of them was really looking for.

I enjoyed reading this book. about Julia, Garrett, Brina and Chatwyn and the crazy situations they find themselves in. The book begins with Julia, a young widow, getting stuck in a tree in the park while trying to rescue her butterfly net. She sends her son Chatwyn and his nanny home to retrieve a pair of scissors and while they are gone Garrett stops his horse under said tree and discovers her. Garrett then proceeds to rescue Julia and in doing so, they become somewhat attracted to each other. Julia cannot do much about her feelings for she is under the strict control of her father-in-law, but she is trying to find a way to discredit the man in order to gain freedom for her and her son. Brina is Julia's best friend and confidant as they were both widowed because of the same ship sinking. Brina, Julia and another widow founded a school for girls to help all the other daughters and sisters of the men who died with their husbands. Brina now thinks that she would like to join a nunnery and Julia is wanting to be free to live life the way that she wants without answering to any man. Garrett has just returned from a voyage on one of his ships and upon meeting Julia, he suddenly realizes that maybe this time he will remain in London. Once Julia enlists Garrett's aid in helping her find information to discredit her father-in-law their attraction can no longer be denied. Garrett seems to keep having to rescue Julia and sometimes Brina from some of their ideas gone wrong. Read the book to see if Julia, Garrett, Chatwyn and Brina can overcome various calamities and finally capture their HEAs. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley I was able to read an advanced copy of this book. I am now leaving my freely given review and all thoughts and opinions are strictly my own.

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author AMELIA GREY read her first romance book when she was thirteen and she’s been a devoted reader of love stories ever since. Her awards include the Booksellers Best, Aspen Gold, and the Golden Quill. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she won the coveted Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter and the prestigious Maggie Award. Her books have sold to many countries in Europe, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia, and most recently to Japan. Several of her books have also been featured in Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs. Amelia is the author of over twenty-five books, including the Heirs' Club trilogy and the Rakes of St. James series. She’s been happily married to her high school sweetheart for over thirty-five years and she lives on the beautiful gulf coast of Northwest Florida.