Once a Rake, Always a Rogue

Catherine Stein

Mar 2020 · Potions and Passions Book 3 · Catherine Stein, LLC

About this ebook

He’s mended his ways.

Dr. Ernest Montford has left behind his rakish youth for a respectable life mixing medicinal potions and helping patients. So when his best friend's sister is threatened with incarceration in an asylum, he rushes to help. But Lady Astrid Wembley isn't keen to heed Monte's medical advice. Worse, she's part of his wild past: the mysterious girl he could never forget.

But the woman he can’t forget…

Astrid has fond memories of her long-ago passionate encounter on the beach. Unfortunately, the Monte who kissed her so thoroughly that day shows little resemblance to the stuffy, abstemious doctor with absurd health advice. Still, she has little choice but to put up with him until her sanity is proven and she can return to her life of scientific study.

Might be his undoing.

Dangerous potions and unethical experiments await Astrid if she fails, and only with Monte's help can she expose the true horrors of the asylum and thwart the plans of the men controlling it. But the longer Astrid and Monte are together, the more their old passion sparks, and the more she longs to unleash the rogue that still lurks inside him.

Ratings and reviews

3 1/2 stars. This was my first read in the series. It took a bit for me to get into the story. I felt there was too much description regarding food and potions, and the arguments between Astrid and Monte seemed a bit forced. It improved when the element of danger entered and continued with the investigation of asylums and who could be the threat to Astrid. I enjoyed Astrid's independent spirit and love for fossils and geology. Monte was a bit of a stick-in-the-mud when it came to healthful eating, but I loved how he wanted to protect Astrid and the lengths he went to. Overall, I felt the story was entertaining. I received a copy of this story through Enticing Journey Book Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.

About the author

Award-winning author Catherine Stein believes that everyone deserves love and that Happily Ever After has the power to help, to heal, and to comfort. She writes sassy, sexy romance set during the Victorian and Edwardian. Her books are full of action, adventure, magic, and fantastic technologies. 

Catherine lives in Michigan with her husband and three rambunctious girls. She loves steampunk and Oxford commas, and can often be found dressed in Renaissance Festival clothing,, drinking copious amounts of tea.