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More Than A Rogue (The Crawfords Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Sophie Barnes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 3: The Crawfords

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All she wanted was a kiss... What she got, was fiery passion...

Emily Howard is destined to be a spinster. She has accepted this, but that doesn't stop her from wanting to experience kissing. What she doesn't expect, is for Griffin Crawford, the handsomest man she knows, to do the honors. Or for her female relations to find her in his embrace. Naturally, marriage is mentioned, but since Emily knows this isn't what Griffin wants, she tries to escape him, her family, and the ensuing scandal.

When Emily flees the Camberly ball in the wake of their kiss, Griffin goes in pursuit. He will not allow his sister-in-law's determined friend to risk her safety for any reason. And risk it she will if she means to return to her countryside home by herself. But the longer he remains in her company, the more he is tempted to kiss her again. If only he could risk falling in love and remain in England forever.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Q72GNR1
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sophie Barnes (June 25, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 25, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1713 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1071052195

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- #13,674 in Regency Romances

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USA TODAY bestselling author Sophie Barnes writes historical romance novels in which the characters break away from social expectations in their quest for happiness and love. Having written for Avon, an imprint of Harper Collins, her books have been published internationally in eight languages. With a fondness for travel, Sophie has lived in six countries, on three continents, and speaks English, Danish, French, Spanish, and Romanian with varying degrees of fluency. Ever the romantic, she married the same man three times—in three different countries and in three different dresses.

When she’s not busy dreaming up her next swoon worthy romance novel, Sophie enjoys spending time with her family, practicing yoga, baking, gardening, watching romantic comedies and, of course, reading.

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Mary

Wonderfully written story.

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023

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Griffin and Emily are a perfect match, both are stubborn and insist on leading their own lives. Both are extremely kind and caring of others. It takes a while for both to admit they are in love but it happens. Beautiful ending with three children, two boys and a girl. Great, well written story.

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Yellow Rose

A lord who buy his own desire when to work and choose his destiny.

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019

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Griffin a Lord because he was the third son of a Duke, leave London for Vienna running from a father who treated his sons with indifference and not a loving father. The only son he cares was George the heir to the dukedom and was prepare like his heir. He came back to England to his parents and received the bad news that his father and brother died in a fire. He found his older brother Caleb is the new duke. I recommend to read the first book to understand better. This is the book #2 the Griffin story and he meet Emily that together with two woman runs a house for five orphans Cassandra a fallen woman ‘ that is a single mother and the ton rejected her. Emily a daughter of a business man that is very rich a self made man that the aristocracy does not accepted him. Emily was engaged to a member of the ton but his fiancée broke the engagement and she was accused to try capture a aristocratic. The reason is her fiancée father refused her because she was good enough. No matter he fell in love with Emily but her experience with the aristocracy and the man who broke her dreams of became a wife and mother does not trust any man rejected Griffin marriage proposal well at the end she cannot refused. Griffin proposal of marriage. The couple has to deal with those issues but at the end them marry. Griffin had had a business in Vienna making clocks and other items for rich class. He is successful business and end he has to choose to return to Vienna with Emily or stay in England. He chose stay in England where he open a branch of the same business. They have two male and a daughter. The Epilogue is something to read so creative and a surprise for the readers.

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C Howard

He’ll never marry — and neither will she!

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020

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Griffin Crawford and Emily Howard are compelling characters whose lives are inextricably intertwined before they ever meet. Both have decided marriage isn’t for them, and yet, they are drawn together before either realizes what is happening. Both are strong characters whose first loves broke their hearts. They built successful lives on their own merits and walled off their pesky hearts. Their journey to understand what’s truly important in their lives is engaging and entertaining. I totally enjoyed reading this book..

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Amj

A lovely regency romance

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2022

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This is an engaging story and I enjoyed the romance build up between Emily and Griffin. It starts with a kiss and the wonderful journey begins, with a few trust issues to get through they make it to a lovely happily ever after.

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Élodie Nicoli

A Kiss that changed everything

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019

My bad, I had the previous book lined on my kindle shelves as I preordered it because of the blurb but then it was forgotten, probably due to a big release day for many publishers but a bad one for readers as they have to deal with too many new books with which to choose to read first.
And I preordered this one too but luckily I was graced an advance copy by Netgalley and the publisher BookBuz.net why this time I didn’t passed up reading this new release.
My conclusion is it was worth the read.
This was a witty and sweet read, full of quips and funny banters until it took a more thoughtful turn. At first, it was more a battle of wills and who will have the upper hand than a real courting, then they reached a truce to be straight forward when together. So in close contact, they came to see the other from a different view. At time I was upset by Emily’s stubbornness but when I look back, even if they have an instant chemistry, it is no excuse to jump to conclusion they can get more. Never Griffin disclaimed he won’t go back to Vienna nor he expressed his feelings as himself came to realize them only later.
Both make assumptions for the other because despite being honest, they can’t openly express what they feel or expect.
It was their biggest challenge, having faith and trust another. Their past shaped their present behavior, why they appeared at first to be so reluctant to let their initial preconceptions go. Then when faced with their past crushing their burgeoning romance, they must straighten their emotions and take action.
Emily is a great character, she is no badass heroine, she learned to be independent and each step was a small victory, why I do understood her steel decision to never give up her hard won freedom for nothing less than love.

« He’d offered to marry her for heaven’s sake, and she, fool that she was, had demanded more. Because loving him when he did not love her in return would be devastating. It would wear on her heart and destroy her soul. »

Griffin is very much a gentleman, he sure caused Emily pains but he was never voluntarily, more a miscommunication problem. And he always respected who she was and whom she has become.

« Whatever happened would be up to Miss Howard. All her life she’d been steered in one direction and told what to do. If there was one thing he could give her that he believed would mean more to her than anything else, it was being given the chance to choose. »

The ending was just perfect, a leap forward in the future with a glimpse of how they faired over time.

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020

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I did like both the hero and the heroine and that is a plus since I have been finding books lately where I disliked one or the other (and in one I hated BOTH of them!). Emily, at 26, is considered to be a spinster. When a courtship fell through at age 20, she ran off and lived in the countryside with some friends who operated an orphanage. Now she is back in London and looks much different than her former pudgy self. Still, her running off years ago has ruined her reputation and she knows that she won't marry. So, she decides that she WILL have a first kiss, anyway. Unfortunately, she is caught and runs away...again! This was a nice little story but some of it was a little silly to me. The running away the first time was a bit odd, I thought. The second time (in her ball gown with little money) was a bit dimwitted. The courtship, if you can call it that, between the two was rather nice, even with the silly misunderstanding thing that the heroine constantly had in her mind. There was a really strange bit of impersonation that was thrown in for no reason that I could see and I kept looking for something to happen because of it, but...nope. All in all, this wasn't a great read but it was not a bad one either. I was going for a straight 3 Stars until the epilogue that bumped it up to 3 1/2 for me. I won't be reading any more of the series.

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Enjoyable

Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2020

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I would have to say that I enjoyed this story very much indeed
It tended to keep my interest from the beginning until the end

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Reviewed in Australia on April 2, 2021

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This was another in Ms Barnes delightful series. She always delivers a wonderful mix of romantic tension, personal struggles and a delicious outcome. Her understanding of the social attitudes of the times comes through loud and clear so that we feel the frustrations as much as the characters do. That's good writing.

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