A Rogue's Pleasure [Paperback]

Hope Tarr (Author)

Book Description

Series: Seduction Romance | Publication Date: November 1, 2000

Miss Chelsea Bellamy is desperate

Her beloved brother is being held for ransom! Impoverished after the deaths of her parents, Chelsea doesn't have five shillings, never mind the five hundred pounds the kidnappers are demanding. With no one to turn to, she resorts to highway robbery to raise the sum.

Lord Anthony Grenville is bored

Viscount Montrose's coach is overtaken by a highwayman—who turns out to be no man at all! Anthony hasn't been this intrigued by anything, or anyone, since his return from the war. And when he catches the flame-haired thief breaking into his London house to further fill her coffers, he comes up with a plan to rescue her brother—and resolves to seduce her into his bed!

Their passion is mutual

Chelsea accepts Anthony's aid, but she'll never become his mistress—even if the thought of it fills her veins with liquid fire...

Previously published.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jove; Seduction Romance. edition (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515129518
• ISBN-13: 978-0515129519
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,515,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning romance fiction author, Hope Tarr has been profiled in numerous newspapers, magazines, and television shows across the country for both her novels and her advocacy on behalf of domestic animals, notably the successful grassroots national Pet Overpopulation STAMP OUT Campaign.

A segment on NBC's Today Show included Hope gamely suggesting that romance novels "would make great how-to books for men." Roving reporter Mike Leonard followed up by filming himself sitting on the edge of his hotel room bed, ostensibly reading her historical romance, TEMPTING from cover to cover.

Most recently Hope co-founded Lady Jane's Salon, New York City's first (and so far only) romance fiction reading series. To learn more about the Salon, visit the web site at www.ladyjanesalon.com or "friend" Lady Jane's Salon on Facebook.

A Note From Hope:

I suppose you could say I've always been a dreamer. In my mind's eye, I can still see my first-grade teacher shaking her head and scolding, "Hope, stop daydreaming and pay attention!"

I tried, really I did. But how could the dreary assignment on the chalkboard begin to lure me away from the dashing Disney fairy-tale figures populating my head? Cinderella and Prince Charming, Snow White and Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty and Pr--

Well, you get the picture.

As a romance writer, I get to spin fairy-tales of my very own---life-affirming stories in which the hero and heroine find not only their soul mate but their souls into the bargain. I've written twelve books to date, both historical and contemporary settings. Regardless, the overarching message underlying each cherished story remains the same.

True love truly exists and yes, when shared, it is intrepid.

Wishing you fairytale dreams come true,

Hope

For updates, contests, and general good news, visit my web site and blog at www.hopetarr.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sexual Content: Rated R, November 2, 2000

By 

Tina "tinaellorascave" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Rogue's Pleasure (Paperback)

First time author Hope Tarr has penned a sensational debut novel packed full of humor, wit, intrigue, and sexual tension galore. Set in Regency England, A Rogue's Pleasure is hard to set down once you pick it up. Chelsea Bellamy's younger brother Robert has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom at the sum of five hundred pounds. Orphaned over a year ago, Chelsea has no one to turn to and must therefore come up with a way to raise the needed funds herself. When all of her avenues for acquiring money are exhausted and desperation finally kicks in, she turns to her trusted servant Jack - a retired highwayman - to teach her his former trade. All is going according to plan until Chelsea and Jack decide to hold up a carriage that contains none other than the handsome and notorious rake Viscount Montrose and his fiancée Olivia.

Anthony Grenville, Viscount Montrose, can scarcely believe what's happening to him. Not only is he suffering the embarrassment of being robbed in front of his fiancée, but the perpetrators in question consist of a slight girl and a one-eyed elderly man with scrunched shoulders and a noticeably dragging leg. Still, he can't help but to be amused...and intrigued. He has no choice but to let the girl and her elderly companion go on their way for now, but oddly enough, he hopes to see her again. So when he catches the girl relieving his townhouse of its silver a few days later and forces her to confess all, he can do no less than to help Chelsea get her brother back. Besides, it's the perfect way to keep Chelsea close to him, which is precisely where he most wants her.

A Rogue's Pleasure contains an intriguing plot and superb protagonists, but its the budding relationship and sexual tension between the lead characters that will hold you spellbound. With Anthony engaged to another woman and determined to make Chelsea no more than his mistress, and Chelsea firmly committed to being his wife or nothing at all, readers can't help but to want to find out just how the situation will resolve itself into romantic bliss.

As an aside to that dilemma, it is refreshing to read about a strong heroine that doesn't waste her time mooning over the hero; Anthony is the one that does all of the mooning in this book. How many times have romance fans been made to endure weak-willed, codependent heroines who make you want to jump into the book's pages and shake some sense into them? I'm happy to report that with A Rogue's Pleasure, you get all of the sexual tension without an ounce of caricatured female sappiness.

Hope Tarr's first novel is an overall winner. Fast-paced, intriguing, and loaded with sexual tension, A Rogue's Pleasure is a real page turner. With one book, this author has already gone onto my "must buy" list.

-full review originally published in The Romance Reader

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book to pass the time..., August 26, 2003

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M. I. "krushedvelvet" (Old Bridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Rogue's Pleasure (Paperback)

"A Rogue's Pleasure" was a good book with good characters. I enjoyed both Anthony and Chelsea very much....Anthony especially. I thought it was refreshing how open he was with his feelings for Chelsea. He never pretended not to feel for her,in fact, he declares himself very early on...it was very sweet actually. So why only 3 stars? For some reason I cant name, this book failed to grab me. I found myself putting it down again and again...flipping ahead to see how much was left. The plot wasnt all that entertaining, and the villian was very obvious. All in all a pleasant read, but not a keeper for me.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fresh new voice in historical romance, November 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Rogue's Pleasure (Paperback)

Everything I like in a romance--terrific historical detail, lots of passion and sexual tension between hero and heroine, a fast-paced plot, and terrific comic relief in the budding romance which develops between the heroine's brother and the hero's fiance. Hope Tarr is a talented writer with a real ear and eye for the period--definitely someone to watch!