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I liked the book and the series. Excellent reading I do think that it is redundant to keep asking me to review these books over and over again. Once I have made a positive review I think you should stop asking me to keep reviewing. I read this book a long time ago. There might have been some violence but I cannot remember. I will probably read this book again because it was a good read. Thanks.


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The Taming of the Rake Blackthorn Brothers Kasey Michaels 9780373775910 Books Reviews

4-1/2 stars

Desperate to escape a marriage to a horrible man at the hands of her brother, Lady Chelsea Mills-Beckman runs to the one man she knows will help her, her brother's enemy Oliver "Beau" Blackthorn. She knows Beau will help her if only to help himself revenge himself against Chelsea's brother. Even though they haven't seen each other in over 7 years, Beau and Chelsea run off to Gretna Green.

Haven't you always wondered what went on as couples eloped to Gretna Green? Most the stories just have a note So-and-so ran off to Gretna Green to marry in haste. But I've never read a story revolving around the elopement.

This was such an enjoyable story! I LOVED Chelsea and Beau. They were so unique but still fit so perfectly into the time and era they lived in. There was great banter between the two, especially since they had no romantic feelings for each other as they started this adventure. Ms. Michaels did an amazing job of "showing" instead of "telling" us about Chelsea's and Beau's families, about their narrow escapes, about their loyalties, and more.

I must say that I was apprehensive about this story as I've only read one other story by Ms. Michaels and thought it was only okay (How to Wed a Baron (The Daughtry Family)). THE TAMING OF THE RAKE was so full of adventure, of story, of great characters, and romance that I thoroughly enjoyed myself and look forward to reading the stories of Beau's younger brothers, the other bastard sons of a Duke.

The Blackthorn Brothers Series
THE TAMING OF THE RAKE
A Midsummer Night's Sin
Much Ado About Rogues (Blackthorn Brothers)
THE TITLE WAS KINDA MIS LEADING AS BEAU OR BETTER KNOWN AS OLIVER BY CHELSEA, WASNT THE TAMING OF A RAKE BUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF A BASTARD SON THAT COULD'VE HAD ALL IF HIS MOTHER WASN'T SELFISH OF HER OWN FEELINGS.. LIKE I SAID IT WAS A GREAT READ FUNNY AND ROMANTIC. IT MADE ME FEEL SORRY FOR OLIVER AND HIS BROTHERS BUT LOVE THEM AT THE SAME TIME. GREAT BOOK READ IT, LOVE IT AND HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO ENJOY THE CHARACTERS AS I DID.
good read
Great book! Well written and a good story line. This is a great author and I've enjoyed everything I've read by her.
I love screwball romance, and Kasey Michaels does that very, very well. Full of wit and humor. Just enough historical detail to keep the regency flavor.
I was going to give 4 stars because of a couple of plot quibbles, but upped to 5 because so few authors can sustain clever dialogue throughout a book. Also, she took an old premise, and gave it a fresh twist.
This is the first time I've read this author, and it was terrific! I can't wait to read more of her books.
I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants. Her sense of the ridiculous is wonderful! It was like the best of Georgette Heyer with a bit of sex thrown in. One of the best Recency romances ever!
Lady Chelsea's older brother, Thomas, has just crossed the line. In the morning he intends to take her against her will to marry the wet mouthed Reverend Francis Flotley. Chelsea, not being one who takes kindly to being told what to do, especially when it comes to who she will marry, has a solution to her predicament.

Beau Blackthorn, bastard son to an English marquess and an actress mother, is at home recovering from his celebrations of his 30th birthday when a mysterious woman shows up at his door. It takes Beau but a moment to realize this vaguely familiar woman was once the cheeky little girl he had known several years ago. She was the little sister to the woman he once thought he was in love with, but Thomas had showed him the error of his ways. Enraged at a bastard having dared to ask for his sister's hand in marriage, Thomas beat him within an inch of his life. Chelsea, fully aware of what Thomas did all those years ago, has a proposition for him - to abscond to Gretna Green and marry. On their journey both Chelsea and Beau quickly find a decision meant to seek the ultimate revenge on the person they both equally loath is turning into something that they never imagined they would have in marriage - love.

While The Taming of the Rake was not badly written, as in the plot was solid and there was nothing that I would say that Michaels left out, I have to say that I just don't see what all the fuss is about. I was very excited to read it because Publisher's Weekly gave it a stared review. I didn't really feel any suspense within the story and I was not interested in getting to the end, which is a very big signal to me that I'm just not feeling the book.

Everything in the story to me felt too whimsical - in a teehee haha, we are all so clever and it's just lovely that we are all together on this challenging, but lively journey to Gretna Green way. The characters were very characterized - a wet mouthed, greedy man of the cloth; a fat, stupid brother; a cold hearted bitch of a sister who was stupid (because we all know all the bitches we know are stupid); the amusing, frivolous brother... I could go on and on.

While Chelsea and Beau do fall in love, I didn't feel that the book had a sufficient amount of romantic scenes and the ones that were in it were not very good. I had a hard time following the way Michaels described them. She is also overly fond of using her favorite sexual action - Beau flicking Chelsea's nipples. That's about as good as it gets!

And finally the title where did that come from?! It's very misleading. Beau may have been around the block a time or two or three before Chelsea came into his life, but he's a good guy that in no way during the story needs "taming." While some might find this book charming and entertaining, if you need a little more originality, tension and romance in your stories rather than charm, this book is not for you.
I liked the book and the series. Excellent reading I do think that it is redundant to keep asking me to review these books over and over again. Once I have made a positive review I think you should stop asking me to keep reviewing. I read this book a long time ago. There might have been some violence but I cannot remember. I will probably read this book again because it was a good read. Thanks.