Review – The Rakehell of Roth by Amalie Howard

Posted February 8, 2021 by Carole in Book Reviews / 10 Comments

The Rakehell of Roth by Amalie Howard
Series: Everleigh Sisters #2
Publisher: Entangled: Amara
Publication Date: February 9, 2021
Date Read: February 6, 2021
Length: 400 pages
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
★★★★☆

In this game of seduction, the rules don’t apply…

As owner of the most scandalous club in London, the last thing the notorious Marquess of Roth wants is a wife. Keeping up his false reputation as a rake brings in the clients with the deepest pockets—money he needs to fund a noble cause. Even though everything inside tells him not to leave his beautiful, innocent wife behind at his country estate…he must.

But three years later, tired of her scoundrel of a husband headlining the gossip rags, Lady Isobel Vance decides enough is enough. She is no longer a fragile kitten, but as the anonymous author of a women’s sexual advice column, she’s now a roaring tigress…and she can use her claws.

Isobel decides to go to him in London, channeling her powers of seduction to make him beg to take her back. But she didn’t expect her marauding marquess to be equally hard to resist. Now the game is on to see who will give in to the other first, with both sides determined like hell to win.

My Review

I had a great time with this book!  I fell in love with the first book in this series of stand-alone novels, The Beast of Beswick, so I was really eager to read this book.  I went into this book with pretty high expectations and I was not disappointed.  The story pulled me in right away and I was hooked until the end by this pair of characters.  

The book opens with Winter and Isobel’s wedding.  After their wedding night, he leaves his wife at his father’s estate and goes back to London where he remains for the next three years.  Isobel has grown up a lot during those three years and now writes an infamous advice column along with her best friend.  When she reads the newest gossip headline involving her husband, she is furious and decides it is time to go to London herself.  
I loved these characters.  Isobel knew what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to take steps to make it happen.  She sometimes does things that would be considered improper which I loved.  Winter doesn’t feel like he deserves to be loved or truly happy so he has kept his wife at a distance even though he is drawn to her.  He works very hard at making his rather scandalous club a success.  He has a lot of things to work through and Isobel is more than willing to help him do it.  I loved the chemistry between these characters and their banter was a whole lot of fun.  
I really liked how original this story was.  I don’t read a ton of historical fiction but the genre is not new to me by any stretch.  This book started with the couple getting married and then we get to see them fall for each other instead of the other way around.  Isobel was a lot more assertive than I am used to seeing and I loved her for it.  I think that the author did a fantastic job of creating two characters that were perfect for each other in this book.
I would recommend this book to fans of historical romance.  I thought that this book was a lot of fun, filled with great characters, and had a good dose of excitement to keep things interesting.  I definitely plan to read more of this talented author’s work in the future.

I received a digital review copy of this book from Entangled: Amara via NetGalley.

About the Author

AMALIE HOWARD is the award-winning author of several young adult novels critically acclaimed by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, VOYA, School Library Journal, and Booklist, including Waterfell, The Almost Girl, and Alpha Goddess, a Kid’s INDIE NEXT selection. She is also the co-author of the #1 bestseller in Regency Romance, My Rogue, My Ruin, in the Lords of Essex historical romance series. She currently resides in Colorado with her husband and three children. Visit her at www.amaliehoward.com.

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10 responses to “Review – The Rakehell of Roth by Amalie Howard”

  8. Katherine P

    There is nothing better then a well done historical romance and this looks fun! I have been wanting to get back to reading romance occasionally. It's been a genre I've seriously neglected lately.