Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake audiobook

Reread/listened to audiobook May'2022I enjoyed listening to the audiobook version of this 5 star romance. Original rating/review April'20105+ stars – Historical RomanceWhat a wonderful, charming, sexy, entertaining, sweet, funny, emotional, steamy, and well-written regency romance with an utterly lovable, quirky, plump, Plain Jane, wallflower, spinster heroine and a sexy-as-sin, tarnished-heart-of-gold rogue hero to die for!Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake is a truly delightful read with everything I love in a historical romance: an engaging story, witty dialogue, humor, drama, emotion, smokin’ hot love scenes, an endearing heroine, and a deliciously sexy rake hero reformed by love.Sarah MacLean has earned a place on my author auto-buy list, and I can’t wait for Nick’s story, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, to come out! Big 5 stars!

OMG I LOVED THIS SO MUCH. ugh. The romance. Was so cute. I really loved the premise how Callie made this list she wanted to do because she was a spinster and was tired of not living her life. It was fun watching her try to achieve her list and how Ralston is always roped into her antics. Their romance was just so adorable. I also loved how close Callie was with both her sister and her brother. I just couldn't get enough of this book and highly recommend it!

I loved the "on the shelf" heroine who decides to do all the things ladies aren't supposed to do (smoke a cheroot, gamble, attend a duel...), and the scandalous hero who gets caught up in her rule-breaking (until he actually helps her do some of the things on her list). Totally recommended!

*** 5 Muy enamorada del Libertino STARS **** PopSugar 2019: 13. Una relectura de tu libro favorito - Creo que te he amado durante toda mi vida.Los ojos azules de Gabriel brillaron bajo la luz plateada de la luna-Y yo te amaré durante el resto de mi vida emperatriz. Este es uno de mis libros favoritos en histórica y de la vida y en esta relectura los disfruté MÁS Y volví a quedar Verdadera y Locamente enamorada de GabrielComencé esta lectura por recomendación y me dijeron que me iba a encantar y a enamorar de Gabriel, Gracias Viri eres una vidente porque así sucedió desde las primeras páginas ya estaba encantada con este libro, me hizo reír, llorar, suspirar y enamorarme en cada capítulo AMO ESTE LIBRO La historia es sumamente romántica, divertida, refrescante, con una protagonista encantadora y que te enternece y que te dan ganas de abrazarla y consolarla, que quiere dejar de ser invisible y por primera vez sentirse viva, así que hace una lista de una serie de cosas que para esa época sería un escándalo y mancharía la reputación de una respetable dama de sociedad, pero más sin embargo ella se arriesga y sin darse cuenta va cumpliendo todos los puntos de la lista con la ayuda de ese granuja libertino del que lleva enamorada por casi una década.Como toda buena historia, tiene que tener personajes memorables que te lleguen al corazón, y aquí los encontramos y es que los dos me encantaron y que eran una pareja que enamora y tan inmperfectamente perfectos el uno del otroCallie con esa timidez e inocencia, pero a la vez con esas ganas de vivir y tener aventuras, quererse sentir amada y aceptada como es pero que a sus veintiocho años se siente una solterona que ya se le pasó el tren y por si fuera poco se siente menospreciada fea sin ningún atractivo, pero ella es inteligente, intrépida, sarcástica y tan tan linda que yo adoré a Lady Calpurnia.Gabriel Es DELICIOSO su mera presencia te calienta las venas, hace que se te caigan las enaguas y que exploten tus ovarios y es PERFECCIÓN PURA, es el tipo de protagonistas que a mi me gustan Sexy, hot, GURL lo necesito en mi cama digo en mi vida. #Diositoescuchamisruegos Than.. This girl is on fire OMG OMG OMG!!! Ese Sexy y pícaro marqués escaló rápidamente en mi lista de novios perfectos, es imposible no amarlo. Es un seductor nato me mantuvo embobada en todo el libro. —Te amo. Amo tu extravagante nombre, tu hermosa cara y tu mente despierta; tu ridícula lista y tu inclinación por la aventura, algo que, imagino, sí será la causa real de mi muerte. Y tenía intención de decírtelo mucho antes de que me alcanzaran en el brazo La manera como se va dando la relación de Gabriel y Callie fue lo mejor de todo, me encanta este tipo de amores, Gabriel tan cerrado al amor pero como ella poco a poco se va metiendo en su corazón hasta que él reconoce que la ama uff de verdad que este libro es simplemente perfecto y yo no quería que se acabara.Por cierto las escenas hot entre Callie y Gabriel estuvieron bastante incendiarias y me encantaron.Los personajes secundarios también me encantaron fueron el complemento perfecto para la historia pero mi favorito es el hermano de Callie Benedick me hubiera encantado que tuviera su libro pero al parecer no tiene SUFRO!! Porque es un personaje que tiene mucho potencial para enamorar.

4.25 starsNot only am I a shallow person who sometimes picks books because of their lovely covers, but I’m also a shallow person who picks books because of their fun titles. I saw the book titles of this series and I was sold! Aren’t they fun?Callie doesn’t like the way her life turned out. She’s tired of being a spinster and she is longing for an adventure, so she made a list of scandalous things to do which is completely inappropriate for a lady.This book got me laughing out loud. It’s so fun and so cute. I couldn’t stop smiling the whole time I was reading it. It’s ridiculous! It was so fun watching the heroine trying to complete her list and how each item put her in an awkward situation with the hero. I loved her relationship with her sister and brother and how close she was to them. And the romance was just so cute!! Read this book! it’s gonna make your day!

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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake was an utterly charming and wonderful read! I was very impressed with the story and the characters. I loved the heroine, I really felt emotionally connected to her and wanted her to get the love and life she longed for with the handsome rogue hero.Lady Calpernia Hartwell is an on the shelf spinster at 28 years old. She believes herself plain and thinks her opportunity to have a husband and children is over. Seeing her young sister fall in love brings Callie to the realization that she wants more out of life that sitting in the spinster section of the ballroom. She makes a list of nine daring things she wants to try because they are forbidden things that only men do or will cause her ruination. But she figures what's the point of a perfect reputation when she will never be married, so she impulsively heads out to complete the first thing on the list - a kiss. Callie goes to Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of Ralston because she has secretly been infatuated with him for years.Gabriel is quite surprised to see the proper Callie appear in his bed chamber one night. She reluctantly asks him for a kiss which he agrees to for a price - he needs a respectable sponsor like her to help introduce his newly found half-sister into society. So begins the relationship between Gabriel and Callie as she helps prepare his sister to enter society. Callie is still working on her list so she is always landing on situations where Gabriel needs to help save her reputation. He is intrigued by this new daring and passionate side to Callie and decides to help her with her list. Callie finds herself falling more for Gabriel as she gets to know him but she knows he will never fall for a plain wallflower like her. This was a very romantic and wonderful story! I loved the charming story and characters. The writing pulled me into the story and kept me on the edge of my seat as I watched Callie spread her wings and find the life and love she wanted, while Gabriel fell harder for Callie every time they were together. The sexual tension was very hot! The love scenes were sexy too.I enjoyed this book very much and would highly recommend it to historical romance fans looking for a great romance!

Sometimes you just NEED a book like this, and I was definitely in the mood for some mind candy of the genre! Doesn't really re-invent the historical-romance wheel, but has a sweet sensibility about it that doesn't make you feel skeevy when you're reading REALLY naughty bits (which this one does very well!) Typical wallflower/rake setup, I just really enjoyed the style of writing, it was easy and breezy and made me keep reading even when I wanted to slap the heroine upside the head a few times for her self-esteem issues. The hero was totally yummy, and that gets me through. There was nothing dark or nasty about his rakedom, there was actually something sweet about it. Eloisa James is my total kryptonite in this area, so the fact she front blurbed it really sold me, and I'm glad I did! I think this is a first novel, so I'll definitely be picking up the next by the author!

OH MY GOSH!!! Loved it!The title of this book had me pondering what a "rake" means. A man who is morally loose. Simply put- a womanizer. I wonder if the slang word- 'ho' comes from men being called, rakes?Callie is a total rule follower. She’s a 28 years old unmarried women who is feeling unsatisfied with her proper life. Her brother challenged her to break some of her rules. Her younger sister is newly engaged and going to live the life that Callie has always dreamed of. Callie begins to ponder, ”What if…” Callie’s list of things she wants to do in her lifetime: 1. Kiss someone – passionately2. Smoke cheroot and drink scotch3. Ride astride4. Fence5. Attend a duel6. Fire a pistol7. Gamble (at a gentleman’s club)8. Dance every dance at a ball9. Be considered beautiful. Just once.Gabriel’s a gentleman that Callie has had her eye on for 10 years. He's a powerful man who's a ladies’ man. His twin brother, Nick, and him learn they have a half sister, Julianna. To introduce Julianna into the society properly they will need a society woman to teach her the proper way of doing things.Callie and Gabriel strike a deal that starts with her getting to cross off #1 on her list in exchange for her help in getting Julianna ready to be introduce into society. "Love isn't one-sided and selfish. It is full and generous and life-altering in the best of ways. Love does not destroy. It creates." -CallieSERIES: Each book focuses on a different sibling. Book 1- Gabriel. Book 2- Nicholas. Book 3- Julianna.185th book of 2013