Anything but a Gentleman
Written by Elisa Braden
Narrated by Mary Sarah
4/5
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About this audiobook
Miss Augusta Widmore has no time for proprieties. She must force her sister's ne'er-do-well betrothed to the altar with all haste-or watch her sister bear the scandalous consequences. But with the blackguard resisting his duty, she needs leverage. And only one man can provide it.
A giant holds all the cards (or so he thinks)
Sebastian Reaver has no time for presumptuous women. He has a club to run. So, when a perfect nuisance invades his office, demands a fortune in markers, and refuses to leave until he relinquishes them to her, he knows just the thing to send her scurrying back to Hampshire: Exact a price this prim country spinster would never agree to pay.
A fiery battle begins (with both sides playing for keeps)
Ordinarily, Augusta would never agree to become the mistress of a notorious club owner-whether he's a lowborn ruffian or the wealthiest man in London or the most intriguing, ill-tempered giant she's ever encountered . . . or all three. Calling his bluff raises the stakes (and the heat), but retreat will mean ruin for Augusta. Now, Sebastian wants her total surrender, and he has a few tricks up his sleeve-soul-stealing kisses, unexpected honor, and electrifying persuasion for the woman he never saw coming.
Contains mature themes.
Elisa Braden
Reading romance novels came easily to Elisa Braden. She’s been doing it since she was twelve. Writing them? That took a little longer. After graduating with degrees in creative writing and history, Elisa spent entirely too many years in “real” jobs writing T-shirt copy ... and other people’s resumes ... and articles about giftware displays. But that was before she woke up and started dreaming about the very unreal job of being a romance novelist. Frankly, she figures better late than never.Elisa lives in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest, where you're constitutionally required to like the colors green and gray. Good thing she does. Other items on the "like" list include cute dogs, strong coffee, and epic movies. Of course, her favorite thing of all is hearing from readers who love her characters as much as she does.If you're one of those, get in touch on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest (pinterest.com/elisabraden), or visit www.elisabraden.com.
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Reviews for Anything but a Gentleman
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was interested in this hero, I tend to like the 'self-made man from the streets' type. But I found the heroine irritating, so that sucked some of the joy out of it for me. I don't mind the trope where the couple creates an arrangement to work off a debt or something, but somehow it often goes hand-in-hand with the heroine being kind of an unreasonable person. Just expecting the man to hand over what she wants simply because she asked, often without considering any payment in trade at all beforehand, like her giant request of a complete stranger might not just be enough on its own. And often they try to like 'shame' the man for winning the thing fair and square, or whatever the scenario. The spoiledness or naivete or whatever causes that, annoys me. And they're also the sort to not really commit to holding up their side of the bargain either. Here they've agreed to be a mistress or something, but then are all 'a gentleman wouldn't...' or 'how dare you take the smallest liberty with my person!' and things and I just think wtf did you think you were signing up for?? So this definitely has a large helping of that. And then also, who has the gall to come in as a very temporary mistress but then take over the entire house and the man's life like they're a very permanent 'lady of the manor' or something? Does she really think that's what being a man's mistress involves? Obviously she gets away with it, but really who does that? Instead of somehow charming him into falling for her, it seems more likely that her purposely difficult behavior could have just encouraged *him* to be more difficult, and she would not have enjoyed that. And she's pretty much at his mercy in this scenario, so that's quite a gamble to pull! It got quite a bit better after she decided she loved him and stopped needling him so much. (Though honestly, I didn't entirely buy how they were each just suddenly deeply in love with the other). I did like the heroine's dedication to her sister, and she ended up improving the hero's quality of life.