. . . just popping back in to remind myself how much I love this cover and adored Charlotte and Finlay.

MOAR Jewish rep! and forearms on the cover This was well-written and had a lot of heavy moments: the mc is a widow who has lost everything once her husband died, his family did not approve of the marriage of their son to a Jewish woman. Her early life, we learn, was not easy and the struggle to survive forced her to trust herself above all others. She works in a school for orphans and their stories are also filled with struggles.

This story is heavy on longing (glances across rooms, heated eye contact, etc) lots of steam-building.

CW: antisemitism, class struggle, death of family members (not in book) ( )

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. To Resist a Scandalous Rogue by Liana De la Rosa is the second book in her Once Upon a Scandal series. It can be read as a stand-alone but I enjoyed the first book and recommend reading it. Charlotte Taylor recently widowed has been left with nothing after the death of her husband, so when her cousin offers her a job as a maid she jumps at the chance only to find that the job really involves entertaining gentlemen at a house party and not by tidying their bedrooms. Findlay Swinton, Viscount Firthwell attended the house party as an escape from pressures in his life and once he arrives realizes that the entertainments offered are not really to his taste anymore. Looking to escape the house party they meet in the garden and an enjoyable evening conversing and laughing turns into something more but because of the differences in their status and Charlottes Judaism that night is all that they can have. Nasty villains, political maneuvering and adorable orphans make for a story that will keep you up late reading. Medium Steam. Publishing Date June 24, 2019 #NetGalley #ToResistAScandalousRogue #Lianadelarosa #EntangledPublishing #EntangledAmara ( )

I went back and forth with this one, while I can't say that I hated it I wont say I loved it, it was ok. I found it different the sense that it had a little too much politics and religion for my enjoyment, I like romance and I tend to stick with that. I did like that she stuck her guns and eventually we have a HEA, but would bly not look for reading this author again.

Rcvd an ARC at no cost to author..(netgalley) voluntarily reviewed with my own thoughts and opinions ( )