I feel like this had potential, but the characters were a bit too slow to grasp things and the circumstances were unlikely a little too often for my enjoyment. It made the story drag out, and each time a character did something daft I cared a little bit less for them. ( )

Definitely a breezy read with good humour and a little unexpected twist. So here's my full review:
https://www.sholee.net/2019/12/mpov-for-sake-of-scottish-rake-besotted.html ( )

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. For The Sake Of A Scottish Rake by Anna Bradley is the third book in her Besotted Scots series. It can be read as a stand-alone, but it is an excellent series, and I enjoyed reading the first two books. Lady Lucinda Sutcliffe has lead an extremely sheltered life, her father suffered from social anxiety, and he became more and more isolated from society. With his death, she is now under the care of her aunt and uncle, and about to embark on her first season Lucinda longs to experience adventures and a trip to Brighton seems like the perfect time. Despite a rocky start where Lucinda bloodies the nose of Ciaran Ramsey when he mistakenly assumes she is drowning and attempts to rescue her, they become friends, and she turns to him when she realizes that her uncle is selling her hand in marriage to a nasty villain whose first wife died mysteriously. This is a lovely friends to lovers story with a fake engagement, a dastardly guardian and there’s only one bed. I enjoyed reading this book and do recommend it. Light to Medium Steam. Publishing Date February 18, 2020. #NetGalley #KensingtonBooks #ForTheSakeOfAScottishRake #AnnaBradley #HistoricalRomance #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #kissingbooks ( )

For the Sake of a Scottish Rake by Anna Bradley
Besotted Scots #2

Quick easy to read historical romance. It was not my favorite book by this author and I am sad to say that as I have truly enjoyed other books by this author.

What I liked:
* Lucy was not predictable
* Three romances in one
* The friendships
* The thwarting of the bad guys
* That everyone had a HEA

What I didn’t like
* Lucy’s behavior was more than a bit over the top and not in keeping with the times.
*The time being rung in days and weeks and even times on the clock and spelled out repetitively
* Falling back on the gambling relative using the heroine to pay his debts...to a less than admirable holder of those debts
* The predictability
* The lack of a true backstory for the main characters
* Wondering how Uncle Jarvis became her guardian

Did I enjoy this book? Not so much
Would I read another book by this author? Maybe

Thank you to NetGgalley and Kensington-Lyrical for the ARC – This is my honest review.

2-3 Stars ( )

Wickedness and romance!

A romantic melodrama, complete with a heroine whose father was rumored to have been mad, a Scotsman languishing from unrequited love, and a tyrannical bully of an uncle who thought nothing of selling his niece to a sinister Lord to pay his gambling debts.
All the ingredients are here for a super read but it just didn't fire for me. Well to honest the first part was great. I was sure I was in for a rollicking read. The second just didn't continue the promise.
Lady Lucinda Sutcliffe is about to undertake her first season, and hopes to delay any marriage commitment until she turns twenty-one and is able take charge of her considerable fortune. (And who would blame these heiresses given that all properties and monies go to their husbands when they marry). Her uncle has taken a house prior to the season at Brighton. Ciaran Ramsey has joined friends there whilst he mourns his lost love in Scotland. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself in the unlikely position of gaining a woman as a friend, and as it turns out, that woman Lucy, really needs a friend.
Lucy's such a likeable character, as is Ciaran Ramsay, despite his despondency.
The amusing introduction where Ciaran tries to save Lucy who's swimming in a secluded cove at a totally ludicrous time early in the morning, enjoying her freedom, even if it is a stolen moment, is just too funny.
And then at a brawl when Lucy takes a wrong turn and finds herself slap bang in the middle of a bare knuckled fight. Once again Ciaran must save her, even though Lucy was well into saving herself, except Ciaran and fate intervened.
After that, everything devolved. Lucy is whisked away to London by the horrible uncle. Enter the repugnantly sleazy Lord her uncle's s intent on forcing her to marry, and of course just in time (sort of) comes Ciaran. A couple of other romance threads fired up that sort of hung there (probably waiting for upcoming chapters). All too much happened in the last part of the story giving a strong sense of the ending being somewhat rushed.
The magic for me was left behind, confined to that secluded cove at Brighton.

A Kensington ARC via NetGalley ( )