Gentle Rogue (Malory-Anderson Family, #3) by Johanna Lindsey — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: historical , era-regency-pre-victorian , gender-bender , coercion-blackmail , read-in-2010 , loved-the-audiobook-narration , pirates-ahoy , witty-i-am-not , read-more-than-once , zzauthor-lindsey-johanna Re-read 7/18/10 -- Man... I think I even liked this audiobook better the second time around. Pirrrrrrrratical fun. ;) 4.5/5 stars. This was my first novel by Johanna Lindsey, though I read a short-story of hers in an anthology before reading this book. As I listened to the audiobook, I was trying to determine why I was enjoying the book so much, despite numerous bodice-ripper type of clichés. I made myself a list to justify both my enjoyment and distaste. Reasons I enjoyed this book? My love of hi Re-read 7/18/10 -- Man... I think I even liked this audiobook better the second time around. Pirrrrrrrratical fun.

;) 4.5/5 stars. This was my first novel by Johanna Lindsey, though I read a short-story of hers in an anthology before reading this book. As I listened to the audiobook, I was trying to determine why I was enjoying the book so much, despite numerous bodice-ripper type of clichés. I made myself a list to justify both my enjoyment and distaste. Reasons I enjoyed this book?  My love of historical romance stories where the heroine has über-protective brothers who act crazy out of love for their sister. In this book, Georgina has 5 older brothers :) Fisticuffs ensue. Rinse, Lather, Repeat. More fisticuffs. 5-on-1 brother against pirate. Wheee! I’m almost surprised Georgina didn’t leap into the ring herself. I loved the description of sprawled legs and flinging arms. Then post-fight, the blithe retort of James to Georgie in front of her brothers: “I don’t think they like me, George.” Or, how about the silly discourse between the brothers: “Should we really hang him if he marries Georgie?

It doesn’t seem right, hanging a brother-in-law.” Resume fisticuffs. :)  My secret-obsession with men wearing pirate shirts, tight pants, and an earring. Wheeee! PIRATE!  My extreme enjoyment of picturing a “gentleman”-pirate in the spirit of the Pirates of Penzance, not the raping-pillaging sort.  I hate to admit, but I love a gender-bender/woman-in-pants pretending to be a guy plotline.  The audiobook narrator’s voice when reading the character of James Mallory reminded me of the audiobook narrator who reads the character of Barrons in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. The narrator also did a good job with the brogue of Ian. I like it when audiobook narrators can do different voices and accents.  References by Americans in the book to London as a “den of iniquity”. People usually romanticize London during books of this time period, so it was fun to see characters hating the idea of England and London. Not that I have anything against the UK myself. :)  I like characters in books that can raise their eyebrow at something another character says.

James had a very sexy way of raising his eyebrow in the book and not saying anything aloud, but saying everything with his expression.  Did I mention I like to picture men with earrings and pirate-shirts? I might just have to dress my husband up next Halloween… Make him swab the deck or walk-the-plank or something. Hmmmm… So, what were my issues with the book?  Despite Georgie as a spitfire heroine with a supposedly hot temper, she seemed rather wimply at times. The whole nausea thing annoyed me in the book. Dizzyness and urge to faint or something, I could understand. But nausea? Feeling like throwing up on the Pirate? Bah! She was ready to jump his bones, not vomit.  Flippant disregard for chance of pregnancy on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Ummmm. Seemed a bit unrealistic to me. Maybe not for the guy in the 1800s harboring a secret female in his cabin, but I would at least think Georgie would at least have a tinge of worry about it.

 The idea that Georgie could pull off a 12 year old boy when she was a 22 year old female without anyone suspecting. Too young and too unbelievable. And an icky thought. When I pictured Georgie in drag, I saw her as a 17 year old cabin-boy in my head. Not 12.  I was reading along, and suddenly it felt like I was reading The Flame and the Flower by Woodiwiss. Except with retired pirates. Yes, I know they are really very different books. But, I still felt like I was blending the stories together in my head.  There was no cannon fire at sea when I was expecting it. They saw a pirate ship, but instead of fighting, they ran away. BOOOOO!!!!! I wanted battle and sword fighting/swashbuckling.  Lack of sea chanty singing and sea monsters. Where there are pirates there should be sea-chanties and drunken behavior. And large octopi or squids. Maybe I’ve read too much paranormal fiction recently. I doubt that there are many sea monsters in historical romance, other than that recent rewrite of Austen with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

I might just have to read that…  Parts of the book were so cheesy that I felt like a voyeur watching a bad Cinemax late-night movie. At least they were cheesy fun like flaming hot cheesey goo on pizza fresh out of the oven. Would I read it again? *Raises an eyebrow* You question that? Of course I would, though it likely won’t be for a while until I’m in the mood again for a protective – brothers – of – gender – bender – spitfire – heroine – who – has – frisky – behavior – at – sea – with – gentleman – pirate - captain storyline. Somehow, I doubt this is the only historical romance with that plot, but I could be wrong. :) Shelves: favorites-all-time , hist-rom , favorite-author-all-time , romance , hist-rom-pirate , favorite-heroine , favorite-hero Strong willed Georgina Anderson is determined to find the fiancé she lost four years earlier when he had been impressed into service by the British during the war of 1812.

Doing so meant leaving the five older brothers who raised her, as well as her home in America, but she’ll be damned if she’d let a little thing like war, time, and distance get in between her and her plans for the future. And find him she does. However her ‘fiancé’ is married and settled down- to someone else!- and he is baffle Strong willed Georgina Anderson is determined to find the fiancé she lost four years earlier when he had been impressed into service by the British during the war of 1812. Doing so meant leaving the five older brothers who raised her, as well as her home in America, but she’ll be damned if she’d let a little thing like war, time, and distance get in between her and her plans for the future. And find him she does. However her ‘fiancé’ is married and settled down- to someone else!- and he is baffled that she actually is still clinging to the hope of marrying him.

Hurt and more than a little red-faced, all Georgie wants to do now is get out of Jolly ol’ dreadful England- but the only immediate way back to America is to work her way home incognito as a cabin boy! One problem. The Captain of the ship turns out to be the one man who knows exactly who she is. James Mallory cant believe the impish girl dressed as a man he ran into weeks ago- and has never forgotten- has made her way onto his ship. Her "cabin boy" disguise isn’t fooling him… but he’s not telling her because this is the perfect opportunity to keep the feisty little darling nearby- and get her into his bed. To keep the game afoot he must pretend to all that she is what she says she is. But the game of seduction he plans backfires, and he finds himself just as trapped into their respective roles as she is. Passion explodes and all is revealed rather quickly- because this temperamental woman fascinates him to no end- but he’s got an even bigger stumbling block looming unaware ahead of him… Her brothers. Written back in the days of big hair and Fabio covers, Johanna Lindsey defined the historical romance genre.

Why have I clung to the romance genre all these years? Because of this book…and ones like it. Yes the plot is cheesy as all get out- but the characters and dialogue are as fresh today as they ever were. Unfortunately Johanna Lindsey’s newer releases are decidedly lacking. Still, if you want to know why Lindsey’s name became legendary or why her books sold-and are still being sold- in the millions all over the world, read Gentle Rogue. Shelves: regency , romance-historical , read-own , read-in-2009 I really enjoyed Gentle Rogue. The image of Georgie disguised as a scrawny twelve year old cabin boy with a temper was so funny. She thought that Captain James Malory didn’t know who she was but James knew all right. She was the ‘wench’ disguised as a boy he’d been looking for since the day she kicked him in the shins and ran off after he carried her out of a Tavern. She’s been on his mind for days and it was just his luck that Georgie happened to step onto his ship. James decides to play along I really enjoyed Gentle Rogue.

The image of Georgie disguised as a scrawny twelve year old cabin boy with a temper was so funny. She thought that Captain James Malory didn’t know who she was but James knew all right. She was the ‘wench’ disguised as a boy he’d been looking for since the day she kicked him in the shins and ran off after he carried her out of a Tavern. She’s been on his mind for days and it was just his luck that Georgie happened to step onto his ship. James decides to play along with her charade until Georgie admits who she really is. Georgie gets so hot and nauseous having to be near James all day and all night. She was no idea that these are feelings of arousal so when James kisses her she let’s everything go. The truth is out and they spend the rest of their journey together in passion, nothing more. James has vowed he will never marry and Georgie knows that their time together will end as soon as they dock. Too bad Georgie’s already fallen in love! When Georgie’s brothers come into the story it gets really exciting! Five strong captains who are very overprotective of their little sister!

They are so angry when they find out Georgie traveled all the way to England, worked disguised as a cabin boy, shared a cabin with James, realize she’s been compromised and that she’s pregnant! They force James and Georgie to marry but they give James a hard time, get him beaten up in the process and even try to get him hanged. Though they forced the marriage they had no plans on letting them be together. James had such a hard time admitting he loved Georgie. He was such a Rogue, and he never had anything nice or sweet to say. He would always yell “Georgie is not leaving me” rather then tell her how he really felt. It wasn’t until he finally admitted that she couldn’t leave because he LOVED her that Georgie’s brothers finally let them be! I loved the bantering between the brothers. They were just like Anthony and James. They were so funny! Also I was busting up that nobody in the Malory family believed that James actually married. Even when Georgie was right in front of them they thought that she must be his mistress… Very good book!

Shelves: favorites , sinvergüenzas-melofó , enaguas , strong-women , men-of-my-dreams-and-my-bed , lol , tiempos-pasados , nadismo Realmente son 4/4'5 pero, qué narices, hay que ser generosa cuando, a pesar de los momentos más flojos, te lo pasas tan bien leyendo un libro como me lo he pasado yo con Amable y tirano. James Malory ya me tenía encandilada desde el primer libro de la saga, me enamoró en el segundo y en éste ya doy palmas con las orejas cada vez que aparece, es un personaje que te conquista con cada acción que realiza y cada palabra que dice. Y George es un encanto, de pichotismo ausente, o que se agradece muchí Realmente son 4/4'5 pero, qué narices, hay que ser generosa cuando, a pesar de los momentos más flojos, te lo pasas tan bien leyendo un libro como me lo he pasado yo con Amable y tirano.

James Malory ya me tenía encandilada desde el primer libro de la saga, me enamoró en el segundo y en éste ya doy palmas con las orejas cada vez que aparece, es un personaje que te conquista con cada acción que realiza y cada palabra que dice. Y George es un encanto, de pichotismo ausente, o que se agradece muchísimo. Me ha faltado más tensión sexual pero entiendo que no está el libro para esas cosas cuando luego hay que dar más vueltas que el baúl de la Piquer. Y no se le nota especialmente el viejunismo aunque tiene sus cositas básicas en la Lindsey que pueden hacerte ladear el moño. Vamos, que me lo he pasado genial con el libro pero sobre todo, he disfrutado con los momentos de James con Anthony, divertidísimos, no me cansaba de leerlos. Lo mejor sin duda. En fin, que James Malory a mis enaguas!!! I love youuuuuuuuu!!!

...more Shelves: favorites , historical-romance , regency , pirate , woman-in-pants , bad-boy-rake-or-rogue , part-of-a-series , pregnancy , in-disguise , alpha-hero , owned-copy , seducer , favorite-or-autobuy-author James Malory, rogue, rake, and pirate. And very sexy guy. This guy is an original. You know he's something special when you meet him in Love Only Once, and I was eager to read his book. Well I definitely enjoyed seeing James meet his HEA with Georgina. This was a fun, sexy book. I tell you, James Malory is a guy who goes after what he wants. Once he figures out that his cabin boy is a girl, she's in his bed a very short time later. Little does he know that she has lots of big, strong, angry brot James Malory, rogue, rake, and pirate. And very sexy guy. This guy is an original. You know he's something special when you meet him in Love Only Once, and I was eager to read his book. Well I definitely enjoyed seeing James meet his HEA with Georgina. This was a fun, sexy book.

I tell you, James Malory is a guy who goes after what he wants. Once he figures out that his cabin boy is a girl, she's in his bed a very short time later. Little does he know that she has lots of big, strong, angry brothers. But he's not about to let them take about the woman that he has claimed all for his own. James is such a funny guy. I love his rivalry with his brother Anthony, and his comraderie with his crew. It was nice to see him get to know his long-lost illegitimate son, Jeremy, who resembles the Malory clan more than he does. Actually Jeremy looks a lot like his brother Anthony. I love his raunchy nature, but how he is actually very gentle and loving with George. The love scenes in this book were singe-worthy back in the day. Nowadays, I think they would be tame as far as how explicit they are not. But I feel the attraction and chemistry between James and George make this book sizzle for me. Gentle Rogue is a winner.

...more May 26, 2016 Γιώτα Παπαδημακοπούλου rated it really liked it Ήρθε η ώρα να γνωρίσουμε τη δυναμική Τζορτζίνα Άντερσον, η οποία μεταμφιέζεται σε αγόρι και στριμώχνεται στο πλοίο Μέιντεν Ανν αναζητώντας τον χαμένο της μνηστήρα.

Βέβαια, αντί για εκείνον, θα συναντήσει τον Τζέιμς Μάλορι, έναν γοητευτικό άντρα, πρώην πειρατή και το ρεμάλι της οικογένειάς του, που καμιά γυναίκα δεν του έχει αντισταθεί, αλλά και που καμιά δεν έχει βάλει εκείνος στην καρδιά του.

Όπως καταλαβαίνετε, η ιστορία ανατρέπεται, όπως και η μέχρι τότε καθημερινότητά τους, με τους δυο τους Ήρθε η ώρα να γνωρίσουμε τη δυναμική Τζορτζίνα Άντερσον, η οποία μεταμφιέζεται σε αγόρι και στριμώχνεται στο πλοίο Μέιντεν Ανν αναζητώντας τον χαμένο της μνηστήρα.

Βέβαια, αντί για εκείνον, θα συναντήσει τον Τζέιμς Μάλορι, έναν γοητευτικό άντρα, πρώην πειρατή και το ρεμάλι της οικογένειάς του, που καμιά γυναίκα δεν του έχει αντισταθεί, αλλά και που καμιά δεν έχει βάλει εκείνος στην καρδιά του.

Όπως καταλαβαίνετε, η ιστορία ανατρέπεται, όπως και η μέχρι τότε καθημερινότητά τους, με τους δυο τους να μπλέκονται σε ένα γαϊτανάκι συγκεχυμένων συναισθημάτων που απειλεί να τους καταπιεί αν δεν καταφέρουν να το τιθασεύσουν και να το αποδεχτούν.

Δεδομένου ότι έχω μια αδυναμία στους καλοκάγαθους κατά τ' άλλα, τσόγλανους, αντιλαμβάνεστε πως ο Τζέιμς έχει όλα τα στοιχεία που χρειάζεται για να με ρίξει. Και μάλιστα, το πέτυχε εύκολα, αβίαστα, χωρίς να το προσπαθήσει καν.

Από την άλλη, η Τζορτζίνα, αν και δυναμική, φαντάζει κάπως πιο γήινη και προσιτή σε σχέση με τις ηρωίδες των προηγούμενων βιβλίων της σειράς, κάτι που θα βάλω στα συν του εν λόγω βιβλίου, αφού θεωρώ πως η μέση αναγνώστρια θα μπορέσει να ταυτιστεί πιο έντονα μαζί της.

Ένα μείγμα αισθησιασμού, πάθους, τρυφερότητας αλλά και κωμικότητας, σε ένα ανάγνωσμα που θα χαρακτηρίζαμε καλοκαιρινό, φρέσκο και δροσερά απολαυστικό. ...more Shelves: read-in-2014 , read-on-oyster-app , historical-regency This book was a bit disappointing. The characters were all very interesting. The abundance of characters though, was a bit overwhelming at times. For being a romance, this one lacked just that. The focus was less on James and Georgina and more on their siblings and interactions. I know this is a third of a "series" so there was familiarity between characters and certain story lines. But, I felt that left little room for THIS story. More time was spent on past or future books.

I wish we would hav This book was a bit disappointing. The characters were all very interesting. The abundance of characters though, was a bit overwhelming at times. For being a romance, this one lacked just that. The focus was less on James and Georgina and more on their siblings and interactions. I know this is a third of a "series" so there was familiarity between characters and certain story lines. But, I felt that left little room for THIS story. More time was spent on past or future books. I wish we would have seen a deeper or more meaningful connection between James and Georgina. Instead, we're just told that it was there. Overall, it was a funny read but just lacking in other areas.

...more Shelves: romance , historical-romance , pirates , favorites , regency-era , own , hero-blond , heroine-disguised-as-male , humor , heroine-love-her , hero-love-him , nostalgia , favorite-historical-romances , johanna-lindsey , kidnapped-hostage-captive , hero-poseur-rake , 5-star-favorite , reread-many-times , read-in-1990s , read-in-2000s , read-in-2010s , cover-artist-elaine-duillo , reviewed , cover-model-fabio , favorite-romances , heroine-dark-hair , heroine-blonde , heroine-redhead I first read this book eons ago, back when Johanna Lindsey was for me the greatest writer on earth. Yeah, I was a dumb kid, but weren't we all a little bit? I remember anxiously walking to Woolworth's every day in November of 1990, freaking out for her latest book and annoying the clerks by repeatedly asking when were the new ones coming in!

The day I saw the shelf stocker opening up a new box, I grabbed the first book out from the top, not even caring that it has a slit in the cover. I was a bit I first read this book eons ago, back when Johanna Lindsey was for me the greatest writer on earth. Yeah, I was a dumb kid, but weren't we all a little bit? I remember anxiously walking to Woolworth's every day in November of 1990, freaking out for her latest book and annoying the clerks by repeatedly asking when were the new ones coming in! The day I saw the shelf stocker opening up a new box, I grabbed the first book out from the top, not even caring that it has a slit in the cover. I was a bit disheartened because for a Duillo-Fabio-Lindsey cover, save for Georgina's lovely rose-trimmed gown, that cover was ugly with it drab green tones! But then when I saw the cover for Lindsey's next book, , that got me more depressed. No more Fabio (although he'd make a comeback for a few more of Lindsey's books) and it was a step-back to boot, with a flowery font.

I actually preferred that crappy, pointed Sci-Fi looking font. The old Lindsey era was over with Gentle Rogue. Gentle Rogue starts out hilariously with Georgina Anderson trying to kill a cockroach, failing, and not caring as long as it's out of her sight. As this is a very silly book, as usual with Lindsey check your brain at the door and enjoy the ride. Parts of this book runs parallel to to its precursor (which wasn't that great due to a dull-as-dishwater heroine), and there is a lot of repetition of previous scenes. But in Gentle Rogue all the characters are a blast, especially Georgina's five belligerent older brothers who take turns beating up James. My favorite brother was Warren, and his book is my 2nd favorite in the Malory series, where he meets his match with the much younger and very persistent Amy Malory. For me those two books are the high points in the Malory-Anderson series, although Gentle Rogue is by far the best.

And yes, the title of the book is true, for hard-muscled ex-pirate James Malory is a unrepentant rogue, through and through, taking advantage of the heroine Georgina and disgracing her in front of her brothers so that he's forced to wed her. James is such a droll charmer, witty and very arrogant. I enjoyed this book when I first read it, but over the years I've learned to love it so much more, especially now that I picture James looking like another blond, green eyed Englishman: a young Sean Bean! GRRR... Shelves: historical-romance Georgina Anderson datang ke inggris tanpa sepengetahuan kakak2nya untuk mencari tunangannya yg dipaksa menjadi tentara inggris sejak 6 tahun yg lalu & menemukan bahwa malcom sudah menikah & mempunyai anak. marah & jengkel georgina yg ditemani oleh mac menyamar sebagai laki2 & ikut kapal apapun yg akan bertolak ke amerika. georgina menyamar sebagai cabin boy maiden anne, kapal milik james mallory.

james mallory, viscount of ryding, putera ke 3 keluarga mallory, mantan bajak laut yg s Georgina Anderson datang ke inggris tanpa sepengetahuan kakak2nya untuk mencari tunangannya yg dipaksa menjadi tentara inggris sejak 6 tahun yg lalu & menemukan bahwa malcom sudah menikah & mempunyai anak. marah & jengkel georgina yg ditemani oleh mac menyamar sebagai laki2 & ikut kapal apapun yg akan bertolak ke amerika. georgina menyamar sebagai cabin boy maiden anne, kapal milik james mallory. james mallory, viscount of ryding, putera ke 3 keluarga mallory, mantan bajak laut yg sekali lihat georgina yg berpakaian laki2 langsung tahu bahwa georgina perempuan.

tentu saja lha wong james & georgina pernah bentrok disebuah penginapan saat george & mac beristirahat didatangi oleh james & anthony yg sedang mencari sepupu rosylin, istri baru anthony. james langsung ingin memiliki george namun hanya sbg wanita simpanan. tentu saja buat james menikah itu termasuk perbuatan bodoh. tp james masih ingin mengerjai george jd james berpura2 tidak tahu bahwa george sebenarnya wanita. ada2 aja tingkah james untuk menggoda george termasuk meminta george menggosok punggungnya saat mandi. wakakakakaka dasar james iseng. george sendiri dengan mudahnya jatuh ke pelukan james & menjadi kekasih james selama dalam perjalanan. saat sampai di jamaika george bertemu kakaknya drew yg akhirnya membawanya kembali ke connicticut tanpa membiarkan george berpamitan dulu pada james.

jadilah james jengkel & menyusul george. james jadi tau bahwa george berasal dari keluarga berada & memiliki 5 kakak laki2 yg sangat protective pada adik bungsu perempuan mereka. masalah bertambah rumit & runyam karna ternyata saat masih menjadi captain hawke james pernah membajak 2 kapal skylark milik keluarga anderson. dengan cara james yg khas, angkuh & seenaknya sendiri, james datang ke kediaman anderson mengumbar segala aib & kedekatannya dengan george didepan orang banyak. jadilah ke 5 kakak george murka & menghajar james serta memaksanya menikahi george saat itu juga & langsung mengurung james di wine cedar. yahhhh akhirnya sih james bebas berkat george yg berhasil menghasut drew & boyd untuk membantunya membebaskan james. dasar si james langsung aja dia menggondol georgina kembali ke inggris & tidak mengijinkan georgina bertemu dengan kakak2nya.

tentu saja ke 5 kakak georgina (clinton, warren, thomas, drew & boyd) yg menyusul ke inggris jadi dongkol terutama warren yg dasarnya orangnya sinis & berwatak buruk yg langsung jadi musuh abadi james. jadilah georgina jadi bola pingpong diculik kiri kanan xixixixixixixi. pusing ga sih kudu ngadepin suami yg terlalu dominan & ke 5 kakak yg terlalu melindungi. james digambarkan berambut pirang, bermata hijau, bertubuh besar mengintimidasi dgn sifat yg ga kenal takut sama sekali. georgina bertubuh mungil & ramping. georgina yg terbiasa menghadapi 5 kakak laki2 jelas tidak akan mundur begitu saja diintimidasi oleh james. untungnya james cinta georgina jadi takluk aja ma georgina apalagi georgina sedang mengandung anak mereka.

hmmmmmm berani ga ya punya suami spt james mallory??^^ ...more Shelves: favorites , singel-parent , cute-adorable , guys-i-want , historical This was the cutest book I have read in a very long while (re-reads not withstanding), and the best Malory book so far, and to tell the truth its way better than the previous two. Georgina was a funny character and immensely amusing to read, one of the reasons that endeared the Malory family to me is that they were a big brood, and an addition to another brood was a big welcome, I loved her relationship with her brother and with Mac, it reminded me of Regina from the first book. She was a bit ove This was the cutest book I have read in a very long while (re-reads not withstanding), and the best Malory book so far, and to tell the truth its way better than the previous two.

Georgina was a funny character and immensely amusing to read, one of the reasons that endeared the Malory family to me is that they were a big brood, and an addition to another brood was a big welcome, I loved her relationship with her brother and with Mac, it reminded me of Regina from the first book. She was a bit over-confident especially at the beginning but I guess James remedied that XD James was the typical hot-sexy-bully-pirate, he practically oozed sexy, especially with that gold earing of his. He was mischievous and horny most of the book, but mostly amusing honestly, even when he did mean stuff to her, like telling her brothers that she was his mistress when she was right there. I thought that was over the top a bit, but when he told her the reason later I just loved him all the more, he had a way for apologizing at the end that made d two thing *drool & sigh* This story was lighthearted honestly, and pretty interesting and funny, the sarcastic and taunting remarks that some characters said made me laugh so hard that people started looking at me as if I turned crazed.

One of the best scenes that I liked is when Jeremy dragged her home with him, she trying to pull a way and started to kick him, then discovering that he tried to protect her was just adorable. Overall, *thumps up* ...more Shelves: in-english , historical-romance , favorites , i-lost-it Boleh dibilang, James Malory adalah tokoh favorit Johanna Lindsey di seri Malory ini, mengingat James selalu tampil dalam setiap novel. Tapi jelas, di novel ini ia adalah pemeran utamanya. James tipe pemberontak dan pembuat masalah dalam keluarga. Petualang cinta kelas wahid sejak masih belia, ia menjadi buruan favorit para wanita bangsawan London yang bahkan sudah bersuami. Skandalnya dengan para istri tak setia itu membuatnya bertekad takkan pernah menikah seumur hidup. Petualangannya memburu d Boleh dibilang, James Malory adalah tokoh favorit Johanna Lindsey di seri Malory ini, mengingat James selalu tampil dalam setiap novel.

Tapi jelas, di novel ini ia adalah pemeran utamanya. James tipe pemberontak dan pembuat masalah dalam keluarga. Petualang cinta kelas wahid sejak masih belia, ia menjadi buruan favorit para wanita bangsawan London yang bahkan sudah bersuami. Skandalnya dengan para istri tak setia itu membuatnya bertekad takkan pernah menikah seumur hidup. Petualangannya memburu dan diburu wanita serta duelnya para suami yang merasa terhina ternyata tidak cukup bagi James. Ia membutuhkan tantangan lebih dan bertualang ke Karibia sebagai bajak laut, dengan nama Captain Hawke, yang membuatnya sempat tidak diakui oleh keluarganya. Karirnya sebagai bajak laut berakhir setelah ia bertemu dengan putra sulungnya, Jeremy. Dan ia kembali ke London dan diakui kembali oleh keluarganya setelah ia "mematikan" Captain Hawke di novel pertama Malory.

Dalam pelayaran terakhirnya ke Karibia untuk menjual perkebunannya di sana ia bertemu dengan Georgina Anderson, yang menyamar sebagai anak laki-laki agar bisa menumpang kapalnya. Tentu saja James tahu benar bahwa "George" sebenarnya seorang gadis cantik, dan berupaya membuat gadis itu berhasrat pada dirinya dengan segala cara... Dalam novel ini diperkenalkan kakak-beradik Anderson, kakak laki-laki George yang menjadi musuh bebuyutan James. Tiga di antaranya akan menjadi tokoh utama di novel berikutnya: - Warren Anderson Shelves: historical-romance , 3-stars Incredibly silly, some excellent smut scenes, and like most of the historical romance novels I've read, it goes on for a hundred pages too long. Logically, I shouldn't like this book; Georgie was not believable and she was overconfident for her level of knowledge and experience while James *sigh* there was so much potential but a total let down overall. He was much too arrogant and manipulative.

The plot was overdone and some parts just didn't make sense. But it is such an entertaining read, and Incredibly silly, some excellent smut scenes, and like most of the historical romance novels I've read, it goes on for a hundred pages too long. Logically, I shouldn't like this book; Georgie was not believable and she was overconfident for her level of knowledge and experience while James *sigh* there was so much potential but a total let down overall. He was much too arrogant and manipulative. The plot was overdone and some parts just didn't make sense. But it is such an entertaining read, and it clearly doesn't take itself seriously, so I won't either. ...more Oct 15, 2012 Emma Chase rated it it was amazing A fun, easy read with a "classic historical romance" feel. Loved the banter between Georgie and James. I wanted George to smack him several times throughout the story - that's my kind of romantic hero. Not a fan of the cover art, however. Shelves: historical-romance , pregnant-heroine What a disappointment. So much praise for nothing.

I picked up this book because I do like pregnant heroine stories, however apart from 2 sentences announcing that heroine was pregnant it wasn’t mentioned or included in the plot. Hero was totally ignoring it as if that meant nothing and heroine was acting as if “it is what it is” no point of brooding over it too much. The book writing style is the first thing I disliked, I felt like I was reading a script for the stage it was purely dialogue and What a disappointment. So much praise for nothing. I picked up this book because I do like pregnant heroine stories, however apart from 2 sentences announcing that heroine was pregnant it wasn’t mentioned or included in the plot. Hero was totally ignoring it as if that meant nothing and heroine was acting as if “it is what it is” no point of brooding over it too much. The book writing style is the first thing I disliked, I felt like I was reading a script for the stage it was purely dialogue and not very good dialogue at that, it was not smart or funny, it was plain and childish.

The hero/heroine emotional development was missing, I didn’t care if they stayed together or apart, for me there were 2 people having sex without sharing any intimacy, there was no build-up, there was nothing to make me want to see them together and the cherry on top of this whole thing was when the hero said “I love you”. It was the worst I love you ever , it wasn’t a soul rendering I cant live without you I love you but it was like “goddamn it you cant leave me, I love you”. If she wasn’t about to leave he wouldn’t have said it to begin with. It was flat. I didn’t care for the secondary characters, all these brothers and wives and nieces didn’t bring much to the story. Ok I guess her brothers did but his weren’t worth the ink and paper. One other thing is that them being on a ship didn’t bring anything to the story. I expected storm, pirate fighting, shark attack, she saving the day somehow since she has been on ships all her life, even though it was in port. Nothing. All in all I won’t be reading anything else by this author, this was too blah for me to care reading anything remotely similar.

Jun 06, 2016 Stephanie (Jump) rated it it was amazing 4.5 stars What a fun premise, girl disguises herself as a young cabin boy to get a passage back to America. Unbeknowst to her, having met her and her companion brieftly before, the captain sees through it, and plans to seduce her. The first 60% was a full 5 stars. I flew through those pages with a grin on my face. I love his reaction when he realized she left once his boat docked and his reaction when he meets her again on her turf - with all her protective brothers in tow. But once he took her ba 4.5 stars What a fun premise, girl disguises herself as a young cabin boy to get a passage back to America. Unbeknowst to her, having met her and her companion brieftly before, the captain sees through it, and plans to seduce her. The first 60% was a full 5 stars. I flew through those pages with a grin on my face.

I love his reaction when he realized she left once his boat docked and his reaction when he meets her again on her turf - with all her protective brothers in tow. But once he took her back to England, the story started to drag a bit as they really just needed to communicate honestly at that point. Minor Pet Peeve The story also kept mentioning how he was a connoisseur of women and his past manwhoreish ways. I get it already, you don't have to keep reminding me. It's not like manwhoreness is an attractive characteristic. Overall this was a fun light hearted novel. At A Glance Descriptive sex w OW/OM (view spoiler) [No (hide spoiler) ] Other safety concerns (view spoiler) [It's implied hero gets with a bar wench rigt after meeting heroine, he is intrigued by her at this point but she leaves. This was a brief meeting though. (hide spoiler) ] Shelves: historical-romance , read-in-2010 , regency This book was more of a 3.5 rating than a 4 star. Gentle Rogue started in the middle of Tender Rebel the story of Rosalyn and Anthony, Jame's younger brother.

Had the first 80 pages not been reiteration I would have rated Gentle Rogue a 4 star rating. (even though I rounded off to 4 stars) James an ex-pirate, rogue, rake, black sheep of the Malory Family has met his match when he sets eyes on the little, temptress Georgina. Having met Georgie under unique circumstances, James becomes enamored wit This book was more of a 3.5 rating than a 4 star. Gentle Rogue started in the middle of Tender Rebel the story of Rosalyn and Anthony, Jame's younger brother. Had the first 80 pages not been reiteration I would have rated Gentle Rogue a 4 star rating. (even though I rounded off to 4 stars) James an ex-pirate, rogue, rake, black sheep of the Malory Family has met his match when he sets eyes on the little, temptress Georgina. Having met Georgie under unique circumstances, James becomes enamored with the little lady when she disguises herself as James cabin boy.

Even though James knows George is indeed Georgina, he decides to play along with the rouse that his cabin boy is indeed the lady he met at the tavern months ago who he has not been able to stop thinking about. After spending a week in close quarters with the handsome James, easily succumbed to being seduced leads Georgie to reveal her true identity. An interesting courtship leads to a forced marriage, where Georgie and James do not know their true feelings for each other, but nonetheless become husband and wife. This was a lovely story and different from the soirees, the season, the ride in Hyde park where we normally read in a Regency book. Instead the reader gets pirates, ships, docking and traveling oceans. ...more Oct 18, 2010 Lea's Audiobooks Hensley rated it it was ok · review of another edition Unabridged audiobook format - review written for Speaking of Audiobooks How We Listen Column 10/09/09: Narrator Laural Merlington’s portrayal of hero James more or less ruined the audio version of this 1990 romance favorite.

Not only did the hero’s rough, uncomfortably deep voice resemble a much older man but his laugh sounded exactly like the devil’s “Ha, ha, ha” in the online game Slingo (and believe me, that’s hard to overcome). And while I found the print version very humorous when I reread G Unabridged audiobook format - review written for Speaking of Audiobooks How We Listen Column 10/09/09: Narrator Laural Merlington’s portrayal of hero James more or less ruined the audio version of this 1990 romance favorite. Not only did the hero’s rough, uncomfortably deep voice resemble a much older man but his laugh sounded exactly like the devil’s “Ha, ha, ha” in the online game Slingo (and believe me, that’s hard to overcome). And while I found the print version very humorous when I reread Gentle Rogue just two years ago, I failed to see much humor in the audio version. The fault was the narrator’s failure to grasp the required timing and cadence of speech to effectively depict James and Georgie’s amusing verbal games, causing those encounters to fall flat and sound absurd rather than funny.

NOTE - print version 5 stars - laughed a lot Audio version - 1 star Shelves: historical-romance , kick-ass-heroine , favorites , rakehell i simply adored this book!!! i had sooo much fun... i simply love this stuff: pirating, sea... i loved james even if he annoyed me at the ending, and georgiana annoyed me at the ending quite a bit too. whats with her tolerating everything and all... but all in all i ADORED all of them :D i loved georgies brothers xD they were real sweeties :D and anthony was epic too :D this book enchanted me from the very first page i guess... its something that you wont really find anywhere else xD an "ex"rake an i simply adored this book!!! i had sooo much fun... i simply love this stuff: pirating, sea... i loved james even if he annoyed me at the ending, and georgiana annoyed me at the ending quite a bit too. whats with her tolerating everything and all...

but all in all i ADORED all of them :D i loved georgies brothers xD they were real sweeties :D and anthony was epic too :D this book enchanted me from the very first page i guess... its something that you wont really find anywhere else xD an "ex"rake and "ex"pirate... james Mallory absolutely captured my heart :D this book has been one of my most favorites for a long time and im sure that itll be for much longer :D just now ive read it for a second time xD ...more Aug 22, 2010 Astri Nasthasia Videlia rated it it was amazing Bintang 5 sementara buat JL yg ini... TOB abiieezz.... Kocaaakk... bener2 hiburan d masa jenuh gw... apa lagi pas adegan 'Dongeng sebelum Tidur'.nya... paraaahh... Gokiilll.. Selama baca di angkutan umum, gw terpaksa mesem2 nahan ketawa baca niih buku... bener-bener dah...

udah sampe buku ke #3... Johanna Lindsay kembali menunjukan bahwa, Pria Nakal itu Sangat Gentle... hohohoho... intinya... makin Nakal, Makin Gentle.. ummm.. Yummmyy... --PenyukaPriaNakal---

Question: A "bodice ripper" is a type of what?
Answer: Historical romance novel