This one felt more like a return to form; Burrowes does a fantastic job at the marriage of convenience-turned love story, possibly better than anyone else I've read. These characters feel authentic, and I love their non-instant love story. Their feelings for each other are developed as a slow build, and it's just plain fun to see their feelings grow and morph into something epic for the ages.

*I received a review copy from the publisher/author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.*

Grace Burrowes does it again with her historical novel, A Rogue of Her Own! I absolutely adored reading this book from start to finish! This whole series was one for the ages. I absolutely recommend read this book, along with it's series!

I have enjoyed all of Grace Burrowes's books, but she truly outdid herself with this one. It is a thoughtful romance with two practical people, but the unexpected twists and turns of the romance will keep readers glued to the page. The hero, Lucas Sherbourne, is sigh-worthy, yet insecure, endearing and aggravating all rolled into one, but aren't complicated heroes the best ones?. I loved seeing him grapple with falling in love and the dialogue/banter between Lucas and Charlotte was riveting. Charlotte is a smart heroine, trying to find the right path for herself and unsure about what Lucas could mean to her. She was completely relatable and, combined with the support of the Windham family (all my favorite characters from previous books), there was an emotional depth to the story that drew me in. This book was a slow burn of discovery and the reader will be swept up in all the feelings right along with the characters.

Charlotte Windham is the last of her sisters to marry. But she does not want to marry. She wants her independence with a smidge of forbidden love thrown in. Enter Lucas Sherbourne. He feels he has a score to settle with her as she bested him in an archery contest in the recent past. Can these two different people find love?

I absolutely love Grace Burrowes' books! A Rogue of Her Own was fantastic and very witty! I can't wait to read her next book!

Burrowes brings two characters we've met before into a contentious marriage that leads both characters to grow and change together. Burrowes is one of my favorite romance writers, creating complex characters and realistic situations. A fantastic conclusion to a great series!

I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Burrowes eight years ago. Her kind and warm personality drew me in. I took an ARC of her first novel and have been returning to her work since. Mrs. Burrowes never fails me and this was my favorite of the Windham Brides series.

Lucas Sherbourne and Charlotte Windham met at a house party in [book:No Other Duke Will Do. Lucas was actually cast the villain for most the book but he and Charlotte had sparks. It has been some months and Charlotte and Lucas meet again at a garden party where he saves her from an awful marriage proposal. After contemplating the business of marriage between the two of them, a merger is formed and completed.

I actually really enjoyed this book. Charlotte is very interesting when she is not motherhenning her sisters. She just really wants to be useful and doesn't feel that way in her family. Especially because the ways she feels most useful, with numbers and management, isn't very often needed. Lucas is very straight forward, which I liked. If he has a question he asks it. No ranging around making foolish assumptions. So most of this story focuses Lucas and Charlotte's efforts to make this sudden marriage work. They don't know each other very well so it is a pleasure to watch them fall in love.

I really did love that most of this story took place in Wales, away from all the Windhams and with just a couple repeat characters from Elizabeth's book. I liked Charlotte figure things out. I adored seeing the friendship blossom between Haverford, Randor and Sherbourne. Turnbull was back as well.

This is Grace Burrows at her best with lovely complex characters, romance with just the right amount of heat, the best kind of well meaning, everybody involved family relationships, and drama that never becomes too much. So overall is was great.

I wanted to like this one more, but I it felt like to romance between Lucas and Charlotte was missing something. I love a good marriage of convenience, but this one fell flat for me.

The latest entry in the Wyndham Brides series, visits the vexatious Charlotte. She is determined not to give any man control over her after what happened to her friend, Fern Porter. In walks Lucas Sherbourne, a tall, no-nonsense businessman. Lucas finds Charlotte interesting and unlike the members of her circle he pays attention to the details. Lucas picks up on many of Charlotte's subtle signals. Caught in a comprising embrace by the Duke and Duchess of Wyndham they are forced to marry.
Charlotte is very worried since she doesn't really know Lucas and they are going to live so far away in Wales. Everything works out best for the two lovers and their financial interests in the.
While the plot is easy to see coming a mile away it is very well written and a good read, though not as immersive as the original Wyndham books .

I enjoyed this book. The characters were sweet, the pacing was great, the ending was a little bit rough. I felt like the motivation of the villain was a little bit ... what's the word... like, I felt that he wouldn't have really cared about his child, or would have acquiesced to their demands. Like, does that make sense? I felt like he wouldn't have been super motivated to stop harassing the heroine. But, other than that I really enjoyed the story. I hope you guys do too.

The last and most stubborn and feisty of the Windham sisters gets her book and laudy was it a slow burn, gently-paced hard fought one when she is paired with a strong-willed, opinionated man not of her class. Sherbourne and Charlotte were quite the match and I enjoyed seeing them realize that they were equals, partners, and just right.
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A Rogue of Her Own is the fourth book in the Windham Brides series. It would do alright standalone, but it works better having read at least the previous book, No Other Duke Will Do, when the romance pair first encounter one another along with the other prominent characters.

I enjoyed Sherbourne from the previous book. He was the villain character in that one, but he wasn’t really a villain so much as a man who had been subject to the snubs and bullying that the upper class could give one who was not one of their own. He has no concept of family and only knows how to stand alone for himself. He has money, but not birth and status so he was treated poorly when he was sent for an education among the sons of the aristocracy and when he is forced to mingle with them because of his wealth. Charlotte catches his eye, but he is wary of this attraction even while he can’t resist. Can he get past feeling threatened and mistrustful of her class to accepting her brilliant mind and open his heart?

Charlotte on the other hand is acerbic and stubborn in her own right. She says the most shocking things which made it fun particularly when she was bantering with Sherbourne. Her high intelligence and sense of self-worth makes her convinced that it is best to remain her own person and not at the whim of a husband who would attempt to curtail her. Yet, she knows with her family making her their project as the last unwed Windham and societal expectation because of her connections that she will continue to be hounded if she doesn’t do something soon- like scandal… or, better yet, a scandalous marriage made in the form of a business proposition.

So, between a class difference and a marriage of convenience and a male character I really liked, I knew I’d enjoy this mild-mannered story and I did. Charlotte got on my nerves a little, but then she grew on me. This pair learned to understand each other by working together on a shared project. I was glad to have Elizabeth and Haverton still strong in this one, too.

All in all, this one wrapped up the series nicely and gave me a gently-paced, steadily developed historical romance that I loved. I recommend this series, but would suggest the reader start with the earlier Windham series and then go into the Windham Brides to get the most out of it.

I rec’d this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this book--Grace's witty banter and lively characters kept me hooked. Podcast episode link below.

I enjoyed this book, but it moved a bit slowly for me. I really loved the heroine; Charlotte is a wonderful character who is passionately committed to her ideals. I liked the hero, Lucas, and his obvious respect for Charlotte. Obviously, he loved her--it is a romance, after all--but he respected her intelligence, her mathematical talent, and her social graces. I don't always see that that type of respect in a romance novel, and I appreciate it very much. I do feel the pacing was off; the story dragged at times, particularly the villain subplot. It was quite obvious to me early on what his deal was, and I resented that much time being spent on that character--he was just not very interesting. Overall though, I enjoyed this book and am glad I read it. I have not read other books in this series and plan on going back and checking them out.

***I received an advance reader copy courtesy of Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.***

From the first chapter, I was drawn into this story. It was a quick, addictive read... for the most part. Towards the end of the novel, I was dragging again.

An intriguing start to a romance, but I wish the courting aspect had lasted long, it was too brief for my taste. Additionally, the conclusion to this story wrapped up too quickly leaving some loose ends like Charlotte's charity project.

Overall I would recommend this novel and this series, having read a couple other books by Grace Burrowes previously.

I usually love Grace burrowes however this book was a rare miss for me. I didn't see the couple falling in love it didn't feel real there wasn't enough time they spend together. I'm definitely open to reading more of Grace burrowes but this book just wasn't right for me.

Received in exchange for a honest review.

THis is a great series. Here we see Charlotte Windham finally meet her match in Lucas Sherbourne. He sees her as an equal. Doesn’t try to stifle her and tells her like it is.

When he first approaches her she is on her way to try to ruin her reputation. Only Lucas stops her and kisses her. The two have a obvious attraction and you felt that start in No other Duke Will do and it has escalated since then. But Charlotte doesn’t want to be married. She wants to be allowed to live independently or so she thinks.

Sherbourne is a stubborn one like Charlotte. He is smart, kind and considerate in a quiet way. The village he is from doesn’t see all the good he does because he doesn’t advertise it but he cares for the people just as much as anyone can. Charlotte sees that and tries to have others see who he is. He isn’t accepted by society because of him being a commoner who made his money via hard work.

But Charlotte intrigues him and he sees her as one that can help him and he can help her. So they enter into their marriage in pragmatic fashion. ONly they slowly get to know one another and rely on one another for things. Sherbourne trusts her and values her opinions and thoughts. He sees her business mind and values it. Charlotte sees how kind and caring he is and sees that he supports and believes in her. Slowly they fall in love and deny it for awhile because neither wanted that. It is when they are about to lose it all that they let go of their stubbornness and let the love, respect and trust truly shine through.

The story is fun and sweet. We see the stubbornness of both Charlotte and Sherbourne but also their tender sides. We see how those around them slowly see Sherbourne in a new light and how he is able to employ their help in the end to right wrongs and be the person he has always been in private-kind, caring and compassionate.

in a rogue of her own, miss charlotte windham finally finds a man worthy of her indomitable spirit. lucas sherbourne is wealthy but not titled. raised to be at war with the dukes of haverford, he's been much-maligned in the valley where they co-exist as unhappy neighbors, even as he's been the only person solvent enough to make sure the valley and all the people who inhabit it prosper.

when lucas proposes a business arrangement of sorts, a marriage of convenience to save charlotte from matchmaking and terrible suitors, he's surprised when she rejects him. and then she kisses him. and they get caught by her aunt and uncle.and ae forced to marry anyway. lucas believes that charlotte rejected him because he isn't titled.

but the truth is that charlotte is distrustful of men, especially after her dearest friend had a terrible experience and she's dedicated herself to helping women in dire straits make new lives for themselves and their illegitimate children. she doesn't believe lucas would support helping the women and children she's taken under her wing.

and she doesn't disclose this until well after they are married. for all that lucas has a reputation of a hard-edged businessman, he's actually a really good guy. he does his best to meet all the impossible demands made of him, and accepts more blame than he should as things begin to go awry. he's a proud man who takes too much on when he could ask for help from his titled neighbors, who after years of strife have become friends, family even.

once lucas and charlotte figure out how to communicate they realize they are very much on the same side. charlotte is the only person who sees lucas and the kindness he gifts to many who don't even realize they are in his debt.

**a rogue of her own will publish on march 6, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/grand central publishing (forever) in exchange for my honest review.

Charlotte Windham is a fierce protector of women who have found themselves in a delicate situation. She has no interest in getting married and she is the very last Windham cousin not married. However, she does need to be ruined so the men stop proposing and cornering her at various social functions. She wants to be left alone to pursue her goals of continuing her work. Lucas is the wealthy commoner who is the neighbor to the Duke of Haverford (Elizabeth Windham’s book, No Other Duke Will Do).  In that book, we met Lucas and for a good portion of the book he came across as the villain when in truth he wasn’t. He is a successful businessman who has a colliery in the process of being built. He is in town to find a business partner when he rescues Charlotte from an aggressive suitor. It doesn’t take them long before he proposes marriage, though both of them only see it as a business transaction. She is attracted to him but is worried he will try and stop her work, so initially she refuses him, but is later caught kissing him by none other than the Duke and Duchess of Windham, the scheming and matchmaking masterminds of the Windham family. Lucas and Charlotte find themselves married and on the way to Wales shortly after that. They don’t know each other and don’t know how to start. Their marriage reminded me of what marriages were actually like back then, which is sad, though theirs had a happily ever after. They grow close very slowly, but when it comes out that Lucas’ business partner is the same man who ruined Charlotte's best friend a rift arises. It seems hopeless for a few weeks but Charlotte has come to realize she really loves her husband and misses him, and he comes to realize how he wants his marriage to be and they both come to a very tentative understanding. He sets off to seek justice for Charlotte’s dead friend and the son she left behind, and in doing so, discovers he has friends in high places and not all aristocracy is evil and spoiled. I loved Charlotte’s confrontation at the end with her friend’s lover and I love that Lucas overheard it all. Priceless. Perfect. Romantic. And sweet.

~~Reviewed by AnnMarie~~

A Rogue of Her Own is the fourth book in the Windham Brides series by Grace Burrowes. Although part of a series it can easily be read as a standalone, but it is nice to catch up with characters from the previous stories in this one.

Charlotte Windham wants her independence, she wants to be able to help single women who find themselves pregnant, alone and destitute when the fathers of the babies want nothing to do with them. Her family want her to marry and the only way she can think of to make sure that doesn’t happen is to somehow create a scandal that will make her unmarriageable. Who better to help her than Lucas Sherbourne.

Lucas is a wealthy man, although not titled. She knows him through his ties to her sister’s husband. He’s a handsome man and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. His upbringing has seen him looked down upon, even beaten with bones broken by the supposed upper-class boys. Lucas has made it his mission to avoid both marriage and the aristocracy. When Charlotte approaches him with a view to having him ruin her he is amused at how bold she is. She speaks plainly, and he finds her attractive. When they are caught kissing by her relatives, even before they had a chance to thoroughly discuss her ruination, they are forced into marriage. That was definitely not what Charlotte had in mind.

That part of the story was a great introduction to the characters that take part in this book. What follows is their relationships developing, not just the romantic relationship between Lucas and Charlotte, but by all the family members, the people building involved with the colliery, the household staff, and the unmarried mothers to name just some. Charlotte and Lucas’ relationship is a very special one, and I loved how very protective of her he was. He is the ultimate gentleman and I was hoping throughout the story that he and Charlotte would end up being a true love match. They definitely deserved a happy ending.

Apart from the characters in the book, I also thoroughly enjoyed reading about the building of a colliery in Wales and all that it entailed. I enjoyed the mention of Swansea and Cardiff, not least because I live in Swansea! I loved how the author brought to light the plight of the single unmarried woman, class differences, and even how Charlotte suffered from vertigo.

A Rouge of Her Own was a wonderful, well paced, beautiful story with never a dull moment, and I am very happy to recommend it.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers’ copy of this book.