The Virgin and the Rogue was a cute, entertaining read. I enjoyed it from start to finish (although I'll admit that the ending didn't have quite the oomph I thought it would. It sort of just fizzled into warmth as opposed to full on flames...although there were literally flames). It was my first book in this series, so I didn't have any connection to the secondary characters in the novel, but I really loved the dynamic between the hero and the heroine. I felt for Charlie and her search for a comfortable life over the uncertainty and unrealistic quest for true love. And I really loved watching Samuel take a journey of self-discovery through his interest in Charlie. A great read for those who don't want drama but don't want to drown in it.

Sensible Charlotte Langley is engaged and thoroughly set to start a boring, sheltered life with her ill-suited fiancé and his overbearing parents. When her sister slips a healing tonic into her drink, Charlotte finds herself uncontrollably attracted to Kingston, a ne’er-do-well rake who spends his life passing through to one place or another. After a surprising and steamy encounter together fueled by the tonic, Kingston can’t seem to understand why the clever and passionate Charlotte is throwing her future away in a loveless marriage. Tonic or not, he wants her passion for him to be real.

This is a fun, quick-paced romp, with equal parts steam and charm. One major downer, though, was the use of the elixir/aphrodisiac. With a drugged drink and blurry lines of consent, Charlotte herself can’t quite determine if she was feeling particularly wanton that night or was under the influence of the drug. Kingston even jokes that that he was “assaulted” by her. Elixirs and love potions abound in old school romances as an easy out for heroines unable to express their sexuality, but this plot device may not sit right with modern readers who either aren’t feeling the nostalgic vibes or who, y’know, aren’t into throwing an aphrodisiac into an unsuspecting person’s drink. It is, however, made explicitly clear that Kingston is a gem and Charlotte is never in danger. Despite that misgiving, which I realize may be a lot for some readers, the book was great.

A little sister poisoning the heroine with an aphrodisiac?!

Charlotte Langley is everything proper and modest, until her sister gives her a love potion and she accidentally stumbles upon an attractive man who is not her betrothed.
Kingston just wants some peace and quiet. He’s not interested in society, gambling, or women. Until he’s passionately accosted by a woman he thought to be a timid mouse.

This book was truly a work of art. Sophie Jordan has outdone herself. The relationship between Charlotte and Kingston was just so great. I loved seeing the progression of their love, but even more than that- I loved seeing the development of Charlotte. She truly found herself in this book and it was a pleasure to read. Kingston was the absolute perfect Hero for her, in that he helped her along the way.

Rating: 💍💍💍💍💍/5

The Virgin And The Rogue is a phenomenal historical romance by Sophie Jordan. Ms. Jordan has brought readers a well-written book and furnished it with a cast of characters that is top-notch. Charlotte lives with her sister and brother-in-law but is fianced to a dull local man. She's looking forward to marriage and moving back into her old home. Samuel felt unwanted at his step-brother's home but he wanted to be away from his friends and left alone. He was surprised on his arrival to find his brother wed with his wife's sisters living with him. Samuel and Charlotte's story is a fun read with plenty of drama, humor, sizzle, action and suspense. I loved this book! I look forward to reading more from Sophie Jordan soon. The Virgin And The Rogue is book 6 of The Rogue Files Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Sometimes my family makes me scream. Kingston and Charlotte's families would make me go crazy. Charlotte's is at least well meaning. There is a little too much "family" for my likeness. Maybe if Kingston and Charlotte saw each other away from the family home it would have been better.

Sophie Jordan deploys the love potion trope in a fun and very funny historical romance celebrating female desire.

Middle sister Charlotte is engaged to a childhood friend, who’s a good, if uninspiring man with social climbing parents. As the book opens, she’s preparing for dinner with them and her sisters as cramps come on. Herbalist sister Nora gives her a tonic to help with the pains. Charlotte just needs to make it through dinner.

Kingston, the bastard stepbrother to the Duke of Warrington, decides he’s bored with his life of debauchery and heads to the countryside to pay his brother an unannounced visit. He finds himself stuck at a dinner party with Warrington, his wife and her sisters, and the social climbing Pembroke family. He’s mostly unimpressed with the prim and proper Charlotte.

But after dinner, Charlotte goes to sleep off the cramps, but wakes up and finds herself in a fever, with a thirst that Kingston is only too happy to quench.

The Virgin and the Rogue is a fun romp with a modern twist on the virgin heroine. I’m a fan.

What an amazing book!! Loved it! Enjoyed the charactees, the dialogue, the plot! I can't wait to read Nora's story!!

This was a campy, historical romance that matches the title. I was a little leary of round two of the plot, round one I got as accidents happen. Round two was deliberate. Otherwise I enjoyed the story, especially how our hero was making changes even before he met the heroine and the story built off of those.

Of the three Langley sisters introduced to us in The Duke’s Stolen Bride, Charlotte was the one who excited me least. Obviously, that was by design but nonetheless. I should have known though that, in the capable hands of Sophie Jordan, Charlotte’s book would blow me away.

And it did. With a blow torch. Like immediately. Good grief. There’s a love potion. And a former rake having an existential crises. And it’s all freaking great.

This book is a over-the-top fun without being over-the-top silly and that takes skill to pull off. Most of this plot is driven by character development and feelings and I love when that happens. Highly recommend. The Virgin and the Rogue is set to release in April.

Thank you Netgalley and Avon for the opportunity to read an advanced copy. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I cannot say enough good things about this book Ms. Jordan is one of the best Historical Romance writers today. This book is filled with built up passion and romance from the start. Two unlikely individuals in Charlotte and Kingston that somehow find love with each other. I couldn't put this book down. This is a must read for the Historical Romance fan.

If you can look past the ridiculous/sketchy first quarter of the book the rest of the book is a really fun historical romance. I loved Samuel and thought he was the best part of the book.

Sophie Jordan has done it again, writing a lovely romance with loads of sexual tension and characters to fall in love with! Particularly after reading the first book of this series, it was awesome to get to know Charlotte more and understand what was behind the picture perfect facade. The romance between her and Kingston was adorable and so fun to read about, with the perfect amount of struggle before they were able to come together. I appreciated how Charlotte was pushed out of her comfort zone and demonstrated her individual power and self-confidence, outside of merely loving Kingston. If you love historical romance and Sophie Jordan's writing as much as I do, you will adore this book!

Terrible title but otherwise pretty enjoyable book. Middle sister Charlotte is prepared to marry her childhood friend when her brother-in-law’s scandalous (and handsome and charming) stepbrother comes for a visit at their county estate.

Samuel is tired of London and looking for something more meaningful in his life, but he’s not sure what that is, until a surprisingly passionate late-night encounter with the proper Charlotte. But she’s definitely not for him, and she’s engaged.

I always enjoy a good rogue redemption story, and this one doesn’t disappoint.

Sophie Jordan does not disappoint. The pace is lively, the characters fun, the heat is on point. I have two quibbles, one is the notion of consent. The book begins with our heroine having qualms about her impending marriage to her friend. Her sister gives her a tonic that has the effect of an aphrodisiac and she leaps on the hero in the middle of the night the day they are introduced. And she proceeds to use his body. He says he doesn't mind, but she definitely didn't ask him, or say anything about it really, and then she leaves in embarrassment. #MeToo applies to men as well and so I am a bit squicked about this scene. But it wasn't enough to make me stop reading. My other quibble has to do with menstrual cycles. I think it is great that the author explains how the heroine took the tonic because she thought her period was starting and that she always gets horrible cramps and headaches and can't get out of bed. That is real and appreciated. But, the timeline of the book makes this weird. So either she skipped her period that month or ...?

Complaints aside, it is a fun book and the future mother-in-law is everyone's worst nightmare!

I love Sophie Jordan, and will read every historical she writes! While I doubt anything will beat my favorite book in the series (The Scandal of it All), this was still enjoyable! The main character Charlotte has resigned herself to marrying her childhood sweetheart when semi-reformed rake Sebastian shows up. That, combined with the love potion her sister Nora secretly gives her, leads to an interesting encounter between Charlotte and Sebastian. I really liked these characters, and I liked the hidden depths in Sebastian. I recommend reading it when it comes out, and I will definitely be reading the next book!

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was a decent historical romance. Charlotte is set to marry a childhood friend who her sisters deem as boring. One of her sisters give her a tunic to help her with her monthly cramps and all of a sudden Charlotte becomes this sexual vixen who attacks her fiance's stepbrother in the hallway. Like a true gentleman he lets her experience her sexual release and realizes there's more to her than just the submissive, bland exterior she shows everyone else.
I'm glad Kingston didn't turn into a jerk after their sexual encounter and allowed her to set the pace. A very modern romance depicted in a historical back drop.

Charlotte is an English rose. A lady thru and thru until she drinks a tonic to help her menstrual cramps. This tonic is actually an aphrodisiac. Kingston is a rogue looking for solitude. After a night of heat flashes, Charlotte comes upon Kingston and all hell breaks loose. These two are fire. There is a burning desire inside of Charlotte that she does not understand and Kingston is more than willing to unleash it. This story has a fiance is the background that leaves both these characters with tension and jealousy.

This is a must-read for Sophie Jordan fans.

A fun story of a dutiful virgin, Charlotte, who sheds her inhibitions to find her love Samuel. I look forward to Nora’s story! I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.

The premise of the book is a bit silly - a tonic that unleashed the sexual desires of a virginal woman betrothed to her childhood "sweetheart" throws herself at a notorious rogue and he falls for her charm which leads to him being madly in love with her. Despite that, I did like the evolution of our rogue even if Charlotte was a bit of disappointment. I'd rather hear about what happens next with her sister, Nora.

The whole forbidden romance aspect of “The Virgin and the Rogue” really did it for me with this one. I was expecting something overly cheesy, overused, and played out yet I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked Charlie and Samuel’s relationship and intense connection they shared alongside the oh so hot steamy moments they had throughout the entire series.

Like typical romances, of course drama ensues when Charlotte tries to fight off her attraction with the rake when it’s revealed she betrothed to a childhood friend but that all changes in an instant when she takes a elixir created by her sister that will forever change the course of their relationship forever. This is the perfect combination for any reader looking for romance, steamy moments, opposites attract forbidden historical romance.