This was by far one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had in a while! Never Rescue a Rogue is such a fun book! I absolutely adore Giles and Diana. They are frenemies who are hot for each other and their bickering is so entertaining. I laughed out loud and smiled throughout the whole book. The characters are so vivid, witty and fun, everything came alive off the page for me. Great plot line with mystery and intrigue, romance and humor and brilliant dialogue. I adore Virginia’s writing and I can’t wait for her next book about the youngest Miss Meriwell. I highly recommend this rom com, especially for readers just dipping their feet into the historical romance genre.

This book has some of my favorite things: a strong-willed and smart female lead, protective family, and mystery.

I didn't know much about this book so I expected it to be mostly romance with a little bit of mystery. However, I would say that it's equally romance and mystery. The charcters are written beautifully and with so much sass. I adored both the female and male leads. The angst was top notch and their chemistry was on fire from the first chapter.

I haven't read the first book of the series, but I'd love to now!

Loved this continuation of the story by Virginia Heath. The cover is so adorable. This book was a lot of fun and if you liked Julia Quinn's The Viscount Who Loved Me, I think you will definitely enjoy this read. This story has it all - including a fun little mystery, some excellent banter and the good 'ol passion via enemies to lovers. Good stuff all around.

I truly enjoyed this book! I think I liked it even more than the previous book in the series. The heroine was smart and resourceful and full to the brim of independence. I loved the banter between the main characters and watching them struggle over their feelings, wondering how it could possibly work between them given the circumstances. So much pining. I love that. I think people who like historical romances with a dash of mystery and flirting will really go for this one. It was a great diversion and made me smile. I can't wait to read the next sister's book!

Amazing. Original Heroine. Gut-wrenching hero. This was a great sequel to the first book in the series. Enjoyed how heroine challenged societal norms. She was an admirable commander of her destiny. Their chemistry was off the charts! Cannot wait for the third book in the series. Bravo! Brava!

This was delightful. Not super spicy, but still a fun read. I really liked Diana and Giles! I might add the first book in this series to my TBR! ARC thanks to @netgalley !

I really enjoyed this, it gave me The Viscount Who Loved Me vibes and I loved it!!!
It was so funny and the banter was exceptional, also the enemies to lovers trope never fails to make happy!!!

Never Rescue a Rogue is the second book in Virginia Heath's Merriwell Sisters series, although it's absolutely enjoyable without having read the first book in the series... and I loved this book so much that I'm thrilled to have another installment to dive into immediately. This book features the love story of Diana, second eldest of the three Merriwell sisters, and Giles, rakish best friend of Diana's new brother in law. Giles is a freshly minted duke after the sudden loss of his rather cold and terrible father, and unfortunately a secret around Giles's birth threatens to destroy his future. He needs the help of an expert detective to get to the root of this mystery, and how very lucky that prickly brilliant Diana just so happens to be a renowned investigative reporter working under a pseudonym!

This story has it all: a satisfying mystery, fantastic banter and passion between our enemies-to-lovers main characters, and a supporting cast that makes the reader long to spend more time with them. I'll try to be patient while I wait for the youngest Merriwell sister's story, but I'm sure it'll be a corker. Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this fantastic book!

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for an electronic ARC of Never Rescue A Rogue. My opinions are solely my own.

I loved this book. It is a laugh out loud story of two independent people denying their attraction to each other by slinging barbs and insults that neither finds offensive. Diana, the intrepid reporter clandestinely exposing corruption in the highest echelons of the ton, and Giles, reluctant heir to a dukedom, who has a Dirty Secret.

When someone threatens to expose Giles, he has to take Diana into his confidence and enlist her help in solving the.mystery not only of his parentage, but also of how to deal with his own unwillingness to accept the title and wealth due him after his father's death.

The supporting characters are entertaining and in the case of Uncle Gervais Sinclair, appropriately smarmy. This was the second installment of the Merriwell Sisters series. I now have to go back and read the first, Minerva's story.

5 stars for a hero that doesn't take himself too seriously, a heroine who does and enough alliteration to make even the Bard happy.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my fair and honest review. The book starts off with an attraction between Diana and Giles and it grows from there. Giles has always had difficulty with his father and has a secret that could destroy his life. Diana writes for a newspaper and has a gift for ferreting out secrets as they go about looking into Giles birth. This is done with humor and the romance builds as Diana learns to trust Giles. The first book had a more humorous viewpoint whereas this one is an adventure story with a hea. I rate it 3.5* and round up.

Never Rescue a Rogue by Virginia Heath is s the second book in the series. Another cute, romantic story that had me captivated until the end!

Book 2 in the series, and I liked Diana and Giles banter and connection. There was laughter, mystery, and chemistry between the two, and I liked how the supporting characters didn't dominate the storyline. It is clear who Vee's love interest will be and I'm excited to read how that plays out given the twist at the end of this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

This regency romance follows Diana, a newspaper writer and Giles, a duke and family friend who recently inherited following the death of his father, but also recently found out a family secret that could threaten everything.

Diana is an investigative reporter that everyone believes is merely a gossip writer, and she works with Giles to uncover the truth about the secret his father hid for years.

There were a lot of things that I loved about this book. It's funny and witty and kept me interested in the mystery for the most part. I really loved the characters and their back stories. They worked really well together and there was chemistry between the characters, which is the most important part for me. The larger cast of characters also worked well together, which made me excited for the 3rd Merriwell sisters story.

It did take longer for me to read because it felt drawn out at parts. I think it was a bit longer than it needed to be, and felt uneven in the pacing. Also, the alliteration and wordplay parts between Giles and Diana were sometimes funny/cute and sometimes too much. This is my first book by this author and I think I'll likely go back to read the first in the series.


I received this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press.

thank you NetGalley for the arc!

i don't think historical romances are for me lol. but this is one of the bests i've read i think!

synopsis:

Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of their nearest and dearest. Everyone believes that the two of them are meant to be together, but Diana and Giles know that their constant pithy barbs come from a shared disdain—not a hidden attraction. Diana loves the freedom of working at the newspaper too much to give it up for marriage, and Giles is happily married to his bachelor lifestyle. But they do have one thing in common—the secrets they can’t risk escaping.

When Giles’ father, the curmudgeonly Duke of Harpenden unexpectedly turns up his toes, it’s only a matter of time before someone comes crawling out of the woodwork who knows the true circumstances of his only son's birth. As the threat of blackmail becomes real, Giles must uncover the truth of his parentage first, or else he and all those who depend upon him will be ruined—and dogged bloodhound Diana is his best hope at sniffing out the truth. As Giles and Diana dive into his family’s past, the attraction that the two of them insisted wasn’t there proves impossible to ignore. Soon, the future of the Sinclair estate isn’t the only thing on the line…

Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

In true Virginia Heath fashion, the writing is compulsively readable and she grabs the readers attention from the start. This was a fun 19th century rom-com that is a quick escape read. 3 stars because of some pacing issues where the book really slowed down in the middle and a rushed ending that was hard to follow at times.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series and look forward to reading more by this author.

Another light, fun read by Virginia Heath; if you loved her first novel you'll love this one too! This is a romantic and cute story, similar to Never Fall for Your Fiance. Although I didn't enjoy it as much as the first novel, I still recommend it!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin for this ARC in exchange for my fair and honest review.
Rating: 4 Stars
Publication: November 8, 2022
Series: The Merriwell Sisters #2
Pages: 368

“Never Rescue a Rogue” is the second installment of the Merriwell Sisters series and I thought it was quite enjoyable. The book re-introduces Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair, who from the first book, had this supposedly love/hate relationship, but the chemistry is there lurking underneath. Everyone around them can see how they are made for each other…except for the two that have been thrown together at every turn.

Giles has always had a difficult relationship with his father that has been an annoyance for him more than he gathered until his father’s death and the realization that the secret they held could cause him to lose everything including scandalizing his legitimacy as the Duke. Diana too has had her share of life’s difficulties. She writes for a newspaper while trying to fit in with the upper class by association of her married sister. She also puts herself in danger trying to help those in need.

Both characters are likeable and have longing to uncover the truth because they understand one another more than they think. I do think that their characters could have developed a bit more as there was history from the first book, although the relationship was on point. Plot was enjoyable and there were twists and turns that made the story more predictable. I was looking for angst and it was evident in the romance of the story.

Virginia Heath has a nicely written story that brings out the enemies to lovers trop with a bit of mystery and suspense. It is a bit slow burn in parts but the romantic tension between the H/h is refreshing…especially to see both individuals letting down their guards to let love take control. Recommend the read.

I haven’t read a historical romance in a while and I was so excited for this one! This is the second book in the series but it can be read as a standalone. I love a good enemies to lover story and while I did feel like this one was a bit slow it also delivered on many of my favorite aspects. The tension and banter were top notch and the cast of secondary characters made this story more enjoyable!

Diana’s character was predictable and fella little flat for me at times but I loved Giles and felt like his backstory was realistic and added an extra element to the story!

I love Heath’s writing style and can’t wait for the next installment in the series! Thank you NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

3 stars

I haven't read a historical romance in a hot minute so I was super excited to read this one, and even more excited when I saw it was the second book of a series that I enjoyed!

I would classify this book as a friends to lovers trope. In general though, I wouldn't classify this book as a romance. It was more a story with hints of romance here and there that went along with the greater events that occurred, which is fine!

This book is also super slow burn, so if that's your thing, this book is perfect for you!

Overall, it was a sweet book, albeit slow and not romancy enough for me, but that's just my two cents!💜

I totally understand the wasp nest on the cover now!🙈

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the earc in return for an honest review.

This series just gets better and better!

I adored Never Fall for Your Fiancée book one!
When I read the first book in this amazing series I couldn't stop thinking about it days after I finished.

Never Rescue a Rogue is book two in the The Merriwell Sisters Series.
And I swear its better than the first. And I didn't think that was possible.
Where do I even start?
Virginia Heath, is becoming a big time favorite of mine!
Her writing is just flawless and utterly addicting.
The writing went right into the plot and just didn’t stop.
I Ioved the characters and the humor.
Diana and Giles, are so much fun! I fell in love with these two!.
The laughs, the banter, the fun... Is bound to have you up all day/night finishing this heart warming story.
I found the storyline very compelling, engaging and truly one of the greatest stories I've had the pleasure of diving into lately.
Such a wonderful, witty, sassy, and entertaining historical fiction romance novel that I truly enjoyed.
And this is one regency romance you can't miss out on.
A fun, perfectly witty and sweet historical romance.

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