I have read all the books in this series. Although this wasn't my favorite, I did enjoy it. The two main characters, Rosalind and Eli are two opposites in many ways. He's American and she an English Lady. He's huge, she petite. He much older than she. The age did not bother me as it did some.
I thought this was a coming together of two broken people, who helped heal each other.
I took off one star for the amount of cursing. That I did not like.
I want to thank Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book.

Crying Wolfe is an enjoyable read. This is the 5th book in the series and can definitely be read as a standalone. Rosaline and wealthy American Elijah are forced into marriage of convenience after being found in an uncompromising situation. There is a 15 yr age gap between them and it took me a minute to get used to. Their love story is sweet and slightly angsty. It was slow at times, but towards the end, it left me smiling.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

* Received a copy for review.*.
This author is really hit or miss for me. When a book of hers speaks to me, it’s usually five stars. This book is not in that category.
Both main character felt like a collection of attributes & actions instead of people.

I really enjoyed Crying Wolfe! This is a great addition to The Goode Girls series. Kerrigan Bryne writes some of the best historical romance books and she did not disappoint with this one!

Rosaline and grumpy American Eli make an amazing couple who despite their age difference, their upbringing and their forced marriage have great chemistry! It has lots of steam, angst and laughable moments. Which are all the things I love in a book! I only wish it was longer, I did not want it to end!

Thank you Kerrigan Bryne, Netgalley and Oliver Heber books for the ARC in exchange got my honest review.

Another gorgeous, steamy romance in the Goode Girls series. Eli and Rosaline click from the very first scene, they are polar opposites and yet so perfect for each other. A well crafted story and deliciously delivered on a silver platter for my delight because why be good when you can be so very wicked.

I feel like I’ve waiting forever for this book, and then once I started, could not put it down.

This series follows the Goode Siblings, and there’s enough overlap that I would definitely suggest reading in order since there is a surprise/twist along the way with this series.

I loved Eli. And I loved how American he was, and how his language was not polite, he was just himself.

Rosaline was a conundrum to me at first, but the more we got to know her and understand he background, I just wanted to protect her.

I’m very eager to read the next two books in the series. Kerrigan Byrne definitely has been able to make each one of these novels unique and surprising!

4.5 stars rounded up to 5
I loved this book. I raced though it but didn’t want it to end. I loved the writing, the plot, and most of all I loved the hero and heroine. I'm usually not very fond of such young, sheltered heroines but Rosaline was just too precious not to like. And Eli was of course swoon worthy. They were eachother's oposite but still perfect for eachother. Their interaction made me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The chemistry between them was sizzling. I loved the two of them together and I thought the pace of the romance was perfect.
Ms. Byrne managed to bring out a story of love and light between two hurting individuals with scars and darkness in their past. Her writing is addictive, funny, light and considerate of emotions and hardships. I utterly enjoyed this piece. Is it high class literature? LOL NO. Is it a hell of a lot of fun? Uh, YEAH. What a wonderful read!

An American gunslinger in London!

Good Lord, how I love the writing in this book! After reading so many of this author's Regency stories, I knew she had the British side down pat. But I was blown away by her characterization of Elijah Wolfe, a rags-to-riches American who grew up in the mines of Nevada and clawed his way to the top. Take a look at this description of him:

"He was alarmingly large, her intended. Hard and scarred and dusted with dark hair. He didn’t just occupy space, he claimed it. Claimed it with his wide shoulders and his deep chest. A chest chiseled with grooves and sculpted with swells that sophisticated British men didn’t possess. Indeed, there was nothing at all elegant about him. His hands were rough and square, both his palms and his voice heavy and abrasive as brick."

This instantly made me think of Matthew Quigley (and if you haven't seen that movie, stop right now and go watch it) and I was in love with him from that point on. He and Rosaline are perfectly opposite in every way, which only makes them absolutely perfect for each other. She's quiet and shy until she has something to say, a born diplomat who still carries the scars from her unconventional family history. He's loud and uncouth but extremely generous and compassionate. Together they're an unstoppable team.

This whole book was so much fun to read. Every paragraph a delicious treat, every scene just came to life and made me love these characters more and more. Their first intimate scene was perhaps the longest I've ever read - two full chapters - beautifully written with so much emotional impact, and ending with this line from Eli: “Don’t let go,” he said, more an appeal than a command. “I think you’re holding all the broken pieces of me together.”

Oh, the complications are real and there's a fair bit of drama when Rosaline gets a chance to make things right by doing what she does best, or worst, depending on your point of view. The use of the satchel was a stroke of genius, and I loved every single bit of that scene.

The HEA was splendid and this book is now permanently marked on my re-read shelf. This entire series is enchantingly perfect, but this one is my favorite of all. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Elijah Wolfe has built a fortune for himself by being just as harsh and unyielding as the Nevada desert he was raised in, using his sharp wits to survive until striking gold in his mine. But his enormous wealth has brought him nothing but heartache and a reluctance to trust anyone since they all seem to want only his money and have no care for him. He clashes with British high society, but he’s come to England anyway in search of a priceless sapphire that was stolen from him back in the states and he’s prepared to have it back no matter the cost.

Rosaline Goode was left nothing but shame by her uncaring father. She has no interest in attempting to enter high society and instead spends her nights studying the stars, content to avoid the waspish tongues of the ton and its eligible men. But when she’s caught in the home of an American known for his ruthlessness, and in less than full dress, her choice in the matter slips away.

Forced to marry expediently or face consequences neither wants, Eli and Rosaline move forward with the ceremony. But as he comes to know Rosaline, Eli’s reasons for not wanting to marry soon seem small indeed and he wonders why they seem to fit so well together despite being so opposite.

This book was everything I wanted to read right now and couldn’t put into words. I was really skeptical at first because Eli is fifteen years older than Rosaline and I wasn’t sure if that would feel icky or not, but it didn’t. Somehow it really worked. Rosaline may be young and small, but she was very mature and wise, and I appreciated her ability to speak with Eli without being frightened into complete silence by his intimidating size. Eli’s hyperawareness of his large size and roughness next to Rosaline’s delicacy was endearing, especially as she assured him she wouldn’t break and gave him as good as she got, thoroughly surprising him as she did. These two were complete opposites in almost every way and yet they were each what the other needed and I found their almost instantaneous devotion to and protectiveness of one another utterly adorable. They both had issues to work through and it was lovely to seem them do so together, even after going through some rough spots. This was a great, fast read and I really liked it. I love the concept of this family and can’t wait for more installments in the series.

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

Crying Wolfe is a historical age-gap romance between an American man and a British woman. Elijah is 15 years older than Rosaline (36 years old vs. 21 years old). If you read the previous books, you already met Rosaline. She is a kleptomaniac – she has this urge to steal things and cannot stop.

On one of her occasions to the neighbor’s house, she was interrupted and the urge reappeared. She escaped home but the person who interrupted her followed her to her bedroom. The result was marriage.

Elijah thinks of Rosaline as a fragile, innocent girl and Rosaline is determined to prove to him she’s not. I like that about her.

I also loved the spicy scenes.

However, while 90 % of the book was exactly my cup of tea I felt like the ending wasn’t up to my expectations. The whole conflict of the book was not successfully resolved in my opinion so the ending for me was a let down (spoiler on Goodreads).

Still, a solid read and as always, Ms. Byrne doesn’t disappoint with storylines.

4 stars.

⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rating: 4 out of 5.
ARC was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Part of the Goode series.
This is about Rosaline one of the sister and Eli a American Millionaire who was caught in a compromising situation.
A good romance .
Like the series.Just a really steamy romance.
Voluntarily reviewed.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

Drama, an older, self-made American hero, a heroine with a secret—on paper those are all things I love. Not to mention if Kerrigan Byrne is the one writing it. But Crying Wolfe was a disappointment for me.

First, the things I enjoyed. This is the first time I’ve read a romance lead—in particular, a heroine—who is a kleptomaniac & I appreciate the emotional nuance that adds to the story. The hero, Eli, is a wealthy miner from Nevada and a brash go-getter. It was nice seeing how he & Rosaline could work together to be a successful Society couple. Once they start engaging in physical intimacy it gets hot pretty fast.

But I have so many issues with this book. Like other reviewers I think that the short length of these books sometimes works against them—I didn’t entirely feel the progression of intimacy between the leads & the resolution is rushed.

Beyond that, I almost stopped reading in the beginning because-

(1) the hero’s speech feels somewhat contrived to me. I love accent & speech diversity but his comes on really strong at first & references to “clodhoppers” & “ragged hide” took me out of the story. It seems like this tapers off some as the story progresses.

(2) I was annoyed with Rosaline’s family, including Sir Carlton. He gives Eli warnings about her fragility & suggests that the marriage should not actually be physically consummated but doesn’t reveal anything more. If he & others are so worried it would have been nice if he had not thrown Rosaline to the wolves—if her happiness was worth more than reputation or family status or even his career trajectory. I understand it’s more complicated than that but it feels somewhat uncaring to me.

In addition the CWs keep coming & coming & especially given the shortness of the book it feels like a lot.

Unfortunately this book doesn’t work for me.


CW: sexual assault at a past party & in this book men try to blackmail Rosaline into performing sexual acts on them in exchange for their silence. Eli’s repeated references to violent acts, including how he might “eat his own bullets” if something were to happen. She refers to a woman she thinks Eli is having a flirtatious moment with as a “trollop” & “whore.” She discusses how she thought about committing suicide before the book began & at the end of the book he thinks she might be intending to commit suicide or hurt herself. Her uncle abused her & in the words of the book it sexually aroused him to do so . At the beginning of the book there’s a moment where the hero thinks she’s a teenager, accidentally grabs her breast, has a thought about the lingering sensation it leaves on his hand, & then thinks about how only “a rank pervert would notice such a thing on a teenaged kid.” That moment made me uncomfortable & I’m not sure why it’s even necessary, particularly given that Rosaline is in fact 21.

2 ⭐️. Release date: 04/19.

Rosaline is a sweetie who loves to stargaze and has so much inside her that is just waiting to burst out. She is full of light and love and is stronger than people give her credit for. Eli is her literal opposite. He is enormous and rough and older - and also wildly unprepared for this tiny woman to sweep him off his feet!

They are both so in need of love and their marriage of convenience gives them a partner that they didn’t know that needed and definitely didn’t know they wanted. There is a deep emotional connection, awesome speeches, and of course wildly gorgeous intimacy as they both learn to love and cherish each other entirely! There are some truly gorgeous lines in this as well! Just like eye-waveringly lovely!


TL/DR Review
Stars: Five Stars!
Series: Goode Girls 5 (Victorian Rebels Spinoff!) Really should be read in order.
POV: Dual Third
Steam: a few intimate scenes, a searing kiss and a great closet scene!
Tropes: age gap, interclass, marriage of convenience, two broken people in love
For Fans Of: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - but with more tissues needed.
Theme Song: Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
Subgenre: historic romance - Victorian
CW/ TW: references to childhood abuse, references to death of siblings, period specific descriptions and depictions of kleptomania and anxiety

Thank you to the author and publisher for my complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

Kerrigan Byrne is one of my favorite authors. I have loved all the books in the Goode girls series and this one does not disappoint! While this is part of a series, it can certainly be read, and enjoyed, as a standalone.

I received an ARC for my honest review. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher.

This was a good, quick, sexy read. I enjoyed the characters and found Rosaline’s affliction interesting and an important part of the story. 5 stars.

Crying Wolfe is the fifth book in Kerrigan Byrne’s Goode Girls series and as with the previous four (as well as her Victorian Rebels series) I loved it! It was full of tropes I can’t get enough of - marriage of convenience, age gap (he’s 35, she’s 21) plus bluestocking and a grumpy dominant hero! Kerrigan Byrne combines pining, angst, wonderful characters, steam and wraps it up in a slowish burn that ultimately sets my kindle on fire.

Elijah “Eli” Wolfe is a self made millionaire from America that has purchased the home next to Rosaline Goode that she has been sneaking into nightly to use the telescope in the attic. When he discovers her trespassing their unusual circumstances force them into a marriage of convenience. These two opposites - he’s a gruff, mineral miner from America while she’s incredibly intellectual they find common ground in stargazing, super sexy times and both their damaged pasts.

I loved Eli and Rosaline as a couple. They shouldn’t have worked with his brash Americanisms and her shyness but they did. He helped her with an issue she had since childhood (one that I don’t see usually discussed in HR which Byrne handled perfectly) and she was able to help him trust. They both has insecurities, issues and I loved how they were both so vulnerable. They burned up the sheets on their wedding night, then again and again! Kerrigan Byrne does not disappoint with Eli’s dirty talking, Rosaline taking charge and did I mention his dirty talking???

As with the other Goode Girls books they are a bit shorter than the Victorian Rebels but the intriguing plots, well developed kind of quirky characters and trademark Kerrigan Byrne steam make them perfect reads. The characters from other books Morley, Pru and Emmett, even Dorian, make brief appearance. If you have read the previous books this one is a delight but if you haven’t no worries, it works well as a standalone.

Thank you to Oliver Heber Books and NetGalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. Crying Wolfe has a publish date of April 19, 2022.

Aaaah it seems so long since I have been in Goodeland, and it was like coming home as I read Crying Wolfe.

I am a sucker for a "marriage because of happenstance" stories, and this was no exception.
Rosaline and Eli are so opposite, but when it all comes down to it, great for each other.

I did feel a bit taken aback by Eli's language - not the language itself, as I drop the eff bomb all the time, but it just felt a bit jarring in this series. But that is just a me thing. It didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story. It was just different. Like Garth from Wayne's World... I don't like change hahah.

Was goode (see what I did there lol) to see more of Pru and Morley from the earlier books in the series, and nice to find out where the rest of the Goode girls are at.

And now I really need more of Eli in my life.

Rosaline “Ros” Goode, the youngest of the Goode girls is stressed, and that never bodes well for her – to relieve the tension building, she escapes to (OK – breaks into) her neighbor’s observatory to calm herself by viewing the stars, but several things happen that will bring anything but peace - first she knicks a cup from a table full of treasure and then she barely escapes being shot! She quickly retreats to her own house and assumes the matter is over – WRONG – the gun-wielding American chases her and corners her in her room and by doing so wakes her family – the head of which is Sir Carlton Morley – who happens to know the irate American as Elijah “Eli” Wolfe AKA Midas.

Eli is shocked to discover the thief is Morley’s sister-in-law and even more shocked to learn that he will have to marry her! With no other recourse that will not end in ruin for everyone – Eli agrees to a marriage in name only – after all he is 15 years Ros’ senior and easily twice her size. But Ros isn’t having it – her marriage will be real! Things are actually going very well, that is until Ros learns the truth of why Eli is in London and that her shameful secret could destroy everything and will have them crossing paths with Dorian Blackwell.

WOW – What a great story this was and in true Kerrigan Byrne style – she completely blew my mind! The writing in this long novella/short novel is fabulous, the story is unpredictable and fresh, the characters are relatable and likable, the love scenes are smokin’ hot and the ending is perfect – complete with an epilogue!!! This is the fifth book in the series, but it really could be read as a standalone title with no problems. I absolutely loved this story and happily and strongly recommend this title!

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own.*

This was an age difference (15 years) with marriage of convenience trope book. Eli, 35, catches Rosaline, 21 in his house, thinks she is there for nefarious reasons, follows her when she escapes and they both get trapped in an unwanted marriage, I love marriage of convenience but the age difference has never attracted me so I was pleasantly surprised to see that I ended up forgetting about it. I have been a bit let down by this series. I always expect a bit more than we get. Maybe because I want them to be a bit longer to get to know them better. Was it rushed? Maybe not because the story does stand.
Eli and Rosaline were well suited. The sex scenes were amazing. I love a dirty talker and Eli is definitely an amazing one. I loved their quite moments when they talked about their passions like the constellations and mythology. Rosaline's slow realization that he is different from the men like her uncle was heartbreaking.
It is always fun to see previous characters in the world pop up. and Carlton is one of my favourite characters by Byrne so I am glad to see him again.

Accidentally caught in a compromising situation, Rosaline and Eli are forced to marry. Even though Eli is gruff and not looking for a delicate young wife, he can't help but be attracted to Rosaline. They're total opposites in social station and upbringing, but find their way to joy together. Nice exploration of Rosaline's backstory and explanation of her hijinks and thievery. And we get to see Eli's walls break down.