Rogues Honor (The Saint of Seven Dials Book 1)

Captive Emily Vance 1 2 0 Thrown into life in a strange city, Mati, a young village girl, finds herself trapped in a battle between two empires, one thirsting for blood, the other for gold. With nothing to gain from this war, she must fight to survive so that she can escape the city with her life. The longer she stays, the more she learns about a world she knew nothing of. Life is driven by death, and death is driven by the gods. But when the gods are taken away, all that is left is humanities fight for salvation. Only, for Mati, that salvation must be found in the shadows of an enemys crumbling empire.

The Earl Strongbow Edward Ruadh Butler 0 2 0 Exiled from court, distrusted and indebted, Richard de Clare is a man whose past is greater than his prospects and whose once-great name overshadows his deeds. Having backed the loser in the civil war, he faces penury and disgrace due to the disfavour of the distant and over-mighty king. He has, however, one last gambit to play, one final attempt to claim a wealth and glory that would eclipse even the greatest exploits of his mighty fathers.

And, nothing less than the hand of an Irish princess and a throne will suffice if Richard is to surpass the great feats of his family. The German emissary in Beijing is assassinated. Kaiser Wilhelm II sends troops, Fieldmarshall von Waldersee as the commander-in-chief of the international forces — and emissary Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein, scion of the champagne dynasty Mumm. As this unusual man arrives in China, Beijing is plundered; the cities in the North are mere heaps of rubble and corpses float on the River Peiho. He is acting contrary to his instructions, thus making deadly enemies.

His life is permanently endangered; his friend dies under mysterious circumstances. Behind a thousand walls are a thousand secrets, some of which he can decipher. Against all expectations, an exceptional relationship develops over time between the emissary of the German Reich and Empress-Dowager Cixi, the concubine on the Dragon Throne. This novel about love, politics and murder describes the live of a great diplomat and that of a dazzling and unforgettable woman. Intertwined in this story of two lonely individuals are the culture and everyday life of people in a world that no longer exists.

In this great novel about love, politics and murder, China unfolds at the turn of the century in , dominated by Empress-Dowager Cixi, the concubine on the Dragon Throne, observed by the German emissary Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein, a diplomat of significance and a most unusual man. Hans Dieter Schreeb, born in , has been a novelist and writer of radio plays and television screenplays since He is the author of numerous novels that were published in all German-speaking countries.

Brimming with black magic, sex and intrigue, a gorgeous historical novel for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Santa Montefiore. The Russian Empire is on the verge of collapse. Revolution is in the air. The starving stalk the streets of St Petersburg and yet the Imperial Court still commute between their estates and organise their lavish balls.

Two sisters arrive in the city. Princesses from Montenegro; they are famed for their wild beauty and mystical powers. Initially ridiculed and outcast as the daughters of a provincial 'Goat King', they react in the only way they know how. They befriend the isolated Tsarina Alexandra and, using their gifts, they help her in her increasingly desperate quest to give birth to a son and heir. The girls are the gateway.

Gurus, clairvoyants, holy fools and charlatans all try their luck. Well, not so much Anyway, I really like Luke's character. He's such a sweetheart, and he decides pretty early on that Pearl is different and just might be the one. Pearl, on the other This book was okay. Pearl, on the other hand, strikes me as stubborn to the point of being a little silly sometimes. That could just be me, but that's how I feel.

Luke and Pearl seem to be able to read each other quite well, so it's weird that they have a willful misunderstanding, Pearl decides to accept the man she was trying so hard to avoid, and it turns out Luke was super worthy all along! Now, I love happy endings, so I liked those things Overall, the book was okay.

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Not bad, but I didn't love it either. Apr 10, Thom Swennes rated it liked it Shelves: The year is , the British troops are back from the war and Napoleon is safely confined to the distant island of Elba. London is coming back to life. Lady Pearl Moreston, daughter of the Duke of Oakshire, has passed the traditional age for a young girl to wed. She would be hard put to count, on both hands, the marriage proposals she ha The year is , the British troops are back from the war and Napoleon is safely confined to the distant island of Elba.

She would be hard put to count, on both hands, the marriage proposals she has received and refused. As an intelligent, well-educated, opinionated, and socially conscious woman, she is interested in the people outside Oakshire House, Berkley Square and her upper-class neighborhood of Mayfair.

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She is interested in the lives of the common men, women, and children that bore the brunt of the recent war and now toil to reestablish a life in the aftermath. To protect herself and glean social knowledge not contained in books, she steals herself away, with the aid of her handmaid, in the dead of night, into greater London, to see for herself how the less fortunate fair.

This act of social defiance sets her on an adventure she would never have dreamed of. Clair is a scoundrel, rogue, villain, highwayman, and thief and like Robin Hood, he steals from the rich to give to the poor. He grew up outside of London and witnessed, first hand, the injustice that prevails in England. The rich and titled landowners have little or no thought, compassion, or charity for the tenant farmers that provide them their wealth. He too has a calling. He is willing to risk his life and liberty to relieve, in some part, the suffering that surrounds him.

These two people, from opposite ends of the social spectrum, meet and magic occurs…… The tales of Robin Hood and the Prince and the Pauper are combined to create this story of love, passion, and adventure. The long buildup to a union of both bodies and mind was disappointing anticlimactically written, leaving me wanting. My final word on this book is that it could have been much, much more….. I have always loved the written word. Language, any language is a living thing that develops and mutates with the passing of time.

It grows and expands, with the creation of new words, while retaining the old. Brenda Hiatt has succeeded in throwing down the gauntlet and incorporating seldom used but nevertheless colorful and intriguing words to turn a phrase. What I missed in raw passion was more than made up by a cacophony of delightfully rare words. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! A smart, bold, rather reckless, heroine and a handsome rogue hero who is, of course, honorable in his own way.

This is book 1 in Ms. Hiatt's Saints of Seven Dials series. It started out very slow, and then got better around page Then got slow again, then better. So, this book felt like a roller coaster. Clair or is that his real name as the hero. The hero is a Robin-Hood like figure although I thought it could have been written better. He falls in love with Pearl when he thinks she is nothing mor This is book 1 in Ms. He falls in love with Pearl when he thinks she is nothing more but "Purdy" a governess, and Pearl is reluctant to tell him the truth when Luke had already revealed his dislike for the ton.

So, it seems like this book should have a little bit of mystery in it, however, Luke finds out that Purdy is Pearl near the beginning of the book. Hiatt has to invent another intrigue to keep the reader interested. Well, I guess you'll just have to read this "okay" book to find out. I sincerely hope that the rest of the Saints of Seven Dials books are better than this one.

A very nice story This was a very good story. Lady Pearl was not going to be forced into a marriage she didn't want by her step-mother decided to run away and take a job as a servant. Things didn't work out too well for her. That same night she met Luke and, with nowhere to go since she didn't know where her maid Hattie had gone, she ended up going home with Luke, who thought she was a slow servant girl. He began to have his dou A very nice story This was a very good story.

He began to have his doubts about her when she started speaking French to someone he was trying to help when she stepped in. The story takes a turn when she returns home and is determined to find out who he really is. She is quite surprised when she learns the truth, but when she tells him he, at first, doesn't believe her.

There are many twists and turns to this story and, if you like historic s l romances, you'll love this story. Oct 15, Melissa Phillips rated it it was ok. Then, suddenly, it becomes very contrived. It turns very unrealistic, but I continued reading hoping it would get better. I started out liking the heroine, but now I just need to slap her. I hate how she thinks, and I'm pretty sure she's screwed up her life by her drama queen decisions.

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I really want the hero to say "So, you've made X decision, well good luck with you life" and leave her. The novel just drags on with more contrived stupidity.

Seriously, it would be so much better if Pearl acted like an adult rather than some immature 13 yr old brat. What happened to the momentum from the beginning? The beginning was good. All I can say about this book is if you have never read a Regency novel, this book would show you what they are all about. Moralizing about the difference between the aristocracy and the poor. Yet, no true exploration of the "plight of the poor" in Regency England. A lady that is "uncommonly educated," but no more informed or intelligent than most modern women. She isn't spouting Socrates or talking about the scholars at the time.

Other cliches a rogue with a good heat, a dastardly villian, and All I can say about this book is if you have never read a Regency novel, this book would show you what they are all about. Other cliches a rogue with a good heat, a dastardly villian, and a "found" heir. I've read a lot of Regency and I'm always looking for a riff on the formula, something unusual that sets the novel apart just didn't find it here.

Apr 27, M. Despite some of the negative reviews, I gave this free e-book a chance and am profoundly grateful that I did. It was a wonderful love story written in the style of Robin Hood. The hero was dashing with a fair portion of scoundrel around the edges. The heroine, while idealistic to a fault, was a strong-willed young woman who knew want she wanted and did everything she could to make her plans come to fruition.

Although I had many interruptions and distractions while attempting to read this, all in Despite some of the negative reviews, I gave this free e-book a chance and am profoundly grateful that I did. Although I had many interruptions and distractions while attempting to read this, all in all I finished it rather quickly considering the length of it. I didn't want to put it down. I am definitely looking forward to other titles from Ms. A lovable, romantic and funny Regency-historical romance. And definitely not the typical conventional Hero of commoner people, and that of our female protagonist!

The story of Luke and Pearl will make you turn the pages fast and will set your heart beats pump fast as you try to guess what will happen next and what will Luke or Pearl do to ke A lovable, romantic and funny Regency-historical romance. The story of Luke and Pearl will make you turn the pages fast and will set your heart beats pump fast as you try to guess what will happen next and what will Luke or Pearl do to keep their hearts entwined forever. Nov 16, Kay Smith rated it it was amazing. Was very pleased with the interaction, characterization, and just plain fun of this novel.

It is a long one, but it's a good one. And I have read it before, which I think is funny, because it wasn't previously logged into my Goodreads account. I wonder when I read it last. Anywho--it's a fabulous one! Loved all aspects of the novel. This is a very good Regency Romance for anyone who likes reading about that time period.

Sep 29, Caroline rated it it was amazing. I did enjoy reading this book, but I did find it dragged on just a bit. Full review coming soon Great book I'm looking forward to reading more books from this author. So far all the books I've read have been great. I purchased this book so long ago I had to search my Kindle account to see it was back in My lazy gene must have kicked in right back then because holy cow how can I have left this lovely book sitting in my Kindle for soooooo long???

Rogue's Honor is the first book in the The Saint of Seven Dials series, a well written timeless tale of female self-assertiveness at a time when women were considered as commodities at best; this is a tale of love in a world that sees marriage as an economical I purchased this book so long ago I had to search my Kindle account to see it was back in Rogue's Honor is the first book in the The Saint of Seven Dials series, a well written timeless tale of female self-assertiveness at a time when women were considered as commodities at best; this is a tale of love in a world that sees marriage as an economical bargain and of man's honour when his status alone seems an all-encompassing definition of his true self.

The Lady Pearl is an amazing character; at first she might seem a silly young girl who is only bent to thwart all her step-mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband but the more I read the more Purdy came across as a young woman fully determined to not fall into the trappings of society conventions, to the point of almost ruining her whole life. The Saint of Seven Dials is a sort of Robin Hood, such a romantic character no wonder there are more than a few swooning hearts all secretly rooting for him. Together they spark fireworks. I truly liked Author Hiatt's portrait of the dynamics between members in a 19th century family as well as her London society seen both from the inside through Lady Pearl's eyes, and from the outside through The Saint's scathing point of view.

It will take them more than an effort to get to their happy ending, but happily thereafter they are going to live.

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This is my first book from Author Brenda Hiatt and it sure won't be the last. I can't wait to see where Book 2, Noble Deceptions , will take me. Jun 06, Elodie rated it it was amazing. I loved both characters until their stubbornness and lack of communication gave me the need to slap their head. I know it is more a world of appears than being but how many hurts and tourments they would have avoided with less pride and more words.

Whatever, in all, it is a good book with a plot driven by many twists and turns. Lady Pearl may appear as very naive at the beginning, but she is, like most of the women she was sheltered all her life, unaware of what is life outside her well guarded house. But she is willing to learn, totally oblivious of the dangers lurking in any corner, lucky for her to cross the road of Luke St Clair, the famous robber, a kind of Robin Hood.

They together feel an instant chemistry but lies are what drove them together, more are on their way. Luke St Clair grew up on the wrong side of the path, but he is not a bad man, he tries to steal to the worst to give to the poorest. When he learns who she really is, he feels unworthy of her.

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They are good together, each one accepting the flaws of the other, they do communicate well when they do not have assumptions and they want obviously to be together whatever they told to themselves. I give this first book in a series a 4,5 stars rate. Dec 03, Virginia Tican rated it really liked it. Because of my memory lapses where i recall the first chapters but not the middle and the last ones, it felt like I was reading it the first time. With the proliferation of mangled Regencies and Historicals which has something to do with Time Warps and confusing Timelines and the total disregard for the given categories that give insult to both reader and genre, Ms.

Hiatt's Regencies are a welcome addition to a discerning reader's bookshelf. Aside from the thrilling exploits of the Saint of Seven Dials by providing titillation to the ladies of the ton and adding spice to their on dits , the mystery of his origins and his romance with Lady Pearl; what I find most relatable and real is the character of Bellowsworth. He maybe the epitome of banality yet he is still a gentleman of honor and fairplay and no one can fault his devotion to his mother and he is not as dense as people are wont to believe.

Also, it is but fitting that the Saint of Seven Dials should not retire, for Marcus has found something worthwhile to do to with his time and to further exploit a Legend. It is time for Marcus Northrup, fifth son of a Duke, to polish a halo and Shine. And so the Legend continues Jun 01, Diana Aden rated it really liked it. Lady Pearl eludes, or more or less runs away to escape a compromising situation planned by her stepmother to force her into a betrothal not of her choosing.

She accepts a position as a temporary servant that evening at an event of the ton. To avoid being discovered at the gathering she flees the premises with another temporary servant, who also happens to be a thief who had pilfered some valuables from the event being held and wished to leave also before the theft is discovered. Little does Pear Lady Pearl eludes, or more or less runs away to escape a compromising situation planned by her stepmother to force her into a betrothal not of her choosing.

Little does Pearl realize that her savior of the moment is Luke St. Luke initially assumes Pearl is simple-minded and tries to protect her. The longer they are together he begins to realize that she is not who he originally thought she was and is keeping a secret. Likewise, Pearl knows Luke is not being completely honest with her. So I won't spoil the reading pleasure of new readers I will curtail anymore narrative of the story. It had some mystery and a villain, as well as unknown and surprising facts revealed about our hero. Pearl was very instrumental in uncovering the family history of Luke and discovering the true nature of the villain.

Jun 30, Sandra rated it it was amazing. After trying to read another book, won here and discarded now, I turned to Ms. Hiatt for some decent reading. She didn't disappoint me. Hiatt for gifting me the Rogue's Honor. This is a book that entertains as it addresses social issues that were prevalent in the s and are still around today. Who really sees their servers? Whether they are private staff or hired from a catering service.

Can you remember the waitress the last time you ate out? The Rogue is anything but, a true gentlema After trying to read another book, won here and discarded now, I turned to Ms. The Rogue is anything but, a true gentleman among men who weren't. The heroine, is impetuous, but several degrees smarter and better educated than her peers, male or female. I enjoyed the book. Would recommend it to anyone who wants a light hearted read, but be warned, once started, it is very hard to quit until you have read it all.

It took me from the 29th to the 30th to read, only because midnight happened. Jul 26, Becky rated it really liked it.