After Mongolia in WARRIOR, she now takes the reader to Greece in SCOUNDREL and does a marvelous job of making the country come alive through her writing. I really love how Zoe Archer describes scenery. Needless to say the trope in SCOUNDREL was another thing I loved about it. I adored the Harlequin romances with these tropes as it gives room for so much angst and intense emotions. This is one of the tropes I’ve loved ever since I started reading romance at a young age. The romance in SCOUNDREL revolves around the enemies-to-lovers trope/ falling for enemy’s daughter trope. Zoe Archer writes some awesome and very compatible couples and Bennett and London fit that bill perfectly. She’s educated, sharp-witted and courageous. These men are all enemies of the Blades and London is ignorant of her father’s, brother’s and late husband’s work as Heirs but she gets dragged into it because of her knowledge of ancient languages. London Harcourt (full name: Victoria Regina Britannia London Edgeworth Harcourt – I love her full name!) is the widow of Lawrence Harcourt, sister of Jonas Edgeworth and daughter of Joseph Edgeworth. The term scoundrel is very fitting when it comes to this womanizing, silver-tongued charming rogue. He’s able to crack/decode any code presented to him. – Bennett’s declaration of love > sweet and touchingīennett Day aka Ben Drayton is the Blades’ cryptographer. Temple scene > Can I say H.O.T? Yes I can! Finding the mirror scene and sailing the narrow strait scene > thrilling and adventurous The bloody problem with magic was that he wasn’t allowed to use it.

Source: Received a digital copy of the book from author for review Genre: Action/Adventure Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance Bennett will be risking his life again-but around London, what really worries him is the danger to his heart…

The woman is lovely, brilliant, and the only known speaker of a dialect of ancient Greek that holds the key to calling down the wrath of the gods. But the minute he sees London he knows she will require his full attention. Sometimes, he’s a ladies’ man even when he is dodging them. No matter, after a smothering marriage and three years of straitlaced widowhood, London jumps at the opportunity-unfortunately, right into the arms of Bennett Day.īennett is a ladies’ man, when he’s not dodging lethal attacks to protect the powers of the ancients from men like London’s father. He’s said only that he’s leading a voyage to the Greek isles. But since London is a mere female, he hasn’t bothered to tell her so. London Harcourt’s father is bent on subjugating the world’s magic to British rule. But the work is dangerous-and they can’t always protect their own… The Blades of the Rose are sworn to protect the sources of magic in the world.

Scoundrel by Zoe Archer