He was totally unselfish and bent on rescuing the other members of his crew who were enslaved.I loved the opening scene. He was truly a hero in every sense of the word. After all that had happened to him, he was still the most honorable and caring of men. His ship sank with all hands reported lost – and his four-year nightmare began.Thomas was a wonderful hero. They married in secret and then he sailed away. Then, at the age of twenty-three, he met, fell in love, and married Rose Rutherford. He loved the navy and rose through the ranks over the next seven years to the rank of Commander. She fell head-over-heels in love at sixteen and never doubted, never faltered, never stopped – even in the face of some of the worst heartache you’ll ever see.Thomas Beresford followed in his father’s footsteps and purchased a commission in the Navy when he was sixteen. She’s smart, steadfast, loyal, faithful and loving. Lady Rose Rutherford is one of the best heroines I’ve read in a long time. It doesn’t touch on or deal with the African slave trade (to the Americas), only that of the Ottoman Empire.

This one was refreshing, romantic, steamy and just a lovely read.There are some heartbreaking subjects in this novel, particularly that of the slave trade on the Barbary Coast. I know – it is odd to love a book for what it doesn’t have, but I do get so tired of books where the main focus is nothing but those things. No page-after-page of angst - even though both of these characters had every reason to do those things. Series: Marriage of Convenience #3Publication Date: Number of Pages: 336I absolutely loved this book! There was no “Oh, woe is me”. But Rose never did follow the rules, and as she takes matters into her own unpredictable hands, Thomas finds himself in an unexpected and infuriating predicament: he's falling in love with his wife. Thought to have died four years ago he's returned, a cold, hard stranger with one driving purpose-revenge.Įmbittered by betrayal and hungry for vengeance, Thomas will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place, even if that means using Rose-and her fortune-to do it. There's just one problem: the fierce-looking man who crashes her wedding to the Duke of Everingham-Thomas Beresford, the young naval officer she fell in love with and secretly married when she was still a schoolgirl. Lady Rose Rutherford-rebel, heiress, and exasperated target of the town's hungry bachelors-has a plan to gain the freedom she so desperately desires: she will enter into a marriage of convenience with the biggest prize on the London marriage mart. A rugged and ruined naval officer comes to claim his bride in an unforgettable tale of love, revenge, and redemption from the nationally bestselling author of Marry in Scandal.

Marry in Scandal by Anne Gracie