Review: Rescued by the Rakish Lord by Sarah Mallory
- Debbie
- 14 hours ago
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Book details:
Book Title: Rescued by the Rakish Lord
Series: n/a
Author Name: Sarah Mallory
Publication Date: 23rd April 2026
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon
Pages: 276 (print length)
Genre: Historical Romance
Any Triggers: mildly sexy, mild threat
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A forced proximity, high society romance set in the late Georgian era
A man of such dubious reputation…
that he was called Devil Blackbourne!
When Lord Deveril Blackbourne meets Selina Wynter, he is intrigued. For she has all the accomplishments of a lady, but the fiery temper and spirit of a tavern maid! Then she is abducted by a dastardly suitor, and Deveril—for all his roguish reputation—can't stand idly by…
Lord Deveril is Selina’s least likely rescuer, but when they’re stranded together in a snowstorm and her reputation is at risk, he surprises her with a gallant proposal! Deveril’s no honorable suitor, yet his actions say otherwise… Just who is the real Devil Blackbourne? Selina’s determined to find out!
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4 out of 5 (very good)
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Selina comes face-to-face with a devil in a suit, and she wants to know more. Society says she should have married by now, but leaving her beloved father isn't an option. But Deveril keeps popping up, and she keeps hearing all about his sordid history. Can't they just be friends?
Ok, here's the thing! I knew, KNEW this was a Mills and Boon book going in, so I knew it was going to be clean, and I still jumped in. I fully expected not to like it very much, but actually, it really was just the book I needed at this point in the queue!
I loved that Selina knew she wasn't supposed to be out alone, but at 25, she was nearly classed as a spinster. Meeting Deveril was a breath of much-needed fresh air, but she was scared, and rightly so, since Deveril has a reputation as a ladies' man, a love 'em and leave 'em type, but he does tend to stick to the young widows. Both Selina and Deveril were flaunting the rules of the time, and I liked how they managed to circumvent them.
The suitor who managed to get them stranded needed a serious wake-up call. Even now, you don't do that! But I loved that Deveril had an option for Selina to keep her reputation intact.
She confuses him, she really does, and no one has touched his heart the way Selina does, since his fiancée died weeks before their wedding, years ago.
So, yes, it's clean, with some mild peril for Selina. It's not dark or deadly. Nor steamy or smexy. There is no modern swearing. Full of all the rules of the time, though, and I absolutely needed it at this point.
So, 4 thoroughly enjoyable, but not quite my usual reads, stars
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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Sarah Mallory is an award-winning author who has published more than 40 historical romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon. She loves history, especially the Georgian and Regency. She won the prestigious RoNA Rose Award from the Romantic Novelists Association in 2012 and 2013 and nominated in 2022. She also won the RNA’s Romantic Historical Novel Award in 2024 for The Night She Met the Duke.
Sarah also writes romantic historical adventures as Melinda Hammond. She was born in the West Country but lived for many years on the Yorkshire Pennines, taking inspiration from the wild and rugged moors. Then in 2018 she fell in love with Scotland and ran away to live on the rugged North West Coast, which is proving even more inspiring!
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Thank you so much for hosting Sarah Mallory today, and for your lovely review of Rescued by the Rakish Lord. We're delighted you enjoyed this fabulous romance.
Take care,
Cathie xx
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