My Regelence Rake (Sci-Regency) Paperback – September 3, 2013

This whole series is just stupid fun to read. The characters are fun to read about on their own, the author did a good job of making fun personalities.

*NO spoilers*J.L. Langley's "My Regelence Rake" is the third and lowest rated Sci-Regency novel, and I just don't get it. I LOVED this book. It could be because from the minute Prince Colton was introduced in the first book of the series "My Fair Captain" (and in a group scene with all his brothers, no less), I zeroed in on this hunk. Okay, I admit it. If I was a captain attending the many Jane Austen-esque balls found in the series (see my description of Langley's creatively imagined world in my review of "My Fair Captain"), I would have asked Prince Colton to dance. And probably been turned down flat. (Bastard!) ;) Indisputably the alpha male of all the Regency heirs, I was thrilled to find Langley's third installment to be Colton's story. This dude is cocky and hot. You just know his bravado would only allow a love interest that matched, or exceeded, his own skills- in anything. (Wink, wink.) He finds one, of course, in the capable and handsome Captain Hastings, the Captain of the Guard, who Colton has longed for since he was a boy. Thrown together, the developing sexual tension between Prince Colton and Captain Hastings is palpable throughout the story, and it's resolution is sexy as Hell. I hope J.L. Langley give us another story. She has created a rich universe that sparks the imagination.

I was disappointed by this. The Sci-Regency series has been a favorite of mine since I read the first one (My Fair Captain) and was utterly captivated by Nate and Aiden's romance. So when I heard about her new book release in the series (albeit over a year later) I was unbelievably excited and sat myself down in my reading chair with a hot cup of chai and dug in. Sadly, I wasn't impressed. "My Regelence Rake" felt like a mish-mash of the first two books in the series without any distinguishable characteristics... it was basically just the same old story repackaged in a new shiny cover. The plot was boring, Simon and Payton didn't spark as much as I had hoped and the writing was a little lackluster. I am hoping this isn't a new trend for the writer as I am in love with her With or Without series and I am eager to finally read her Rhys/Sterling novel... if it ever comes out.

I couldn't believe it, when I last browsed on amazon and found the third book of this series.What makes this story so irresistible are not only the lovingly created, complex characters but the detailed and authentic setting as well.I read this book in just a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday and I was so enthralled, that now I can't await the next book.A great creation - tasteful, skilful, entertaining and just recommendable!Lovely!