Captivating the Scoundrel (Legendary Rogues #4) by Darcy Burke-Review & Excerpt Tour

CAPTIVATING THE SCOUNDREL
Legendary Rogues #4
by Darcy Burke
Release Date: January 29, 2019.
Genre: adult, historical, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 29,2019

Daphne Foliot has always known she’ll be married off to a man who, like her, descended from one of King Arthur’s fabled knights. That doesn’t mean she wants to be, even if it is her beloved father’s wish. Raised without a mother, she owes everything to the man who encouraged and funded her education and supports her dream of becoming the first female member of the Order of the Round Table. But when she suspects her chosen husband is a traitor to the Order, she plans to expose his treachery, regardless of their extraordinary mutual attraction.

Heir to the thirteen treasures of Britain, Gideon Kersey vows to do anything to protect his family’s legacy from a secret society bent on exploiting the items for personal gain, including marry a woman he doesn’t love. Except she ignites a passion he was certain died with his first wife, and when the truth behind the Order’s objectives threatens everything Daphne knows, Gideon must fight to save her—and any future they hope to share.

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REVIEW: Captivating the Scoundrel is a captivating story of ancient artifacts from King Arthur and his round table. It is also a wonderful romance between unlikely lovers. It’s interesting, well written, and extremely hard to put down. It’s set in August of 1819, Glastonbury.

Daphne Foliot is the daughter of Timothy Foliot. Her father is a member of the Order of the Round Table, but he’s a devious and dangerous man. However, she’s not aware of the truly evil man her father is.

Gideon Kersey, Earl of Stratton (almost) is a descendent of Gareth (a knight of King Arthur’s). Gideon has been raised by his father, an immoral man who wanted his son to become like him. Gideon did as his father during his youth but came to understand how immoral and wrong his father was. He changed his lifestyle and searched for a good woman. He met and married Rose. A lovely woman, but she died in a horseback accident, along with their unborn son. Gideon believes he has much to make up for but has some good friends who know the honorable man he is.

Gideon is helping Timothy Foliot find the Thirteen Treasures of King Arthur, but he realizes Timothy is an evil man bent on his own desires. He pretends to help him in order to find protect the treasures. To prove his loyalty to Foliot, Gideon promises to marry his daughter Daphne.

That’s the very basic setup, there is, of course, much more in the details but I don’t do spoilers. This is a story you must read for yourself. If you love building romance, dangerous quests, moves and counter moves this story is for you. It’s well written, exciting, heart warming and heart breaking all at the same time. The road to true love is fraught with many obstacles and they’re well twined together by author Darcy Burke.

Grab a copy and get ready for a wild ride!

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Georgianna S

Daphne took the opportunity to peruse the bookshelves in case something spectacular leapt out at her—such as the name Anarawd. As if Bowen would keep such a valuable item out in the open or that it would be so clearly labeled.
Instead, what leapt at her was the stoic Earl of Stratton. Well, not leapt, precisely, but he did approach her. “You look as though you’d like to spend the next week in here with Rhys’s books.”
She pivoted toward him. “I would, in fact. I see your interest is similar.” She inclined her head toward the book in his hand. His forefinger was inserted between the pages to keep his place. “What are you reading?”
“Just an old poem.”
“Is that like Cate’s ‘old sword’?” The words fell out of her mouth before she could censor herself. “Pardon me,” she murmured, turning from him and edging away along the bookshelf.
“Are you suggesting this book and Cate’s artifact are more than what we say?”
She shrugged. “I find with antiquarians, you can never be quite certain they speak the truth.” She cast him a cautious look, thinking she should probably stop talking entirely. Better still, she should take her leave before she said something truly regretful.
He surprised her by chuckling. “You are, of course, correct. But this really is just an old poem.” He opened the tome and showed it to her. It was written in Middle English.
“‘Pierce the Ploughman’s Crede,’” she said, recognizing the lines.
“Very good. Tell me, if I pull a random text from the shelf and read a few lines, will you be able to guess what it is?”
That sounded like a terribly fun game. And she wanted to play it—with him. Her heart picked up speed. “Probably.”
“Astonishing,” he whispered.

Darcy Burke is the USA Today Bestselling Author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional contemporary romance. A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids who seem to have inherited the writing gene, and three Bengal cats. Visit Darcy online at www.darcyburke.com and sign up for her newsletter, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/darcyburke, or like her Facebook page,www.facebook.com/DarcyBurkeFans.