Gentle Rogue (Malory-Anderson Family)

Love the story and the characters. the way Johanna Lindsay ties them into other related Malory novels makes you feel as though you are following a mini series in your mind. The Malorys are a really funny and loveable bunch that just keep you wanting more.

GENTLE ROGUE is the third book in the Malory Family Series. The books are set in England, America and the West Indies in the years following the War of 1812. James Maloryv is the black sheep of the family. Rake, rogue and ex-pirate, James has recently returned to the family fold. This book begins in the middle of the events of the previous book TENDER REBEL. This book gives additional information that explains those events and is told from the point of view of the main characters of this novel. While in a tavern, James runs into a woman masquerading as a man. He is intrigued by her but she escapes. He can't stop thinking about her.

Georgina Anderson has traveled to England to chase down her missing fiance. Determined to return to America as soon as possible and hating all things English, she convinces her traveling companion to accept jobs working their way to the West Indies with Georgina disguised as a boy working as a cabin boy.

The back and forth between James and "George" while she is in disguise are hysterical. James is a sarcastic and amusing man. He has a perverse sense of humor and the two strike sparks of of one another from the start. Their romance is big and passionate and larger than life. The entire story rests on the interaction between the two and it is that interaction that has made this book my favorite. James is such an alpha male and George is his match. I love how she changes through the book. She becomes more independent and more confident as the book progresses.

The humor in the book is prominent and I loved James and George's encounters with her brothers, Anthony Malory and James's son Jeremy.

Lindsey has a great way of creating characters that are vivid, individuals, funny, sexy and memorable. She makes all these characters and stuffs them into one book without stealing the spotlight from the main characters. This book is not an intricately plotted historical filled with details of life in the time period. This book is a passionate love story that has stayed in my mind since I first read it in 1990. This is my desert island book. My absolutely favorite book. I love the glimpses of James and George in later books and read those books primarily because I love these characters so much!

I do love sea faring historicals so I thought this one would be for me. It wasn't. I can forgive a lot when reading historical romance, but the prose has to be adequate and the dialog should sound like dialog and not just awkward.

The prose and dialog are terrible here and don't get me started on the execrable Scottish phonetic dialog. But my real issues are with the characters. All the men are immature babies with 2mm fuses that send them into tantrums. The heroine? Georgina? IS TOO STUPID TO LIVE. If she were a real person natural selection would weed her right out of the gene pool before you could say Watson and Crick.

This is book is badly written, badly plotted, and contains characters I'd like to drown. But if you're looking for something that's so terrible it's almost hilarious? Try this. You can make a drinking game out every time the Hero calls someone "Dear boy."

Georgina (disguised as a boy) and her childhood friend Ian travel to a tavern, hoping to find Malcolm, Georgina's fiance for six years. In the tavern are James Malory and his brother Anthony. They are searching for a Scotsman (read Anthony's story "Tender Rebel" for more info) They believe Ian is their man and confront them. They start a fight and James notices Georgina is a girl. Ian and Georgina manage to leave the place much to James dismay since he wanted to spend more time with the girl.

Georgina discovers her fiance had married someone else and has a child. Georgina realizes how foolish she was and decide to return home to America. Ian decides to locate a ship that would accept them as passengers. James, ex pirate captain Hawke, decides to leave because he has unfinished business elsewhere. He learns from his first mate that he has a new cabin boy. He meets this boy and much to his delight knows it is the girl from the tavern. He pretends not to recognize her and Georgina is relieved.

He has many duties from her. One is to shrub his back. During her duties,she begins to feel desire for him but believes he is making her sick. He eventually seduces her and they sleep together. They finally arrive at their destination and he was going to offer her position as his mistress but she manages to find one of her brothers and leaves with him.

Georgina finally arrives home. Later she goes to a party with her brothers and sees James. He admits to the brothers that he seduced her. They get mad and beat the crap out of him. One of them also notices he is the ex pirate captain. They force him to marry their sister. After the marriage, they go to London. During this time, he pretends that he doesn't have a wife but quickly changes his mind when her brothers kidnap her.

I liked the story but I felt James was a**hole. At the end he told her he wanted to marry her all along so he made the brothers force him into it because he didn't want to be considered weak. I felt that was a lie because if it was the truth then he would have felt proud for her to be his wife instead of telling her he doesn't want her to remind him that she is his wife.

Gentle Rogue is my favorite of the Malory novels, and Johanna Lindsey at her best. This is my third time reading it and It still makes me laugh, with the dialogue between James the hero and George the heroine, or between James and Tony. The story is very entertaining too, but my favorite part is the way they fall in love, there is soooo much chemistry between them that I get tingly just thinking about it. I won't go into details because experiencing it for the first time it's part of the fun, but it's the kind of book that brings a smile to you face. James is the kind of hero that you don't forget, he is arrogant and rude sometimes, but it's all part of his charm and you can't help but love him and cheer for him to get things right ( he is one of my favorite heroes, probably top 2), I love George too, she grows into herself as the book progresses, and I think she is James perfect match. But there is much more to the story than just the romance, there is the secondary characters that play such an important role in the development of the story line, that to me makes it a must read !! If you can, read the series from the beginning though it's not necessary it gives a better flavor to your experience, because you get to know James better and see what makes him tic.

4.5 Stars

This is still one of my favourite books. James Malory is a great leading man and while Georgina is a bit naive sometimes (I guess she could be allowed her being an innocent and all) she is spunky and a good match for James. I love reading their conversations and found myself wanting to get back to story often -even though I know what's going to happen.

As this book was a reread for me I noticed this time around that there was a fair amount of recapping which seemed a bit tedious having just read the previous books. Also, as this is the third book in the series.. if you hadn't read the other two, those recaps would spoil those stories instead of just dropping hints that make you want to read them. So because of that I docked half a star.

This series has a wonderful bunch of characters. Jeremy and Georgina's are delightful and even now I look forward to rereading their stories. If you have never read this series, I would recommend that you do!

If you have read the second Malory book, Tender Rebel, you will recall the first encounter between James and Georgina at the tavern where, even disguised as a boy, she still managed to catch the ex-pirate's eye with her cute derriere and leaves a lasting impression on James. Towards the end of that book, we saw James off to the West Indies and learn that she has ultimately fallen into his lap when she and her friend seek passage on his ship.

In Gentle Rogue, we learn that Georgina is actually an American who came to London in search of her English fiancé, whom she hasn't seen in six years. Despite her five brothers' objections, she managed to get their old Scottish friend Mac to accompany her only to find out that their search has been in vain, when she learns that her supposed fiancé is now married with kids. Angered with this discovery, and the fact that she and Mac are practically penniless after being robbed, they ended up working for their passage in the Maiden Anne, not knowing that the ship belonged to James Malory, the man she has remembered as 'the brick wall' who carried out of that tavern like a log. And so she finds herself working as a cabin boy for Maiden Anne's captain only to find out too late in the journey who that captain is.

When James Malory finds out who his new 'cabin boy' is, he asks his first mate Connie to pretend they didn't know the truth. Being the rake that he is, he takes pleasure in seducing Georgina before unmasking her real identity. And boy, are we in for some real fun! I love how James continually teases Georgina and her response is just so delightful to read. I was so amused by their pretence. I had a roaring good time reading about George's 'sickness' and how James tried to 'cure it'. I laughed so much when she told him "You make me ill" to which she was referring to the physical desire she feels every time she comes near him.

And if reading about the whole trip isn't enough, wait until you meet the Anderson brothers when they arrive in America. They're pretty much the American counterparts of the Malory brothers. They'll make quite a good story too.

This is my favorite out of the whole series. It's a very entertaining read with very likable characters.

"Gentle Rogue" is the third in the Malory Family series, following "Love Only Once" (about Regina) and "Tender Rebel" (about Anthony); it's probably the best of the series, though I'm not going to admit that because I love Anthony the most. "Gentle" follows the exploits of big, blond James, the "dangerous" uncle - also, a retired gentleman pirate who was once disowned from the family. It actually begins with a few scenes taken word-for-word from "Tender Rebel," though fleshes them out with Georgina's story, explaining why James meets her for the first time in a tavern, disguised as a boy. Georgina keeps the ruse aboard James' ship as it sails from England to Jamaica, where she works as a cabin boy. This is when the fun really begins! Georgina trying her hardest to remember she is a boy is hysterical, especially since she doesn't know that James knows she's a girl. I love the banter between these two, as well as the burning passion. Then we're introduced to Georgina's five protective older brothers, who hate all things English - including James. Not only do they add hilarity and action to the story, but Lindsey also sets up the fourth Malory novel, "The Magic of You," featuring coldhearted, hot-tempered Warren, the brother determined to see that pirate James hang. Overall, "Gentle Rogue" is an exciting, endearing story with lots of wit, unforgettable characters, and plenty of memorable scenes. It's a definite must-read!

Very predictable lovestory-hatestory- lovestory on and on until "I love you even though I said I never would marry or love anyone", you know the kind of story I am talking about. Shallow me, I did enjoy the story, but it wasn't very deep in development. I read it because of a recommendation for a strong alpha and bodice ripper. The recommendation didn't lie, that is exactly what it was with a sassy virgin heroine who didn't mind giving it up even though she had been saving it for 22 years. The hero was a total rascal with seduction on his mind the whole time. There was a lot of fist fights and stealing/kidnapping between her brothers and the hero. It seemed repetitive. Other books from this series were recommended to me as well, I don't think I will move them to the top of the list at this point. I might have made a mistake of not reading the books in order, but it was pretty easy to determine the previous stories.

This third installment of the Malory's clan is simply amazing. It follows the story of James Malory, the brother to Anthony, and Georgina Anderson, a daring beautiful American lady. The story starts with Georgina disguised as cabin boy inside the Maiden Anne, James' ship that will be sailing to America. However, James had known from the start that the small lad was actually a lady blooming with womanhood. Georgina was seduced by James, the captain himself with such romantic and erotic way on the ship. Georgina then went home and discovered she was going to be a mother to James' baby. The situation that follows after Georgina's comeback is simply hillarious since she had four big brothers that is not unlike Regina's four uncles. Readers will be constantly reminded about the Malory when the author mentioned about the Anderson and couldn't stop comparing the similarities between these two families. Georgina was actually being dragged to the altar with James by her brothers after they found out about her pregnancy. This sharp, witty, erotic and funny story will guarantee readers to sigh over and over again for a rake like James. It was no wonder everybody loves the Malory's.

The youngest member of the Skylark shipping line Andersons, Miss Georgina Anderson is an American who hates England and all things English. She blames the country for taking away her fiance who left her six years ago to fight in the war. Sick of waiting for his return, Georgie travels to England to get her man with an old family friend, against the wishes of her five older brothers. When she finally does find her fiance, it turns out he's been married for more than five years and Georgie feels like a fool for waiting so long. Determined to move on with her life, Georgie decides to find passage on the first ship headed back toward her family. The only problem is that, since their money was stolen on the trip to England (yet another reason for her to hate the country), she and her friend will have to work for their passage--meaning that Georgina will have to disguise herself as a boy.

Captain James Malory recognizes his new "cabin boy" from an encounter the two had when Georgie was searching for her fiance. He decides to let her carry on with the charade of being male because it amuses him, and he's sure that he'll eventually get her in his bed because of it. Finding ways to make Georgie realize the attraction between the two of them becomes one of James's favorite pastimes, including making her wash his back in the tub, prancing around his cabin naked, and asking her to read erotica to him so he can sleep. When the two finally get together, James is determined not to let her go, even though marriage is the farthest thing from his mind. He decides to ask Georgie to be his mistress, only she disappears on another ship the second they hit dry land, leaving Malory to lament her departure and wonder where he went wrong.

Gentle Rogue is one of the earlier stories in Johanna Lindsey's Malory series, and sets the foundation for the stories that come later. I've been reading a lot of newer historical romance and it's been awhile since I read a Lindsey, which might be why I wasn't as impressed with this story as I have been in the past with Lindsey's work. The chemistry between Georgie and James never really sparked for me, though the attraction was clearly there, and I was never fully absorbed into the story. It was difficult for me to allow the whole "big misunderstanding" wherein the two can't just tell each other how they feel and instead just assume that the other doesn't feel the same way. It was a classic tenet of 80's historical romance, but after being in the 2000's for so long, it was difficult to tolerate. Gentle Rogue was a good story, and classic Lindsey, but it wasn't the best I've seen from her.

James, the black sheep and former pirate of the family, has met his match in the youngest sibling and only daughter of the American sea-faring Anderson family. Georgiana has come to England to find the man who was to marry her. Unfortunately, he has already married someone else. After she and her companion are robbed, Georgie and Mac must earn their passage home by working on James Mallory's ship. Disguised as a boy, Georgie is hired on to be James' cabin boy. But James recognizes her as the woman in disguise that he and his brother ran into previously. (See "Tender Rebel") He decides to play along with her, never realizing that his attraction to her is growing. Meanwhile, Georgie is more and more drawn to the roguish captain. Could she make it home before he discovers her deception?
Georgie is a delightful and wonderful character. I liked her right off the bat. James is.. well, James is every woman's fantasy. Handsome, sexy, strong, brave, and irresistable. Together they are magnificent! One of Lindsey's best!

I found this book absolutely wonderful. This was the fifth Malory novel I've read and I loved it. This is the story of James Malory, the family ex-pirate, and Georgina Anderson, a heartbroken American. Did I mention James is English? Ms. Lindsey has brought to life two very lovable characters. I laughed at the antics of James and his brother Anthony. And when Connie, friend of James, is added to the mix it is downright hilarious. The love scenes between James and Georgina are without a doubt superb. There is so much tenderness between the two. You will fall in love with them as they fall in love with each other. Tender Rebel, the Malory novel with Anthony as the main character, is closely tied to Gentle Rogue. Some parts of the story overlap with Tender Rebel. The parts are so entertaining though I'm sure you won't mind. Oh, one other thing, once you read one Malory novel you'll be hooked and have to read them all!!!!:o)

I listened to the audio cassette recording of Gentle Rogue, the third story in the Malory series and the story in general was good but the reader's lack of English accents and the fact that she didn't even bother to change the sound of her voice for each character was kind of distracting and a bit dull, it was fine for Georgina and her brothers to have American accents but Englsh accents should have been used for James and the rest of the Malory's! The story is about a young American lady named Georgina Anderson who goes to England and falls for James Malory the pirate who is not on the best of terms with his family because they don't approve of how he makes a living and are embarrassed by it. I rate this audio cassette version only 2 stars because of the reader's lack of accents and differences in voices and I would have given it 5 stars if the reader had done that! The audio cassette is abridged and I really hope that Johanna Lindsey decides to have it rerecorded uabridged and with the proper accents and differences in voice sounds!

This story is for James Malory and Georgina (Georgie or George) Anderson. George is a proud American, still simmering after the War of 1812. She goes to hated England to find her fiance who she knew had been impressed by the British Navy. She finds him- happily married. Crushed, beautiful George just wants to go home. So she signs on to be a cabin boy aboard the gentleman's ship, the Madien Anne. She meets the captian, James Malory. Recognizing him from a past meeting, (in Tender Rebel) she hopes he doesn't recognize her. But he does. He sets out to seduce her. But this arrogant man swore off marriage. When George meets up with one of her brothers, and is taken home to America, James follows, thus we meet the Anderson brothers. This book is full of fueding, though this time not between Malory's, but between Anderson's and Malory's. This book introuces you to all new characters and old ones as well.

I can't say enough about this book! I completely fell in love with James (who wouldn't?). I have never laughed so much while reading a book. I think I have read it at least 50 times! Two of my favorite scenes is when Tony finds out that James and George are married and when they are having breakfast with Tony and his wife. Also, any scene with James and Tony going at it with each other is guaranteed to be hilarious!!! I loved the relationship Johanna Lindsey created between those two Malory men. I definitely recommend this book to everyone!!! If you haven't read it yet, you don't know what you are missing. I also loved all of the other Malory novels, but this one is the best. I CANNOT wait until Jeremy has his own story!!!

James Malory, connoisseur of women, has finally announces to his best friend that he is about to commit himself at last! To a mistress that is, not a wife. But James has finally found his match in Georgina Anderson, who hates all things British! "Blister it, Connie, the wench has deserted me, and without a by-your-leave. Don't talk to me about problems I might have faced, when this one's knocked me on my arse."
This book is a page turner, but before you read it make sure your read "Love Only Once" and "Tender Rebel". You meet the Hawke, that's Gentleman Pirate to you! James is non-stop laughter from Regina Ashton's story to his brother Tony's, that ah, Lord Anthony!

First off, here is the series in sequence: 1. Love Only Once 2. Tender Rebel 3. Gentle Rogue 4. The Magic of You 5. Say You Love Me 6. The Present: The Malory Holiday Novel
I decided to finish reading the whole series before i write the reviews so i can compare it all. Now this book (and Love Only Once) is my favorite in the Malory series. James have always intrigued me eversince I read about him in Love Only Once. He was a handsome care-free rebel & a pirate gentleman! In the 2nd book, Tender Rebel, my intrigued even heightened when he brought home a son, Jeremy, and when James got charmed by a girl pretending to be a lad who he met at a seaside bar. Once again, I wasn't disppointed when I read his story. James and Georgina's love story was not only sweet & charming, it was most definitely the most amusing of all the Malory book series. The seatrip, the schemes & pretentious, the meeting of Georgina's brother's was utterly hilarious. James surely got a dose of his own medicine. What a riot! You will love James more in this book... and you too will be charmed by Georgina. They are both a lovely pair.
Note: I have notice that all books in this Malory series (except for the first one) contains lots of repetitive informations. There were times I had to skip parts wherein a Malory or two will start discussing the story or happenings of the previous books, sorta like a short summarization for those who have not read it. For readers like me who have read the series in sequence, It's kindda useless info. and i won't lose anything to skip it... At first, this style of writing didn't seem to bother me but when I got to the third book of the series, the summarization of the first two books was getting to me (but i still rated this book a 5 stars bec. I highly enjoyed it despite me skipping some parts i already know about). Imagine my restlessness when i was reading the 4th and the 5th book! I skipped more parts then cuz I didn't need to read the summary of the 3-4 previous books which i have already read. Whew! I say it would have been better for Ms. J.L. to leave readers some thrill to pick up each book and read each story for themselves.

The extreme popularity of this book bewilders me. Though it is well-written and there are numerous opportunities for really heart-wrenching romance, Lindsey fails to capitalize on any of these, and the heroine--though not wholly unlikable--is just frustrating. Her failure to realize that James discerns her gender does nothing to recommend her intellect, and the way she childishly mimics his habits reeks of girlish infatuation. But for all that, her personality is not particularly offensive. Her naïve description of sexual arousal as a type of "nausea" is even endearing. No, my problem with Georgie is this: "Her temper wanted to flare, but when James rested between her thighs, anger was the farthest thing from her mind." This sentiment is repeated constantly, no matter how James deliberately humiliates or hurts her. I understand the ease in rechanneling anger into lust, but Georgie's legitimate problems repeatedly disappear when James kisses her into submission. He, in effect, sexually manipulates her into being pliable and content, and... it works. With no apparent resentment or even realization on her part. He treats her like a valueless sex object for the duration of the novel, and though it sometimes seems she will call him out on it, she ultimately does nothing. Instead, she settles for the "tenderness" she senses when they make love, a cringingly classic female mistake.

Making Georgie's ludicrous gullibility acutely obvious is the comparison to her brother-in-law and his wife. James mockingly refers to how his brother's wife withheld sexual favors during a fight, confident that his own wife would never do such a thing. Sadly, he's right. Georgie's internal dialogues, depicted as between herself and "her conscience," are invariably lost by her conscience and won by some hedonistic part of herself with no practicality and less self-respect. (James's ego is, admittedly, nothing out of the ordinary; but the delight I take in these novels is that the female usually manages to take the hero down a peg. George only lowers herself.)

In short, this book was difficult to finish; I had absolutely no desire for Georgie to have her foolishness unpunished, and I could not bear for James to have his misogyny and manipulativeness forever unchecked. The relationship was shallow and unsatisfying. Overall, a disappointment.

James Mallory has intrigued me since the first Mallory book, after all if he is so bad that his whole family disowns him then he has to be a man worthy of a great story. James has sworn he would never have a wife of his own and meant it until he fell for the woman pretending to be a boy, Georgie Anderson. James immediately sees through her disguise and has a plan to seduce George that he sets in motion. And I loved James provoking all five of George's brothers and getting trounced by them. (I hope JL writes a few books for the Anderson brothers soon) With all the buildup to James in previous books this one definitely wasn't a let down.

Gentle Rogue is my absolute favorite book, by my absolute favorite author. The chemistry between James and Georgina is
wonderful! James is the man that all of us romantics at heart dream of marrying and Georgina is like every woman on one level or another. Of course, the book wouldn't have been the same without Johanna Lindsey's excellent sense of humor. Some parts of the book had me laughing out loud! I have read this book three times and will read it probably three more times. I bought all of the books in the Malory series after reading Gentle Rogue!

I enjoyed this book. This book follows the typical romance formula, and you romance readers know what I mean. But it was enjoyable to read of a female character that was strong and resourceful. Yes, she did live in a time where she was subservient to the males in her life, but she also managed to stand up to them when it was important to her. The book is part of a series, though I don't know much about the others. But I enjoyed reading about the family members, They had enough personality that I plan to read more of this author in hopes of getting to know Georgie's brothers a little better.

There are no words to praise this book highly enough. If you're thinking about buying it, just let me point out that EVERY reviewer on this page has given this book 5 stars. James Malory is not only gorgeous and sensual, but the funniest character ever. And Georgina Anderson has so much spunk and fire without being annoying. I have read this book countless times, and it is funnier every time I read it. My favorite scene? When Georgie calls James "a member of the mule family, a brainless ox, and a brick wall" to his crew.

There are no words to praise this book highly enough. If you're thinking about buying it, just let me point out that EVERY reviewer on this page has given this book 5 stars. James Malory is not only gorgeous and sensual, but the funniest character ever. And Georgina Anderson has so much spunk and fire without being annoying. I have read this book countless times, and it is funnier every time I read it. My favorite scene? When Georgie calls James "a member of the mule family, a brainless ox, and a brick wall" to his crew.

This is definitely the best out of the Malory series for me. The characters are great, the plot is great, there is (refreshingly!) no villain, and it's a breezy read. The sex scenes are great and so is the chemistry, and both the hero and heroine are very witty. Everything wraps up wonderfully, you don't need to read the two previous entries to enjoy the series, and the love declarations will leave you smiling.

I HIGHLY recommend.