When writing this review, there were several factors that needed to be sorted out first for this to work. One was how the male lead came off; second was how the female lead came off; and lastly, how it all wrapped up in the end. Individually there would normally be problems, but together, all the details seem to work.

Bennett Wolfe, the male lead, has almost no polish at all. He has spent almost all of the last decade and more traveling around and living in rough circumstances. What little use he has for polite society—and he truly has little use for it—he reserves mainly to keep up with one or two close friends and to fund his various explorations. Rogue is an apt description, since he doesn't play by anyone's rules unless it benefits him, which he explains to Phillipa. Often.

Meanwhile, Phillipa Eddison was both vexing and charming. She fretted over the fact that Bennett paid her attention instead of the bevy of beautiful girls and women throwing themselves at him almost obsessively. She could not, even under duress, understand why any man would pay her court when her older, more beautiful and accomplished sister Olivia is still available. Other than her sister getting paid more attention by the beau monde, I couldn't quite understand where her lack of self-esteem came from. She wasn't treated badly at home, and a lot of her isolation was purely her fault because she kept herself tied up with a book or chose her clothes unfortunately.

Together, however, they were brilliant. Caught between amusement and offense, Phillipa was never quite certain how to handle Bennett, even at his most civilized. He also had an unfortunate habit of jumping the shark—he presents her two dozen blood-red roses only days after meeting her, not realizing what red roses symbolized. Bennett continually tries to get her to be more confident (and passionate), and she constantly tries to get him to at least pretend he can be civilized.

The background story, of Bennett trying to regain his rightful property and bring Langley to justice for stealing his work and publishing it as his own, doesn't quite fit. Bennett gesticulates between the two, and until the latter quarter of the novel, the two don't mesh together at all. The almost after thought family reconciliation, of sorts, between Bennett and his Uncle, is also just there with little to have it hang on to.

I did enjoy THE CARE AND TAMING OF A ROGUE quite a bit despite some of the issues I had, and I was more than pleased with what happened to Langley in the end. ( )

Tras pasar tres años en África, el capitán Bennet Wolfe regresa a Londres y descubre que todos le creían muerto y que, además, su socio lo ha traicionado.
Mientras trata de restablecer su reputación, el rudo aventurero se convierte en el blanco preferido de las jóvenes casaderas. Pero él sólo tiene ojos para la enigmática Lady Phillipa Eddison, una dama muy poco convencional.
Phillipa es más aficionada a leer que a coquetear. Sin embargo, conoce al dedillo todas las normas del cortejo y sabe bien que ciertos modales y comportamientos son impropios de un caballero.
Bennet la escandaliza, pero al mismo tiempo se siente tan atraída por él que le resultará imposible no sucumbir a una tentación tan salvaje como el hombre que la provoca.

The beginning of the book was a little strange and it took me awhile to get into a rhythm of reading the story. But once I was able to get into the book I really did enjoy the beginning. This story and the tone seems different from anything I have read before. (or less dramatically in a while)
Oh my gosh the repertoire between Bennett and Phillipa during the picnic is awesome. I love when she blurts out "I bathe in lemon water." and then Bennett answers back "Do you now. Tasty." Ah, little interactions like this puts a smile on my face.
Love how the book unfolds. Personalities, backgrounds are not given in two long paragraphs but revealed as the book goes on. Great pacing with getting to know the characters.
The sex scene comes a tad earlier than I would have liked. Phillipa worried about propriety and then bam she sleeps with Bennett happened out of nowhere for me and was out of character. She loses her shyness and uncertainty very quickly.
The book held promise at the beginning but towards the middle it fizzled out and it definitely seemed like the author phoned in the last part of the book. The ending adventure was rushed too. David the villain was cartoony. I liked the characters just didn't love them towards the end. I was disappointed because at the beginning I felt Bennett and Phillipa had real potential, the author just didn't end up delivering. Definitely a solid B but lacked a certain spark to make it an A and a keeper.
Oh and it is clear this book is going to be the start of a new series, I'm guessing called the "Adventure Club" or something. Setting up the series detracted from this book's storyline and quite frankly I find the storyline of the Adventure Club a little weird, but we'll see and my money's on the next book being about the Duke of Sommerset.

Solid B ( )

3.5 stars

It was a good story, I enjoyed Bennett and Phillipa and the monkey. At times there were too many references to the adventures he's been on.. but he's an adventurer so... It didn't make me too long to read but didn't grip me as much as I would have hoped. I did like the fact that Bennett wasn't really civilized and he was a fun character sometimes. I am starting the 2nd in the series. I found I am interested in the Duke of Sommerset... Hope he gets a story! ( )

Suzanne Enoch is one of those authors that I either LOOOOOVE her books or I HAAAAAAATE her books.

Luckily, this is one I absolutely loved. I love Flip, I loved Bennett, I loved their conflict. It all just completely worked for me. ( )