Similar to the previous book in the series, the reader has to suspend disbelief quite often to enjoy this book. I enjoyed Reese, and I liked Sophie, but I have to laugh whenever the virgin girl turns into the sex fiend after her first time. I also found it hard to believe she could sneak out of her house so much whether for the Debutante Underground meetings or her meetings with Reese without ever getting caught. There were a couple nice twists involving other DU members, and there was a sweetness to how Reese was a proper gentleman, making for a quick easy read.

Perfectly frosted pink cupcakes...
Fluffy puppies gamboling down a hill...
Newborn babies first smiles...

What do these things have in common with Anna Bennett's new novel? They are all so doggone SWEET! Although I read it in a day or so, it was not because it was a simple read. There are a lot of things going on here...the beginnings of feminism, a woman's need to save her family from ruin, and a hero suffering from PTSD (although technically, I think Sophie might be considered the hero here).

Sophie and Reese are just adorable. What do folks need during uncertain times? Well, this book is a great start.

This is an enjoyable, original take on the damaged hero trope. I loved both Reece and Sophie and there wasn't an over abundance of angst ( which really gets on my nerves). This was my first book in the Series, and I will definitely read more. Thank you NetGalley for giving me this ARC for my honest opinion.

I very rarely give books 5 stars when I’m giving a review for a book, but man... people I’m shaking my head. This book was DAMN GOOD!! Sorry for the explicit language. This book blew me away. It had passion.
It had romance. It had steamy hot characters coming together anywhere they felt like. And a surprisingly twist that I certainly did not see coming in the end. Reese the lead character, he could carry me away anywhere. Gosh, that man with his words and how the writer brought all his male masculines forward- be still my beating heart.
I would fall right there in front of him and say take me right here. I don’t care about proprietary because it’s about to get raunchy and hot in here! Anna Bennett has proved to all readers that she is a great writer. The way the story flowed effortlessly from beginning to end was astounding. The characters intermingled flawlessly.
It was as if I was watching a movie that I so did not to end. My fellow readers hear me! I recommend this book with two snappy, two twist, and double thumbs up. I’m definitely reading more from this writer.
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Sophie has agreed to marry a man she doesn’t love to save her family from the consequences of her father’s drinking and poor business decisions. She is leader, along with her two close friends, Fiona and Lily, of The Debutante Underground, a group of women from all walks of life who meet weekly to discuss issues around courtship, love, and life that concern them. They have been using the cramped back room of a modiste’s dress shop. When Sophie happens upon what she believes is a deserted property that would offer her group a much more comfortable meeting space, she encounters the troubled ex-soldier, insomniac, and newly elevated Earl of Warshire, Reese, who happens to own the property. In exchange for helping Reese finally get some sleep (an conquer his demons), Sophie’s group will be permitted to use his property. Although the troubled hero–plucky heroine formula is a familiar one, the beauty of this story is in the details. Although this is the third in the series, it stands alone and readers who encounter this one first will be anxious to read the other two books to discover Fiona’s and Lily’s stories. A definite winner! I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

"When You Wish Upon a Rogue" is the third book in the Debutante Diaries Series. Although I am jumping around Ms. Bennett's series, I am finding this still new to me author's stories devine and very nice to read. A nice title and lovely cover.

Miss Sophie Kendall runs a Debutante Underground meeting place where females from all classes meet to discuss men. The unfortunate part for her is that she has run out of room due to the popularity of the meetings. She finds a vacant shope owned by Henry Reese the Earl of Warshire. The Earl is a wanderer because of his memories of the war, he doesn't sleep well and also has a hard time with his new title.

One night, Sophie walks into the shop unaware that Henry is there and is watching her secretly. Afterwards they strike up a conversation that and she makes him some tea to help him squash the demons and sleep. Searching for her, he finds her and they agree to her coming to his estate one night a week to help him sleep but alas, she ends of engaged to Henry to keep her family from financial ruin although that is not her intent.

The story starts off nicely but somewhere before the middle trails off. I was glad that it picks back up and takes off from there and kept my attention fo the HEA. I so loved the attraction between the two characters, especially Henry's character. The plot was good and the story well written. Again, I would love to listen to this story and the others via audiobook maybe read by a fav narrator (i.e. Flosnik, Duerdan or T. Campbell). I totally recommend this historical romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions herein are my own.

I really liked the characters and it was a fun, quick read. However, a large part of the plot required the complete suspension of belief for how things worked for society women at that time. I could believe the 'secret' meetings, not the disappearing overnight, multiple times, with no one the wiser. But it was still a cute story and I would read another by this author.

Sophie Kendall resents having to marry to save her family. She is a charter member of th 'Debutante's Underground', a group that encourages women to find and be themselves, much to the male populations dismay.
When seeking a place to hold the meetings that have outgrown her present meeting place, she meets Henry Reese, the Earl of Warshire, while trespassing in his building. A man brought back from war to take over the Earldom, his older brother now deceased.He has demons that keep him from sleeping and she is able to grant him surcease from his nightmares.
They make a pact, her help for use of his building and grow exceedingly close. They face obstacles separately and together and eventually defeat them all for the happy-ever-after neither dreamed they would ever accomplish.
Ms. Bennett writes her tale with humor, romance and a bit of mystery, revealing bits along the way to show the character of her characters. Sweet sensual love scenes between Reese and Sophie make the hurried coupling the witness they witness a bit of a shock, even before they realize who was doing the coupling.
If you like your historicals sweet, and with defined characters, this is one to add to your list.
I requested this ARC from NetGalley when I read the blurb and saw the author's name. I recommend it highly and plan to buy as a birthday present for a friend who loves historicals with strong female characters.

Review on Goodreads posted on 3/20/20.

**I received this ARC on Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.**

This book started off okay but tipped into “meh” territory fairly quickly. Biggest thing I appreciated: Reese, as a Regency male hero, was refreshingly nice. He has PTSD from being a soldier, is sad because his brother died and made him Earl, and he’s touted as a “rogue” but I don’t really know why. Because he’s attractive and hangs out with a woman alone? He doesn’t even say naughty things without apologizing. Anyway, he’s a decent guy and I can see why Sophie likes him, which, sadly, is not a given for all romance novels. So there’s that.

As for the rest, the writing is aggressively fine; the plot “twists” are so glaringly obvious and told in such a pedestrian way that it didn’t even get a rise out of me one way or the other. Maybe it’ll be fixed once it’s published, but the timeline of Reese and Sophie’s relationship didn’t quite add up to some of the things they were saying (how often they’d met), and if it WAS correct, it became a bit too instalovey and schmoopy for me too quickly.

Sophie’s woe-is-me martyr schtick really got on my nerves. Girl is being forced to marry a rich guy because her dad is a gambling drunk, her older sister is an ex-invalid who never had to work for anything, and her mom is just lazy. She’s willing to give up a lifetime of happiness for these pricks? Get your priorities in order, hon. LET your dad go off to debtor’s prison and then move your sister and mom into the giant-ass estate with Reese. (He's an Earl, but his brother ran the place into the ground, so it’s going to take some time for him to get a cash flow again, which is why they don't marry right off. But meanwhile, he still lives in a mansion with a staff, and, I assume, PLENTY of guest bedrooms for them to crash in.) Make your sister go work and become a milliner. She’ll survive.

I’m not about women propping up shitty family members in exchange for their own happiness, so I had (clearly) very little sympathy for Sophie’s predicament, which was a big part of the denouement. I’d seek your excitement elsewhere.

The first rule of Fight Club, etc.

Poor Mary must be bored out of her mind.

Why is an earl going for a week without sleep?

I am loving this conversation.

Ew.

Ha, she's like his drug dealer now, only it's sleep, not drugs.

Uh-oh. If you need rules like that, you're in trouble.

Aww.

Who is writing to him?

Holy hot flower!

Maybe Reese can hire Violet?

Oh dear.

Small world.

That's a good message William passed along.

Edmund was a coward.

Her mother's apparently not dumb at all.

They are not actually witches, you moron.

Son of a cracker! No way!

I knew he would not have done it.

I agree. Blackmail would be impossible, and maybe even more women might join.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Solid 4 stars


This is one of those stories you see very often. Definitely not your cookie cutter historical. I absolutely adore Reese and Sophie. There is definite chemistry from the get go. The had me hook line and sinker from their first meeting.
The story is heartwarming, romantic, and well paced.

Really great story and perfect fit to the series. I truly enjoy stories that Anna Bennett has developed. Great character development and story line. A must read to continue the series.

I received this book as an ARC thanks to Netgalley & the publisher. The review is my own.

I really like this series! I strongly recommend you read the first two because the world builds, but this is a great final addition! Sophie & Reese have a delightful chemistry and this is just a fun, quick read! 4.5 stars!

We have the last book in the Debutante Diaries or as they call themselves in the book The Debutante Revenge, So we met Sophie before but it is finally her time to find love. Unfortunately for her, her family is broke and she is the sacrificial lamb that has to marry so that her family can have money. She meet Reese a recent earl who is grieving and going thru PTSD. As she spends time with him they fall in love, but she has to marry to help her family, but her sister the one that was oh so sick, will shock her. Glad to read of the past couples..Fiona and Grey still my favorite

*Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin Press for this Advance Reader Copy.*

This historical romance by Anna Bennet was a delightful and slow burn until it got hot about half-way through Historical Romance.

Miss Sophie Kendall, while running underground meetings of Debutante Underground, where females from all classes come together can talk about men, and they are becoming too popular and needs more space. She finds herself looking for a bigger space and happens to find a vacant tailor shop and the Earl of Warshire, Henry Reese, spending time in his building that he owns. He's there because sleep doesn't come to the newly titled Lord after the death of his older brother, and memories of his time military service keep him up at night.

She walks in, thinking it is empty, and she wants to see the space. Henry watches her, and they strike a conversation that makes her realize that Henry has demons that are keeping his mind turning instead of sleeping and makes valerian tea to help him sleep. He wakes up in a chair in the tailor shop and realizes it just wasn't the tea that helped him sleep.

He finds her and asks for one night a week to come to his estate to help him sleep. Rules made, no touching being the most important one that both want to break immediately.

Unfortunately for Sophie, she becomes engaged to a man that can cure all her family troubles while she does not love him, but she does it for the good of the family.

The story seems reasonably unplausible even for a historical romance. The heroine away for her house for days, spending a night a week at Warshire estate without no one knowing, the amount her running around is far fetched. It was a sweet story about realizing who and what you need in your life with a HEA.

Within a month of meeting Reese, Sophie has handed over her virginity. Sure, she's mentioned her betrothed (yup, she's soon to wed) but that doesn't stop them. Two weeks after THAT (another halfhearted mention of the betrothed), they're having oral sex in a garden swing, and then on a bench. Sophie has no chaperone either and she needs one, because her parents don't care where she is. She goes off for entire weekends, with a "I'm staying with friends." Many of her actions, that she justifies to herself, are very questionable for a single woman of that era. She knows that she would be ruined if she were discovered doing [fill in the blank] as she admits, but then she does it anyway. And this is someone who prides herself on her intellect.

The writing was good. It was the actions I questioned. They might have been appropriate for a contemporary romance, they were completely wrong for this time period.

*ARC via netgalley.com in exchange for agreement to review*

Anna Bennett swept me away with the fun historical romance . From beginning to o end the characters grabbed my attention and kept me glued to every page. I can’t wait to read more by this wonderful author

I enjoyed this story very much despite having to suspend belief a few times. Sophie and Reese are sympathetic characters with problems. Reese is suffering his own form of PTSD manifested in insomnia and nightmares when he does sleep. Sophie has family issues. There are unlikely and unusual twists and turns in this story but I think you will enjoy it.

Sophie and Henry made my heart HAPPY!!!

This was one of those HR reads where you feel yourself transported to another time. I admired so much about Sophie - from her wit and ideas (which were ahead of her time) through to her kindness. And who doesn't love a damaged hero! Together they were just perfect.

This was a quick read for me and I absolutely loved it. Great pace, witty dialogue and a beautiful soft love story. Definitely recommend.

Love Sophie’s rules! Sophie is all that is kind and calm to be able to help Reese fight his demons. She is strong and helps him find the courage he needs. He is man enough to accept her help giving him the opportunity to help others.

Although I was not surprised by the ending with Lord Singleton, I was surprised with Mary’s ‘wild side.’ I was, actually, a little disappointed in Mary who should have been a loving, trustworthy sister.

When You Wish Upon a Rogue has Sophie as the last of the Debutante Diaries trio to find her HEA. This is a standalone, but great read in sequence. Anna Bennett always delivers!