Sophie Kendall agrees to help Henry Reese, Earl of Warshire, to overcome his insomnia if he gives her use of his abandoned shop where Sophie could hold her meetings with the Debutante Underground. As they spend more time together, they form a loving bond.

A well-written, emotional read. There’s heartbreak, hopelessness, heated passion and facing your deamons.

I received an advance reader copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

I requested to read and review this book from St. Martin publishing company. I was so excited to read When you Wish upon a Rogue! I had read one of the other book in this three part series. But don't worry even if you haven't read any of the other two books you won't be lost. This book includes some of the characters from the other books but has the main focus on characters Sophie and Reese! This book will definitely get your blood pumping with romance, mystery and the surprise at the end you won't want to miss out!! There is some great history in this book that you will want to read about. This for a mature readers only.

This was a fair enough distraction for a day or two read. Regency Romances tend to follow the same mode, which is what makes it such a decadent appeal to many. we absolutely know how it all ends, and just sit and wait for those feels to hit. I enjoyed the angst, the push and pull of it all once the heroine meets her soulmate. Sophie has an edge to her, she has a secret story, a secret side that she cannot reveal. That was a great premise, it gave the atmosphere a sense of forbidden.
Unfortunately, the plot twists and external struggles these characters faced were just too predictable and dull. I felt as if too much continually was made out of nothing. The urgency of a marriage, the work of maintaining a secret society, the demands of taking care of a lethargic family did not seem realistically insurmountable for a lady with Sophie's station and drive. It just did not add up!

With all of this said this book did not miss swoon worthy moments, beautiful Balls being attended and the brooding love interest we all love to watch unfold. These moments made the read worth it.

If you can buy the idea that there is a group of women from various classes who meet weekly to discuss a newspaper column that purports to be advice from a debutante about relations between men and women and what questions a woman should ask herself before she chooses a spouse, you will enjoy this romance. Sophie leads this group and she encounters Reese who suffers from terrible insomnia due to his guilt from having left his regiment to come back to England after his older brother died and he inherited the earldom. He finds that Sophie’s presence helps him sleep. So he lets her use his unused store for her meetings if she’ll keep him company once a week to help him sleep.

It’s all very unlikely and I just couldn’t buy that any of this plot reflects any shade of what would have been possible in Regency England. Meanwhile, Sophie has to marry a rich nobleman to help her family even though she has fallen in love with Reese.

We all know what is going to happen, but you may enjoy this rather unbelievable plot.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

This is the first book I have read by this author and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am new to the historical romance genre and I thought this was a great one! I will definitely read the first two books and would recommend it to others.

This is a great addition to this series. It’s nice to get Sophie’s story & see what has been happening for Lily & Fiona. The Debutante’s Revenge reminds me again of why I’m thankful to have been born in this century. :) I highly recommend this series & don’t think you’ll be disappointed with this outcome.

It was a good book, sweet and with a foreseeable plot twist which made the things more interesting. It was also probably the last one on this series that I have found out too late unluckily....

Buon libro, delicato e con un plot twist ampiamente prevedibile, che peró ha reso le cose piú interessanti. Inoltre credo fosse anche l'ultimo di questa serie, che peró ho scoperto troppo tardi....

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

Review of When You Wish Upon a Rogue by Anna Bennett

Overall: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Plot/Storyline: 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Romance: 💞 💞 💞 💞 💞
Emotional Depth: 💔 💔 💔 💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️
Sensuality: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Sex Scene Length: 🍆 🍆 🍆 🍆

This book was pure sweetness. It was full of joy while at the same time brimming with an underlying sadness that gripped my heart. And it was my favorite kind of romance. Where two people just fall in love. It just happens, unexpectedly. Wonderfully and beautifully. I loved it.

Sophie and Reese meet accidentally when she’s trespassing on his property and they have an instant connection. Reese suffers from PTSD and is grieving the deaths of several people. He’s lost and alone and you can sense how much he’s hurting. Sophie is dealing with some personal sacrifices and is not expecting to meet someone like Reese and he turns out to be utterly perfect for her. Because Sophie takes care of everyone. She’s sweetness and light to his dark and damaged. But she’s shouldering burdens she shouldn’t have to and Reese is really the first person to step up and take care of her.

And that was part of what I loved about this story. Because their whole relationship is centered around him needing Sophie. But whenever they are together he forgets that he asked for her help and ends up taking care of her. There are some incredible, romantic moments from this man who is barely capable of functioning when he meets her and it’s a testament to how deeply his feelings for her go.

Their excuse for being together every Friday was absolute nonsense, but I loved that. It was such a facade that it was cute and charming. These two just couldn’t stay away from each other but the had no Earthly reason to ever be in contact with one another if not for their flimsy bargain. It was like that from the beginning, even before they knew it. And once they did know it, they were so far past resisting that they ignored it. They were so drawn together. The pull was so compelling and it manifested in the most perfect slow burn romance.

I’ve never thought to say this about a romance before but the timing in this book was perfection. Anna Bennett built such incredible tension and longing and somehow did it to the exact moment when I found myself wanting the very thing that was being drawn out. By page 60 I was yearning for them to touch. Waiting for it. Thinking about when it would happen. Really dying for it at that point. And just like that, as if the book wrote itself around my thoughts, Sophie tells Reese that a rule of their arrangement must be that they cannot touch each other...even if they both wanted it. God, the tension was already so good and those few sentences somehow knocked it off the charts. There’s nothing I love more than when they are dying inside to be touched and I knew it was going to be a scorcher right there.

The book didn’t disappoint. There is a super hot scene where they don’t touch each other at all. And yet that scene, like the rest of the book, was all sweetness. It’s a sweetness that incinerates you from the inside. Makes you melt and sigh and tingle.

Woven throughout the book is a theme of life and death that manifests itself in a decaying garden that Reese brings back to life through Sophie’s guidance. I loved the parallel of the garden. He brings it back to life, just as she brings Reese back to life. She gives them both something to live for, as if she’s invented a new meaning for air and water and sunshine. And she has, because that is what Sophie becomes for Reese.

One of the things I adored about this book was that there were no lies. No deception. Just two people inadvertently falling in love even though they shouldn’t be. They didn’t deny their feelings. In fact, they acknowledged them and even spoke them out loud on occasion, when the thoughts burned them up inside and they couldn’t bare to keep it to themselves, despite the heartache that continued to grow.

I loved the first half a bit more than the second half. It fizzled a tad but was still wonderful. I would have liked longer chapters. They felt a bit short and I just wanted more, more, more with this book. The book was only 280 pages so there was room there for a bit more development that would have catapulted this book right into the stars.

The sex was pretty good but after such a slow burn, I wanted a little more fire when they finally came together. But it was incredibly sweet and still satisfying. This too is a matter of personal preference and I wouldn’t say it should sway anyone from reading this book.

Its for those minor quibbles that I give it 4 stars. But they are 4 glory stars. This book would likely be 5 stars for many. It just doesn’t quite rank with other books I’ve given 5 stars to, but it’s close.

I loved it and definitely recommend it. It’s perfect for a Sunday afternoon read when you want something just emotional enough to make your heart flutter, but not so devastating that it feels torn right out of your chest.

Thanks to netgalley for giving me an arc of this book!

I enjoyed this romance and the characters very much! Also loved the idea of a garden designed like the underworld!

This is quite a particular story for its time. The heroine is part of a secret society and is looking for a place to host her meetings. She finds an abandoned shop whose owner is a penniless aristocratic suffering from insomnia. From this encounter they begin to know each other and both fall in love. Unfortunately their love is undermined by a sentimental situation quite difficult to overcome. An historical romance that flows smoothly without any great jolts. I loved the hero very much, a tormented and passionate soul, while the heroine seemed too submissive and dull. A nice read. I’m voluntarily leaving a review after receiving a courtesy copy of the book.

It was sad to see the last of this series. I will miss the fun that these Debutants have started. But I like the fact that they aren't afraid to do what they do. Especially when it was seen as it being wrong for a woman to be strong and independent. They weren't allowed to show that they had brains and Sophie is not afraid to be the first to show that. She also helps breakdown the lines of society. The ones that say one group can not associate with another because they aren't in the same place financially. I was a bit sad and disappointed that I was able to predict some aspects of the book and what would happen with secondary characters. I was also disappointed in who was involved in bringing heartbreak to another character, but it helped to show that people are flawed so it wasn't about the writing it was about my attachment to the character. This disappointment also shows how great Anna was at writing characters that find a way into your heart. 

I give this book 5 kisses.

Happy reading... Adri

This book was as exciting and steamy as the other two were. It was easy to get right back into the theme of the series. I couldn't wait to see what happened to Sophie.

This is a heartwarming read. The author did a great job with all the characters. Sophie is determined to save her family from ruin by marrying without love. But she when she meets Reese she may decide differently. Reese sport is wounded from to many tragic she causing him insomnia. But after meeting Sopha and sleeping for the first time after she talked with him and brewed some tea he believes she is the answer to his problem when the tea does not work when she's not present. So he makes a proposition if she helps him with his insomnia she can have the use of his building one night a week for her secret meeting place.

This was a page turned and I enjoyed it very much. However I wished it had an epilogue at the end as it felt a little unfinished.

I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

Last of trilogy. This was Sophie's story, last of the debutante underground society.
Sophie meets Reese while searching for a location for her meetings..
Lovely, to see Sophie and Lily, and Fiona again.
Recommend reading whole series

•Friends to lovers
•Beta Hero
•Sunshine heroine
•Slow Burn

HER
"In a sea of decay and death that rose was a stubborn spot of sunshine and it reminded me of you"

HIM
"A grumpy gentleman, to be sure, but always respectful of boundaries, and of her"

When I read the synopsis I thought that the hero was going to blackmail Sophie to get her to have sex with him but after reading some reviews I realized it wasn't the case and that's why I decided to read this book.

Our hero, Reese has insomnia and when he meets Sophie he feels relaxed enough to sleep so he makes a bargain with her. He's going to lend her his place so she can meet with her friends (it's like a "only women's club" where they share their opinions about life, marriage, their sexuality, etc.) if she spends a night with him once a week and helps him sleep.

You have to suspend your disbelief for a while because Sophie is taking a HUGE risk staying at Reese's property even if no one knows. She tells her parents she's staying every Friday night at one of her best friend's house.

Their arrangement is an excuse for them to spend time together on page and their encounters are lovely to read so I didn't mind that Sophie's was risking a lot by helping him.

I haven't read the previous book of the saga nevertheless you can read this book as a standalone.

I really enjoyed WHEN YOU WISH UPON A ROGUE, I loved Reese and Sophie as a couple. Their relationship stars as a sweet friendship and develops to love. You can easily see them as a married couple and they bring out the best in each other.

Reese was an amazing hero, he's such a good man, he takes care of those he loves and he wants to save everyone. At the beginning of the book he was grieving for his brother's and friend's deaths and there was a few scenes where he SOBBED that were heartbreaking to read. I loved seeing him overcome his inner demons and learning to live again.

On the other hand Sophie is, like Reese would say a sunshine, I loved her, sunshine heroines are my favourites. I loved her sense of duty even if it was exasperating at times because I wanted her to marry Reese and the fuck with everything.

I would have liked if Sophie's fiance wasn't portrayed as a villain and I liked that he got his happy ending, for me it didn't make any sense why he was so adamant on marrying Sophie.

Aside from that I had a great time reading this book, Anna is a "new to me" author and I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.

💙If you love character driven historical romances, grumpy-sunshine couples and friends to lovers this book is a must read!

When You Wish Upon a Rogue is a sweet romance. A quick read that you can enjoy.

In this story you are introduced to our hero, Reese, Earl of Warshire. He is suffering from insomnia, fighting the demons of war that he left behind. He is feeling guilty that he is not there to be with his men. He is also suffering the lost of his older brother. He is just having a really hard time and when he meets our heroine she does something that he has not been able to do. Soothing, a calm for his mind that allows him to relax and rest. He needs to keep her next to him as he is convinced she is what he needs.

Sophie Kendall, our beautiful and gentle heroine, is the leader of a group “The Debutantes Revenge”. A group of women that meet weekly and share experiences, offer comfort but most of all offer friendship. She happens to run into Reese while she is inspecting his building as a potential site for her group to meet. She does not have the silliness of young misses, and she has a strong calm presence. She helps our Reese with some of the demons hunting him.

These two know from the get go how much attraction they share, but they also know they have their challenges. Sophie is close to being engaged to a Marques, a union that will save her family from financial ruin. Reese is not able to offer for her as he is unstable both personally and financially. It is very sweet to see their relationship develop. It was a little incredible to believe that she is able to stay out all night and her friends be so understanding. Her parents to allow her to stay with her friends overnight. That was a little interesting but if you can get pass that, you will do fine.

I did find at times that I found myself thinking that Sophie may be more mature than our Reese. That there was something about her that may have have benefited from a stronger partner, but Reese was really sweet and he could not help but want to make her happy, even with their restrictions.

I have not had the opportunity to read the previous book in the series, but this story does read well as a stand alone.

“We are connected in more ways than you know.” When You Wish Upon a Rogue by Anna Bennet

Anyway, 3.5 stars for this regency romance. It’s the last in the series and I missed the 2nd book. Will have to revisit that.

We now have Sophie, who needs space for secret meetings for women, and Reese, who cannot sleep. So they strike a bargain: once a week, Sophie can use Reese’s building for the meetings. In exchange, she helps Reese sleep. But only till her betrothal is announced.

This is was a nice story. It was unique in that Sophie had more freedom of movement, walking alone at night, without an escort. I had to remember that this is a regency romance. But it’s fine. Sophie’s a little activist too, which I like. Reese is a tortured soul, ex-soldier with PTSD. And she settles him. That part of the plot where she helps him sleep is the best part of the story. And what kept me hooked on it. I was curious to see how it ended.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for the arc of this book. Release date is May 26, 2020. Remember then you historical romance fans. Than you too NetGalley

I ADORED this book. LOVED it. I started it when I should have been sleeping and instead stayed up half the night reading 70% of it. I have never tried this author but oh she has climbed quickly up my next to read list for more.

This is book 3 in the series and can be read as a standalone. The heroines from the previous 2 books are in this story, but just briefly and you can easily grasp the story and their friendship without reading them prior to this.

Reese is the hero. It has almost a beauty and the beast feel to it in some parts. He tempts her with a rose. He has a tangled, beastly garden they help nurture, though it retains its underworld feel. But he is not a beast. He is wonderful. Utterly sweet, receptive, loving, such a beta hero through and through. Reese was never meant to be the Earl, so he went into the military. He suffers from PTSD from a few things that have occurred in his life. But he finds Sophie to be the perfect balm for his tortured soul.

Sophie is promised to another. She doesn't love him but she knows what she must do to save her family. Her family is near destitute because of her father's gambling and drinking. Her favorite thing to be a part of is the Debutante Underground and escape her reality for a little while. It's unusual for me to really love a heroine. I loved her. I want her in my life and being my friend. She's one of those just wonderful people that brighten your day no matter what. I was literally felt happier reading about her.

This book starts out introducing us to the Debutante Underground, a secret group that discusses whatever women love and focuses on the weekly newspaper clipping of The Debutante's Revenge. This is what binds the heroines from the 3 books of the series together. It was wonderful to read and experience, something a bit new and different.

This book had so much sweetness in it. So much love. There were feels everywhere for me with this book. I have no hesitation about the couple being together. I know they love each other. I know they will be happy ever after. Some stories I'm just not fully convinced by the end but I can see Reese and Sophie's future clearly.

I remember looking at the page count and saying I love this book. It was 7%. I remember thinking I REALLY love this book. It was 12%. And then I was completely and absolutely lost in the story. It takes a good story to get me fully immersed, just watching the characters play out before. And before I knew it, it was 4am and I was 70% done. Can't wait to try another one by her.

Right now all I can read is historical and this story was perfection. I love the idea that the heroine helps the hero to sleep and heal. Loved the debutante revenge meetings and the friendships. This was another hit. I am going to read the first two books in the series. This can be read as a standalone.

"He moved behind her and slowly removed the handful of pins left in her hair, running his fingers through the honey-colored stands as he kissed the column of her neck."

Sophie and Henry were great characters. I felt captured with a feeling of sympathy for Sophie being forced to marry for the sake of saving her family. Henry was a tortured soul looking for peace that alluded him.
The story had a great flow and was a perfect HEA.

My only complaint was that although this book was set in the Regency era, it was not historically accurate whatsoever. I put that out there as a warning if that bothers any other readers. In my humble opinion, the love story was enough to overlook the inaccuracies.

I give When You Wish Upon A Rouge 4.5/5 Stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and St, Martin's Paperbacks for the advance copy. All opinions expressed are my own.