After reading this book, I have found that historical romance is not my jam. I did enjoy the main character and the storyline, but just didn't love this book because of the language used. I now know to stay away from historical romance. I am also unfamiliar with Sarah MacLean's work, so wasn't sure what I was getting myself into storyline wise.

I thought this was an ok read. I loved her previous novel but struggled a bit with pacing on this one. Might try to get back to it later

This series is just pure gold. I love that it takes regency romance and adds action, feminism, and intrigue in a way that makes it an all-around fun experience. The steam feels like an added bonus!

Interesting and enjoyable.
Many hanks to Avon and Harper Voyager and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Loved this second Hell's Belles novel even more than the first. With a strong feisty heroine and a hero who's got her back, these two make a great pair. Looking forward to the third in the series!

Sarah is the Queen of HR and one of my absolute fave series from her has been Hell's Belles. Heartbreaker is no different and tells the story of Adelaide Frampton and the Duke of Clayborn. This is the perfect wallflower romance and I loved every bit of it

I love Sarah McLean's adventure stories with a generous side of steamy romance. I was intrigued by the premise of this series, being loosely based on a band of real women. After reading book one, "Bombshell" and loving Sesily, Caleb, and the rest of the Hell's Belles I jumped at the chance to read book 2 before it came out.

Unfortunately, McLain can be a hit or miss with me, this one was a particular miss for me. I Did not like Adelaide in this book. I couldn't connect with her and the interaction between her and Henry wasn't always believable. Reading this novel felt like a chore. I will count it as a miss and hope that the next installment to the series is a hit again.

This historical romance was so stinking fun! It was unique way to create a forced closed proximity one bed trope! The mix of troubles, vengeful aristocrats, dangerous past adds up to perfection. The teasing chapter between Thomas and Imogene at the end just has me shaking for the next installment

I love everything about Sarah Maclean and her writing style. Whenever anyone mentions Regency romance I immediately recommend everything Sarah has ever written and Heartbreaker just reaffirms this love.

We have enemies to lovers, a trip, potential injury, and so many single beds it’s hard to keep track!

I love her use of Tropes and I found myself laughing out loud at Adelaid’s antics and Claybourne’s acceptance of her.

If you love regency, don’t miss Sarah Maclean! All romance readers should love her!

This book felt like a more light hearted Lorraine Heath novel. There was drama and turns, but overall, not too dark. This book has two characters with very different pasts come together with a shared goal of trying to stop a wedding. They experience danger over the journey, pretend to be together, are forced to share a room, and are at risk of having their heart stolen.

I liked this read. I do feel like there were certain scenes that took too long, and i had a hard time connecting with the characters. If you're looking for a fun story with a journey, class difference, and steam, this is a good one to pick up!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for an eARC of this title in exchange for my honest thoughts.

“There is a shocking lack of beds in this country.”

The number of forced proximity, only one bed situations in this book is pure delight!!

Eeeek I’m so sad I read this so late!! Honestly I’m in love with this series and all the Belles! They are absolutely legendary women and I’m here for it!

Clayborn was a hero of all heroes… the way he saw her and made her feel seen, ugh be still my beating heart! He put in so much effort to let her know how worthy she is, till she believed it because how he saw her and the depth and breadth of his feelings could not be denied… swoon!

If you love smart, sassy, strong as hell heroines (who are occasionally too stupid for their own good trying to be all noble), and heroes who don’t want to control but team up and protect, and cherish, with a rather filthy mouth (for a HR anyways) then this is the book/ series for you!!!

Sarah MacLean is the historical romance goddess. I loved this one as much as I love all of her books. Five stars!

Not only is this novel just plain fun, but I love the idea of these two characters, both of whom have done an excellent job of taking care of themselves all their lives, allowing someone in the protect and love them and to protect and love in return. And OOOH boy, the bedroom talk hit all my buttons. Some seriously switchy (vanilla), praise kink behavior between these two and I was living for it.

I just looooove Sarah’s writing ✍️ like you need to try her HR even if you are not a HR reader! This group of ladies are just a pure delight and this leading duke will make you full on swoon! The quotes from this one are 💯

So yeah go read and report back if we can be friends 💛💙💛

Thanks so much @avonbooks for this eARC 💙

This book was *amazing*. I adored it. I have recommended it to every single person that I have talked to about books.
Unfortunately I've had a nightmare year, and I thought I had posted my review but had not.

It's an unwritten rule that I will read just about everything Sarah MacLean writes and those books will in turn wreck me, but holy cow, I think she's topped herself in just about every possible way in terms of the utter swooniness of this one. Adelaide and Henry were absolutely gone from each other from moment one, and I loved the conceit of them racing across the country to save an eloped couple for their own unique reasons — as well as all the trope fodder that results! The only part that didn't quite coalesce together for me was in the third act; it felt like the story remembered that every dangling thread suddenly had to be resolved and found a way to mash everything together in one conclusion, which resulted in a messy finish for me. But otherwise, another installment in one of my favorite MacLean series and I'm very, very excited for Imogen and Tommy's story next.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was so much fun. The characters were witty, fun, and oh so romantic. I listened to the audiobook and the speaker used different tones and voices for the characters and it just made the whole story deliciously delightful and full of adventure. Loved every second of the story. Adelaide was such a fun heroine and her Duke was the perfect match for her. Their adventure from start to finish racing to Gretna Green to protect his brother and his future wife, was fast-paced and full of witty quips and the back and forth between the two. Loved their love story. I can’t wait for the next adventure!

This was a good book. There is a reason that Sarah MacLean is so well known in this genre. This was spot on when talking about powerful men having that charge over women. Good read.

Sarah MacLean has done it again and has absolutely become a must buy for me! This book is a great follow up to Bombshell which allows the "Sarah MacLean Cinematic Universe" to expand further and encompass more unreal heroes and strong, smart, and brave heroines. Clayborn's love for Adelaide can inspire us all, and also depress us a little bit because no one can live up to a MacLean hero. Just enough adventure and mystery to add to the romance but not distract, can not wait for the next one!

I really struggled with Heartbreaker. On paper, it's the type of historical romance trope I adore: The feisty heroine with skillz and the stoic aristo whotries to resist her. However, Sarah MacLean has shifted from her traditional historical romance roots and gone more and more fantastical (writing this as a long-time fan of the genre who is aware of how ridiculously unrealistic it is in general!). To me this latest series is more of a wish fullfillment Mary Sue type series that is pretty jarring with how amazing and talented the heroines all are and very atypical of the timeline (especially the types of Jane Bond like skills(. I'll still give it 3 stars because I know for others, this is exactly their cup of tea. I just didn't feel any emotional connection to it. I can believe almost any romance if that leaps off the page. Sadly this one didn't do it for me.

Thanks to NetGalley for a free ARC in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions are my own.