OCTOBER 2022 - AudioFile
Kit Swann’s accomplished narrating skills are on full display in this third book in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series. Beautiful Katherine Delafield has waited patiently for a year to marry breathlessly handsome but bitter Preston Clarke after they were pledged to each other by their fathers. When Preston turns her down flat, Katherine makes up for lost time at a masquerade ball, but the stranger whose eye she catches is no real stranger. Swann’s voice for Katherine is perfectly feminine, soft and whimsical, while her voice for Preston is invitingly forceful, deep and arrogant. She is equally adept with the lesser characters’ accents. Each is appropriate and recognizable. This is an enjoyable listen filled with humor, steamy sex, and interesting characters who are well portrayed. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
Once again, Shupe delivers a sparkling, sexy romance in a well-crafted and entertaining historical setting, filling the book to the brim with vivid, appealing characters that readers can’t help but love.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“Shupe skillfully brings the opulent setting to life, and Katherine and Preston’s love story will leave readers with racing hearts and satisfied smiles.” — BookPage Starred Review
“The Mrs. Astor of Gilded Age romances provides another smart and sexy read.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Shupe's novels are never short on delicious feminist plotting, hunky heroes, and love scenes hotter than the beach in July.” — Entertainment Weekly
"Joanna Shupe is the queen of historical bad boys!" — Julia Quinn
“Shupe (the Uptown Girls series) opens her Fifth Avenue Rebels series with this effortlessly diverting Gilded Age romance... [Harrison and Maddie’s] sexual chemistry and dynamic banter, especially during intimate moments, convey an alluring blend of love and playfulness. This character-driven historical romance is sure to delight.” — Publishers Weekly on The Heiress Hunt
“Joanna Shupe vividly evokes 1890s New York, from glamorous restaurants to a Bowery boxing hall to the original Madison Square Garden.” — New York Times Book Review on The Rogue of Fifth Avenue
“Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!” — Sarah MacLean
“Swoon! With The Rogue of Fifth Avenue, Shupe continues to build on the sterling legacy she’s building for herself as a gifted weaver of glittering Gilded Age tales (complete with lots of nod to real historical figures), while also deepening the contemporary resonance of her themes.” — Entertainment Weekly
OCTOBER 2022 - AudioFile
Kit Swann’s accomplished narrating skills are on full display in this third book in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series. Beautiful Katherine Delafield has waited patiently for a year to marry breathlessly handsome but bitter Preston Clarke after they were pledged to each other by their fathers. When Preston turns her down flat, Katherine makes up for lost time at a masquerade ball, but the stranger whose eye she catches is no real stranger. Swann’s voice for Katherine is perfectly feminine, soft and whimsical, while her voice for Preston is invitingly forceful, deep and arrogant. She is equally adept with the lesser characters’ accents. Each is appropriate and recognizable. This is an enjoyable listen filled with humor, steamy sex, and interesting characters who are well portrayed. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
