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NetGalley Review of Road Trip with a Rogue

Posted on July 21, 2025July 29, 2025 by caritagardiner
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title: Road Trip with a Rogue

author: Kate Bateman

publisher: St. Martin's Paperback

publication date: July 29, 2025

pages: 336

peppers: 3 (on this scale)

warnings: shootings, stabbings

summary: Daisy has been hired to stop a couple from eloping in Gretna Green; unfortunately, they have a head start and she gets delayed by Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford, the one man who has been driving her batty for the past five years since their one kiss.

tropes:

  • road trip
  • enemies to lovers
  • one bed
  • one horse
  • eloping
  • she's been ruined

what I liked:

  • sense of humor
  • witty banter
  • backstories

what I didn’t like: none of it

overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)

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