His Bride for the Taking

Tessa Dare — 2021

It’s the first rule of friendship among gentlemen: Don’t even think about touching your best friend’s sister. Sebastian, Lord Byrne, has never been one for rules. He’s thought about touching Mary Clayton—a lot—and struggled to resist temptation. But when Mary’s bridegroom leaves her waiting the altar, only Sebastian can save her from ruin. By marrying her himself. In eleven years, he’s never laid a finger on his best friend’s sister. Now he’s going to take her with both hands. To have, to hold…and to love. This novella was originally published in Rogues Rush In, a Regency romance duet (2018), by Tessa Dare and Christi Caldwell

Reviews

dija@dija

Jan 23, 2023

Short, feel-good romance with the "bestfriends to guess-you-have-no-choice-but-to-marry-me" trope

Connor @cgbart

Oct 5, 2022

Look, there are many things I can say about this--childhood friends to lovers, etc--but frankly, this novella was exactly what I've been looking for in everything I've tried reading this past month, so that alone would give it 5/5 in my book. Light-hearted and delightful, gruff hero with a heart of gold, brainy and determined heroine, a cottage by the seaside, half-masked jokes about IKEA? Sign me up.

Jaclyn@romancebookbubble

Apr 24, 2022

Omg this was ADORABLE!!! Soooo incredibly sweet!! I loved the twist at the end! This was such a happy, cute love story and left me with a huge smile on my face! If you have an hour to kill and want to feel happy and all the butterfliea, this is a PERFECT choice!!

Becky@afoolsingenuity

Jan 6, 2022

How could I not enjoy this little novella. It was a wonderful way to spend a little time on a lazy Sunday. I even found time to out in a facemask when reading and truly relax. I hadn't realised it but it's a rarity in historical romance or have our romantic lead be a younger man. Who knew this would become something I now want to hunt out it historical romance? It worked so perfectly to have the pair be close after Sebastian was Marys brothers best friend. It added a level of forbidden to the romance as well. It was just so utterly sweet. I could auve happily read a full length version of this but I in no way felt cheated by this. I recommend checking it out while it's free. Well worth a quick read.

Kim@kimberlyfayereads

Oct 6, 2021

Another fun and swoony novella from Tessa Dare. These are basically my catnip right now. Mary and Sebastian's trope-tastic story mixed brother's best friend with marriage of convenience and a dash of forced proximity and I enjoyed every minute of it.