“Shall we begin?”When spoken by my new husband, these three little words fill me with terror and anticipation.In private, King Henry rules my body like he rules his country—with unrelenting control and passion. I crave his orders, his punishment, his commands. Outside the bedroom, we’re strangers caught in a web of lies and decadence.Our marriage is a sham, a business arrangement devised to save … business arrangement devised to save my life and secure his crown. He doesn’t love me. He loves my body, controlling it, shaming it, worshipping it. To survive the dangers at court, I need to be smart, but it’s hard to think straight with a man like Henry between my legs.
Each night, he locks the bedroom door, determined to teach me a new lesson. Obedience, patience, trust. I lie awake in bed waiting for the sound of his footsteps and the latest installment in pleasure and pain. My heart pounds when the hinges creak and his broad shoulders block the door. I’m not ready, but I can’t wait to feel his hands on me. He shoves his bowtie into my mouth, binds my hands to the headboard, and whispers in my ear…
“Shall we begin?”
From USA Today bestselling author Jeana E. Mann comes this dark, contemporary romance filled with twists, turns, and unprecedented heat.
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I’ve been waiting for this book to come out since I’ve been given a chance to read the ARC for The Royal Engagement…
I was looking forward to reading The Rebel Queen as it’s the beginning to their relationship. I was waiting for something to happen but what I didn’t expect is the power play, how they treat each other… I wouldn’t say they have it easy but the struggle for both them is palatable.
What capture me the most is how determined and assured Everly is. How charming, sweet and caring she is to everyone.
I enjoyed reading this book very much.
The Rebel Queen was a delicious page-turner and great conclusion to Henry and Everly’s story.
Once again the story was missing a special something for me. Sometimes things were glossed over and I felt as if I was missing a piece of the story. Still, the sizzling chemistry between Henry and Everly was scorching and sizzled and captivated me every step of the way.
If you’re in the mood for a sexy, electric, and consuming story The Rebel Queen is the perfect read for you. 4 stars.
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This novel is intense with royal luxury, court intrigue and filthy, dark sensuality.
It’s a big leap from the previous novella, I assure you. The suave, persuasive prince of Androvia turns into a cold-hearted, manipulative dark hero as soon as he has the hot-headed beauty in his power. He submits her to his mind games and bed games and all kinds of naughty dominance. He is not lovable, my friends, but he is unavoidable. The poor lady from Manhattan puts up a fight with claws and wit but she is in distress because of his magnetism, the pleasure she cannot resist feeling in his hands, and all the dangers lurking in the corners and the grand schemes of the royal palace.
Henry is infuriating in his dominance and unflinching in his callous control of her life at the palace. I wanted to yell at him to treat her more fondly, but in the end she was quite up to the demeaning behaviour as long as she got her big Os in the process ;-D
It is sheer entertainment!
All that works in stark contrast with how the relationship develops. There are some touching moments of closeness between Everly and Henry that I really enjoyed. Royal life is wrought with grief, challenges and threats that push and pull at this unconventional couple. It’s a veritable rollercoaster with him going cold and stern out of his many problems with running a crumbling kingdom.
However, they finally find their twisted, hot, emotional happy ending filled with fairytale splendour, strong bonding and a couple of epilogues that are totally befitting to a dark royal romance.
The epic finale in this duet! Picking up right where the last story left off, Everly says her vows to Henry and is swept away to his home country so he can start to pick up the pieces after his father’s death. Everly quickly finds that while she is grateful that Henry is protecting her from her father, things were never as she thought they were going to be. As they being and start to establish life being married as well as in some sort of normalcy though, Everly finds out that things are not as they seem or typical in relation to her life and childhood. Henry definitely is more overprotective and possessive of Everly, and even when he’s wrong he tends to spin it around on her. They have a different and unique relationship and understanding. I was so into this book in terms of finding out what was going to happen with her father once they found him and how he would keep the country safe in regards to the aftermath, but unfortunately the author didn’t give much on the topic, nor the shooting that wasn’t in relation to Everly’s father. I was a little disappointed in that because the storyline was so heavily built on that suspense and problem that I was hoping the resolution of it would be clearer. Overall though it was a great ending to the duet, especially with this pair getting their HEA.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
This is the second book in amazing Series, a royal story and romantic suspense. Henry and Everly are great together and they share a sizzling hot chemistry. Henry is handsome, powerful, sexy and alpha. Everly is a strong and beautiful woman. The storyline has mystery, twists and turns, and suspense. This Royal Romance is page-turning and captivating. I loved it! This is a great conclusion to the Series. I wish to have an audiobook version of this Series. I enjoyed my reading and highly recommend it.
The Rebel Queen(The Rebel Queen Duet #2) by Jeana E. Mann picks up with Henry and Everly getting married. She is then whisked off to his country to prepare to be his Queen. Everly has to deal with her disapproving mother in law and Henry’s ex fiance. With Henry off dealing with his country’s state of turmoil, Everly is left to find her place while fighting off her hurt and lonely feelings. I really liked this story. Henry and Everly each have to deal with the feelings they were experiencing with this marriage. Is it one of convenience or can it be more? The story of their journey to this answer made for a good read. One thing bugged me. I never did find out about who was behind the occurence at the hospital. Loved Henry and Everly’s ending! 4.5 stars for me.
The Rebel Queen is the second book in the The Rebel Queen Duet. The Royal Arrangement is the first book and you do need to read it first.
The story picks up where The Royal Arrangement left off. Henry’s father has died and Henry is now King of Androvia. Everly and Henry are now married and they are flying to Henry’s home. He hasn’t told anyone that he is now married and that includes his mother.
Henry and Everly have a lot of being newly married complications but added to that he is King and responsible for his country. Meanwhile Everly is just trying to find her place in all this.
Henry is very masterful and has Everly under his spell but I think Everly has him under her spell too! This is a sexy and hot book to read! It’s full of twists and turns. I highly enjoyed this duet and if this is an example of this author’s work I will be looking forward to reading more of her books.
After reading The Royal Arrangement, I was dying to see how Everly and Henry’s story continued after their marriage. So when I received this arc, I finished some pending reviews pretty quick and sat down to savor this book. And it was a great story, just what I expected.
When Henry and Everly arrive in palace, there is a lot of discord from different angles of the palace, both for the irregular manner in which they got married and because there were plans in place to marry Henry with Lady Clayton, the witch who was unfaithful to Henry with his former best friend. Henry’s mother is such a termagant! Life in palace is rife with problems, border security problems, palace security which was breached several times, Everly’s safety since her father is at large and gunning for her, and Henry’s uncle who wants to keep in place the unsavory customs the previous King had in place. Henry is besieged with work and problems and Everly is besieged by etiquette lessons and wardrobe wars with Madame Chantelle. Their first weeks of married life were bumpy but at least their nights were filled with “lessons” that left Everly twitchy and Henry with a stupid grin in his face.
I loved the slow manner in which Everly and Henry fell in love. Initially they developed a trust and closeness, having each others’ back against all their palace foes. Then eventually, Everly won over the palace servants and the public with her noble heart and generous spirit. Henry tried hard to keep their connection distant, like a business contract, but there was no holding off from Everly’s beauty and inner niceness. I loved their squabbles, totally normal for newlyweds but when they happen inside palace quarters, they get to be more passionate and exciting, especially since they end with the nightly “punishments”. Henry was a crappy husband at first because his attention was scattered in different priorities but the squabbles made him toe the line. It was lovely to see the “domestication” of King Henry.
Overall, the book was hugely entertaining, loved to see some people receive their deserved comeuppance, loved the naughty parts, and I loved Everly and Henry!
Hot dayum! This conclusion was !
This story will give you mild whiplash with all the twists and turns. The back and forth between Henry and Everly, but you’ll like it! I did.
Highly recommend this duet!
When we left Henry and Everly they had just come to an agreement to marry to get Henry in position to take over the crown and Everly to get protection from her nefarious murdering father. The Rebel Queen opens at just that point with Henry and Everly at the courthouse in Connitecutt inauspiciously tying the knot and winging off to his kingdom.
I have to admit that the story moved in a direction I was not expecting. Jeana E. Mann moved the story toward Everly and Henry’s adjustments to married life and palace life and almost completely away from the dangerous intrigue of global machinations that was the story center that the Royal Arrangement had. This didn’t make the story less, it was just not what I anticipated reading.
Everly, as the Kings Consort, grows significantly as a character in this book. Gone is the woman who appeared scared and cautious, unsure of herself. In her place is a woman who quickly realizes that she had better find her footing in her new reality quickly otherwise she will be bulldozed into a corner she won’t be able to find her way out of. Everly’s adversaries, namely the King’s mother and his former fiance, both of whom are pretentious and obnoxious, come up against a woman who takes her years of experience as a girl traversing the world as the vice president’s daughter and transforms them into weapons to deflect the poisonous barbs hurled her way. Henry, on the other hand, regresses a bit. Falling back on lessons from his father, he becomes stoic and cold. His duty preceding all else until he locks the bedroom door. Henry is challenged to become more than he expected to be and finds that the man who he thought he was is nowhere near the man who can be. Along the way, the two heat up the pages as their sexual attraction remains the constant that neither can escape.
The Rebel Queen moves along at a can’t-put-it-down pace with no slow points. The danger from Everly’s father is a secondary plot point not given a lot of page time though successfully resolved. The bulk of the story is the relationship between Henry and Everly and how it develops from a business relationship to more. Ms. Mann takes her characters through all of the emotions you would expect from people changing their entire way of thinking and being: elation, confusion, despair, and revelation. I thoroughly invested in seeing a happy ending for the two and the decimation of their enemies and retractors.
In the end, The Rebel Queen lived up to my expectations, just not the ones that I thought they were.
I received a free copy of this book from the author.
If you haven’t read The Royal Arrangement you’ll need to prior to reading The Rebel Queen. The Rebel Queen starts off where we left Henry and Everly though now they’ve made it to his home country and he’s ready to claim his title of King.
Everly isn’t a wallflower. I think that she’s underestimated by several characters in play. I had a good chuckle several times when she would simply put some of the women in their places. King Henry didn’t need to step up to the plate to throw his weight around – she did it all on her own. That’s the kind of royal you want ruling your country.
King Henry is arrogant. Definitely dominate in the bedroom. It’s hard for him to allow Everly any freedom but she works around his stiff rules. Which is another point for her, in my book. Their relationship is unconventional in normal settings but it works for both of them.
There will come a time though they’ll have to read the writing on the wall…and that’s the way to their happy ever after. Some bumps in the road but I think you’ll find that this love story is worth the trials and tribulations.
I enjoyed The Rebel Queen and think you will too. Especially if you love royalty stories. This one doesn’t disappoint.
Well this was extremely sexy and a great way to end the duet! I loved the story and the characters!
Rebel Queen was book two in Jeana E Mann’s Rebel Queen duet and should not be read as a stand alone. It picks up where The Royal Arrangement left off.
A marriage of convenience to save Everly’s life and to give Henry the queen he needs to ascend the throne, can their business arrangement ever become more?
Rebel Queen . . .holy freaking hot . . . like burn up your kindle hot! And, so much royal intrigue and suspense that it was easy to fall head over heels into this story and not come up for air until the very last page was finished!
I loved watching this couple break down one anothers walls and all of the rules they had set for themselves so that they would never be more than a mutually beneficial arrangement. Their constant verbal sparring and mind games with one another acted as foreplay in a delicious battle of dominance and submission. But, while this book was crazy hot, it was so much more than that. While they never meant to fall in love, feelings and emotions cannot always be controlled, and I loved watching them realize this as they learned each other both in and out of the bedroom.
This duet was a phenomenal read and Rebel Queen was an amazing ending to the duet giving reader’s everything they could have hoped for. 5 stars!
The intoxicating and thrilling combination of sinful passion, intricate royal world and soulful romance made The Rebel Queen by Jeana E. Mann an exceptional read. This wickedly sexy fairytale romance captures your heart and soul.
Henry , the new king of Androvia is an amazing and intriguing character. To the outer world, he is the epitome of powerful, controlled, arrogant and dominating royalty. To Everly, he is all of these and some more. The true savior. Someone who wants to control her body and mind, to play wicked games and also to cherish her with impossible softness. This push and pull was the most interesting part of the story. Every had to marry Henry suddenly and leave behind her disgraced family in America. And she has a lot to process and adjust. The author beautifully explored her inner battles and constant struggles against manipulating and conspiring enemies. I adore her strength and determination. She may love the pervert debasing and filthy surrender to her husband in bedroom. But she has spine of steel with adorable smart and confidence. That will finally make her a true partner to the king. What started as emotionless business transaction will become the strongest bond.
The evolution of their relationship is complex. The dominant submissive interplay was almost too hot to handle.They are trying to earn trust and respect for each other beyond the blinding attraction. But the outside forces and looming danger on Androvia keep on interfering. And so there will be misunderstandings, heartbreaks and angst filled separations. And it was simply delightful experience to read how they work through all the obstacles. They finally become inseparable soulmates. I loved every contradictory intense infuriating moment.
The Rebel Queen by Jeana E. Mann was a sensual and gripping take on fairy tale romance. The age old dreamy and sweet story of Kings and Queens got a sultry, enthralling and brilliant make over. A real treat for every romance lover.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved reading this story and seeing where it would lead. The dynamics of the royalty with deal with a relationship was a very intriguing way of looking at it.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The second installment in the series, The Rebel Queen is an exciting, intense, suspenseful romance that is sure to keep everyone on their toes. I do recommend reading the first in the series; The Royal Arrangement, though this can be read as a standalone, the first book will definitely give a better reading experience.
The start of the book is quick, starting off with the wedding. Everly and Henry flounder for a since of normalcy, each trying to find out what their new roles will be. The passion and lust between Henry and Everly is visibly felt, but the emotions between them are murky at best. Though the love each other, trust is hard for both of them. The first book in the series will grab you by the hand and then drag you into the next, this one will grab you by the heart and not let you go until it is SHATTERED!
The only thing that made me a little sad what how fast the ending came, I want more, so much more!! A heartfelt, intriguing story that I would recommend to anyone. A one-click buy for sure!
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“I want to help you become the powerful, confident woman you were born to be-through sex.”
This book had something I didn’t know I would love in a book.
It had one heck of a demanding and possessive hero. Which, I already know I love. What surprised and shocked me was the way this author took such a commanding, demanding, ruthless and alpha male man and brought about a vulnerability in him. To me, that vulnerability makes him human and so much more sexy because of it. Sigh! I think this Henry has got to be one of my all-time favorites.
Henry’s indifferent attitude toward his mother was too apparent and I was happy for it.
Everly has quite a metamorphosis. She goes from a broken, for lack of a better word, doormat and becomes a strong, independent woman that fights for what she wants and to be treated as an equal.
Everly was always kind but she shows it with how she cares for the servants in the castle. She also brings a lightness and happiness to King Henry. Day by day she breaks down his aloof and cold demeanor.
The heat and passion between Henry and Everly are undeniable but trust is fragile. I love the tentative changes that occur in their relationship. It’s not rushed or unbelievable. It is real and heartfelt and absolutely romantic.
This book is engaging, the sensuality drips of the pages and this couple is on FIRE! The intrigue and deceptions abound
There is a small undercurrent of suspense and mystery surrounding Everly’s father’s motives and where he is. An although this was somewhat central to the plot, I found it fizzled. There was so much hype about how dangerous and elusive he is that I was disappointed in the culmination to this part of the story. The same goes for Henry’s ex-fiancee and his mother. These two people created big waves in Henry and Everly’s relationship and it seemed like it all ended too easily and neatly. All tied up in a little bow and all that.
I was also a little disappointed in the close-to-black sex scene in the beginning. We are told about in the past tense by Everly in the next chapter but we never get to experience it. For me, the story would have been better served by experiencing it because this is who Henry is and what Everly craves.
With that being said, however, this was an AMAZING read and definitely worth the one-click.
I received an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
INTENSE WILD & HEARTFELT!
Oh My Effing Yes! I loved every exciting word. I was engaged excited riding on the edge of my seat filled with anxiety from start to finish never know from one page to the next were the story was headed as it continued to bring out a whirlwind of emotions with an impacting force from a dash of adrenaline angst fear irritation a bit of fun and fighting back tears. The chemistry was hot in a classy kind of way that yes it was descriptive but at times you had to read between the lines. The storyline was brilliantly written with a roller coaster ride of twists and exciting drama. I enjoyed this series so darn much however I’m sorry to say I’m not satisfied with the ending at all. I wanted more. I Did Not Want It To End. The ending wrapped up so quickly I was not ready for it to be over. After all the ups and downs I struggled through in this fantastic series I’m not sure what I hoped for but I’m not overly excited and content with the way it ended. It might be that I’m just being way to needy and overly attached to Everly & Henry and all the obstacles they struggled through for it to be The End. Anywho, I highly recommend this read as a perfect five star read. Get it, and enjoy.