Gabrielle Astley is quite used to being an afterthought, a burden, a nuisance. As the only child – and a useless female one at that – to a Baron, she was both spoiled materially and neglected emotionally. After her father’s death, his third wife and her stepmother is remarried, to the stern and cold Marquess of Dunbury. Since the new Baron wants nothing to do with Gabrielle, the Marquess is her … her new guardian and Gabrielle finds herself in London, receiving her debut. Despite this turn of events, she can’t quite shake her spite of her stepmother, and her attitude lands her into hot water and her first spanking at the hand of her guardian.
The Marquess seems eager to marry her off, and Gabrielle has no objection to that goal. London has everything she ever wanted – glamor, excitement, and, for some reason, quite a few people actually seem to like and take an interest in her. When the Marquess’ best friend, the rakish Felix Hood becomes one of those people, Gabrielle finds herself hoping for more than just a standard ton marriage… until she begins to realize that he’s not interested in her for herself, and his interest may actually be in someone close to her.
Felix Hood had no thoughts of settling down in marriage – as the youngest of three brothers, he should be the last to wed. However, when he meets his best friend Philip’s new ward and is tasked with the duty of helping guard her against any unsavory suitors (as well as guarding Philip’s new wife from Miss Astley’s waspish tongue), he can’t help but be entranced by her. She’s not the usual milk and water miss that is served up to the gentlemen of the tongue; she’s prickly, funny, and has a touch of sadness in her eyes that he longs to discover the cause of so that he may vanquish it. But he’s not convinced he’s ready for marriage, and his hesitation over formally courting her leads Miss Astley to turn to her other suitors, making him wonder if she’s really worth the chase.
This novella was written at the request of readers who wanted to know what was happening between Felix and Gabrielle during Book 1 of the Bridal Discipline series, however it is not necessary to read Philip’s Rules in order to enjoy this novella, nor is it necessary to read this novella in order to enjoy the upcoming Gabrielle’s Discipline. It’s just a bonus novella for enjoyment and to fulfill reader’s curiosity.
Undisciplined is approximately 30k words and contains hot alpha males, domestic discipline, and steamy sexual situations.
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This book gripped me from the very first page, and I could not put it down even for a single moment… that’s how addictively charming this story truly is!
Undisciplined in my mind is very much a bridging book between Philip’s Rules and Gabrielle’s Discipline or a prequella to the latter story. This contains scenes from Philip’s Rules , but from Gabrielle and Felix’s point of views, rather than Cordelia and Philip’s.
I loved the truths it revealed about this couple and their struggles. It cleverly alters your perspective of Gabrielle, who previously appeared quite cruel and selfish at times. By the end of this I’d gone from disliking the girl to being her biggest supporter. It’s a really engaging and well written novella that provides the perfect set up for Gabrielle and Felix’s story in book #2 of the Bridal Discipline series.
This is a great introduction to the inner workings of Gabrielle from the first book. There is more than meets the eye and I could see how she and Felix would be pulled together. It’s short and really just serves as an introduction to their story but it’s exactly what I needed to get excited over her story.
This is a Novella with the main characters being from Philip’s Rules and taking place during the events of Philip’s Rules, and the story is told from Gabrielle’s and Felix’s point of view.
After Gabrielle and Felix meet each other, they both think that the other is very attractive.
Gabrielle was misbehaving in company and in order to get her to behave Felix threatens to spank her. However Gabrielle becomes somewhat afraid and she thinks of how her father hit her in the face.
Later Felix visits the Dunbury House and tries to make conversation with Gabrielle, but Gabrielle thinks he is mocking her, when in fact he was not.
A couple of days later Gabrielle observes Philip and Cordelia having some rather hot sex and is very turned on and then later when she is masturbating by herself she visualizes Felix and he is the one that is having sex with her.
We get to read more of their story in Gabrielle’s Dicipline.
Conclusions: I enjoyed reading this story because I enjoyed finding out what Gabrielle and Felix were thinking.
Gabriella’s perspective
This gives the point of view of Gabriella from Philips rules.
It’s shortish. About 3 hours long. The narrative is pretty good. But not quite up to S. Kittens standard from the first series.
I do believe I’ll enjoy listening to it many times in the years to come.
This audio book was given to me for free at my request from the publisher or author or narrator and I provided this unbiased voluntary review.
Golden Angel always writes with steam, discipline and a lot of spunk. Undisciplined is a great incite to Gabrielle. Gabrielle is a spoiled brat. When things change, and her mother wants to marry her off, the story steams up. A lot of fun spunk from Gabrielle, and strong alpha male discipline creates an interesting story that is hard to put down.
Rebecca McKernan narrated this story well. She has an easy to listen to voice. Rebecca kept the character’s voices separate and distinct. I liked the speed at which Rebecca read at. I enjoyed the narration of this story.
A very enjoyable historical storyline, and a merry chase the young Gabrielle sets for Felix Hood her unbeknownst, but highly susceptible suitor.
Enjoyed the narration by Rebecca McKernan
Reviewed for Audiobook Obsession
Golden Angel does a great job in Undisciplined of recapping Gabrielle’s journey through book 1 Philip’s Rules. I would highly recommend this book if you didn’t read book 1 or is has been a while I listened to it the same day I did Philip’s Rules. For that reason I found it repetitive. It is however well written and engaging. I wasn’t bored and listened to the entire book. I am stoked to experience Gabrielle’s story however it plays out. Bring it on Golden Angel.
Felix is asked to “watch” the step-daughter Gabrielle, so Phillip can woo his wife Cordelia. This is a parallel story from the vantage point of the other characters. I’m so thrilled they are in this boxset together. Felix sees another side of the bratty young woman and becomes intrigued.
This one about broke my heart really. If you read Philip’s Rules then you met Gabrielle, the step-daughter. This novella is from her point of view and the insights discovered are poignant. If you can put yourself into a teenage frame of mind with that sense of deductive reasoning and emotions, then this will absolutely bring all the feels you’re looking for.
Undisciplined?
Yes, but once you find out more about Gabrielle’s upbringing, you can understand that she only wants attention. And if she cannot get positive attention, she provokes and takes the negative kind and feeds her conviction that nobody wants her, loves her.
Mired in her belief she completely misreads her stepmothers and her new husbands efforts to bring her out into society.
On top of that, there is a gentleman that seems interested in her. But he couldn’t be, could he?
Unfamiliar with the feelings he provokes in her, she almost commits societal suicide with her erratic behavior.
This is a tasty teaser of things to come in the next book!
Funny, romantic and touching
Book 2, this novella is parallel in time with the first book of the series, but from the viewpoints of Gabrielle and Felix. While it could be read alone and comes to a conclusion of sorts, their story really continues in the next book, so I recommend at least planning on reading book 3 after this one.
I typically love this author’s characters and this book is no exception. Even already knowing what was going to happy, I highly enjoyed getting this take on events from Gabrielle and Felix. Funny, romantic and touching, this was a great setup for book 3–I’m so glad it’s out already so I don’t have to wait! 5 stars
B2B Kelly
Undisciplined explains the enigma that is Gabrielle. Behind the bad behavior lies a world of anger and hurt. She craves the love of a good man, but fears being rejected. Felix is all her hopes and dreams rolled into one. Will their insecurities ruin a chance for love? From chaotic to hypnotic Undisciplined is an enamoring tale.