Conspiring with a Rogue

A Whisper of Scandal, Book 2

By: Julie Johnstone

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

In order to save the man she loves from the enemy bent on destroying her, Lady Whitney Rutherford sheds her identity and escapes her past, making a new life for herself as Mr. Roger Wentworth, missing person locator extraordinaire. But when Whitney's best friend from her old life comes up missing and there is every indication the girl was taken by the debauched members of a secret club, Whitney dons a new disguise and infiltrates the club, determined to unravel the mystery and save her friend. She never expects to encounter Drake Sutherland, the man who still has her heart. In the dark world of pleasure and sin, Whitney must play a dangerous game and one wrong move could mean the death of her friend or the destruction of the man she loves.

©2013 Julie Johnstone (P)2014 Julie Johnstone

Excellent Series!

I read this series a while back and enjoyed it so much, I've started it over and listened to it on Audible! :-)

really drawn out

This story could have been told in a lot less time. the constant bemoaning of these characters is irritating

EXCELLANT NARRATION FUNNY AND VERY ROMANTIC!!

What made the experience of listening to Conspiring with a Rogue the most enjoyable?

The narrator Tim Campbell really brought this story alive. He was marvelous!!

Who was your favorite character and why?

I really liked all of the characters, but I am going to same Lord Davenport "Trent" Whitney's cousin. His book is next so I hope his story doesn't disappoint.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Drake Sutherland was introduced to Mr Roger Wentworth/Whitney posing as a man. It was so funny.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes I could hardly stop listening it was that good.

Any additional comments?

I so wanted to give Conspiring with A Rogue 5 stars because I love all the characters in this series. They are very entertaining and well written characters. But the storyline come up Short. Its one of those story were the disagreements could have been settled with the heroine Whitney trusting betroth Drake Sutherland with the truth. That she was being blackmailed. The story is good but it could have been written better, maybe have them working together sooner with the truth out in the open. The other problem is the villain Lady Westernburt now Mrs. Blightson a bankers wife. She was the villain in bk 1 Bargaining With A Rake and now she is back. I like to see a villain get there comeuppance instead of a light slap on the hand. So 4 stars instead of 5.

The romance between Drake Sutherland the American Shipping Tycoon and Lady Whitney Rutherford was very sensuous, sexy and hot. The banter was sometimes funny between all of the characters. This story had so much potential but its seems Ms. Johnstone the author didn't know how to scale back the angst making the heroin look foolish. Her reasoning wasn't good enough to keep this wonderful romantic couple apart for so long.

The story does mover fast so that helped and the scenes in the book with Mr. Wentworth/Whitney and Drake Sutherland was just down right hilarious. So I do Recommend Conspiring With A Rogue. I off to read bk 3 Dancing With A Devil!!

interestingly enough. ...

I think I am at odds with so many of the reviews. This was lighthearted yes, but deep too. It was implausible but sort of 'real' anyway. And altho' I did laugh it with with the character not at her.
Not a soft subject!

NARRATOR: One of the BEST ever! (👍)

HEAT FACTOR: ouch! (♨)

Mr. Wentworth?

Conspiring with a Rogue features Whitney Rutherford and Drake Sutherland, who she has left because a revenge-seeking blackmailer is threatening to ruin him in order to hurt Whitney. Hiding in plain sight disguise as Roger Wentworth, Private Eye, Whitney leads a merry chase around London with Drake and her cousin Alex hot on her heals. Lots of action and adventure here, an interesting story.

Tim Campbell provides an outstanding performance, as always. His narration is smooth and engaging. His voices bring clear pictures of the characters. Mr. Wentworth’s voice made me chuckle, Creepy Cadogan, not so much.

This review is for the narrator Tim Campbell

Would you listen to Conspiring with a Rogue again? Why?

This was the best narration I have heard in a while. Tim Campbell is becoming my favorite. His voices were clear and he did not sound like a wheezing old man.

What did you like best about this story?

I gave a review on Amazon about the book.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was when the hero realized he needed to retrieve his heroine.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Overcoming obstacles.

Loved it!!

Would you listen to Conspiring with a Rogue again? Why?

Yes,Such a heart rendering story.

What did you like best about this story?

The twists and turns that kept my interest.

What does Tim Campbell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He did a great job and he has done the voices great!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Whitney sacrificed her happiness for her love Drake.

Any additional comments?

Great Audio book!

Very repetitive….

It just felt like the same situation was just repeated over and over, and then it became a little boring and predictable. Not the usual high standard, but I still love all her books and will read them all.

Delicious & sensational.

Loved every second of this audiobook. Julie Johnstone is one of my favorite authors. She certainly can write a passionate love story. Her writing is superb! This series is superb!! And with Tim Campbell’s sexy voice narrating, OMG it is drool worthy! A must have. Loved it!!!

Lovesick Hero/TSTL Heroine! Terrible.

Geez that was a tough book to get through.. The hero, Drake was so love sick he was annoying to say the least. The heroine, Whitney was just TSTL most of the time.

The story had potential but was ruined by making the hero so freaking love sick, oh and so extremely prideful. Geez... You wanted to scream! Always saying "Whitney", "Whitney" ,"Whitney". "I won't ask for help", "I won't ask for help", "I won't ask for help",

Whitney was way to meek and mild to be pretending to be an investigator and made some really stupid decisions. And her constant whining about not wanting to be a burden grated on the nerves as well.

Seriously, I did a word count on the name "Whitney" in my Kindle and I got 1,090 hits. I also did a search in Drake's name and got 1,013 hits. I do believe that over half the hits I got on Drake's name was him whining about Whitney!

And of course, the misunderstanding and angst lasted all the way to the end! No resolutions or truths between the two until the last 10 pages. What an annoying book. At one point I wanted to throw my iphone, and another time I literally slapped my hand against my forehead in an "Are you kidding me? You people are so stupid" gesture.

There is a lot of dialogue, and I do like a lot of dialogue in my books, except most of this dialogue was Drake whining to everyone one and anyone about Whitney! Strong hero's do not whine to everyone they come in contact with they are brokenhearted. Really!!??

There are a couple of sex scenes, nothing remarkable, and somewhat annoying, Since you get so much of Drake's thoughts on "I can't believe I am with Whitney, Oh Whitney, Is this real or am I dreaming of Whitney" Wanted to barf it was so nauseating.

It is really to bad too, I read the first book Bargaining with a Rake and it was great. This one was a total disappointment. This is by far the worst Julia Johnstone book I have read or listened to.

As for the narrator he did a great job, He did a good job on the female voices and read with emotion. So it was not that narrator that ruined this book it was the writing and the story.