You Were Made to Be Mine

The Palace of Rogues

By: Julie Anne Long

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

""I am in awe of her talent.""— Julia Quinn

In the fifth installment of USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s charming Palace of Rogues series, a rakish spy finds more than he bargained for in his pursuit of an earl’s enchanting runaway fiancée.

The mission: Find the Earl of Brundage’s runaway fiancée in exchange for a fortune. Child’s play for legendary British former spymaster, Christian Hawkes. The catch? Hawkes knows in his bones that Brundage is the traitor to England who landed him in a brutal French prison. Hawkes is destitute, the earl is desperate, and a bargain is struck.

Fleeing a savagely shattered dream, the sheltered Lady Aurelie Capet finds refuge in an alias and the warmth and kindness of the Grand Palace on the Thames—until a gorgeous, mysterious disturbance to her peace literally topples through the door.

An unexpected, fierce desire that feels destined, dangerous—and devastatingly sweet—ignites between the sheltered beauty and the jaded spy, and as they slowly unravel each other's shocking secrets Hawkes closes in on the truth about the earl. Soon it’s clear they can have no future without vanquishing the past: Hawkes knows that loving her means avenging her. Aurelie knows that loving Hawkes means freeing him to do that, no matter the cost.

Characters were well defined and fun to follow

Characters didn’t follow a predictable pattern and they had some unique turns and twists lovely

Just a wonderful period romance set in London 1820’s. Highly Recommend!!!

Wonderful Charecters full of romance, suspense, laughter, and spice! I am starting book 6 in Audio form. Narration has been fantastic given all the regular characters that move throughout the books. Each book is unique in its own story but each is as wonderfully enjoyable as the last. Highly recommend!!!

oh my heart

julie ann long has yet again knocked it out of the park. suspence, romance and some heat made this book awesome. justine eyre is brilliant and adds the finishing touch to an already great story. thank you

Should be a trigger warning

Rape in the recent past is discussed right away. That over shadows so much of the story and is the impetus for the heroine to run away and for the villain to hire the hero to find her. Unfortunately the heroine continues to put herself in situations where she is alone with bad men and the hero saves her over and over. Luckily she is not assaulted again and I was able to enjoy the rest of the book.

Another home run!

Julie Anne Long is my new favorite romance author! All of this series has been really great to listen to! Justine eyre is an exceptional narrator. I highly recommend all of them!