Lady Isla and the Lord of Rogues
Release Date: July 22, 2025
About the Author: Sofi writes sweet, mischievous Regency romances with witty banter and heart-tugging happily-ever-afters. Born in Vienna, Sofi grew up in Seoul, studied Comparative Literature in Maryland, and lived in Quito for a while.
When not writing – she is always reading – she likes to travel and scramble about the countryside exploring medieval castle ruins. She currently lives in Austria with her husband, 3 trilingual children, a sassy cat and a cheeky dog.
MY REVIEW
Lady Isla is in a dangerous game. She needs the lord of the underworld to help her find Jem, the Romani boy who saved her life when she was an orphan long ago. But Lucien Night, the lord of the underworld, makes a scandalous proposition if she wants his help.
Meanwhile, her adopted older brother, a scheming politician with a charming socially awkward side, is encouraging her to marry Lord Thaddeus Linwood (or Teddy, as Isla calls him). The bespectacled Lord Linwood is obsessed with clocks, and although he seems steady enough, Isla is sure she doesn’t love him…or does she? Soon, Isla finds herself in too deep as she tries to navigate finding Jem, holding Lucien at bay, and enjoying Teddy’s company…but is anyone who he truly says he is in this world of secrets?
This Regency romance was a fun adventure although it wasn’t my favorite of the series. The plot felt less cohesive than most of Sofi Laporte’s books, and I don’t love it when heroines behave “missish” after they’ve been tricked by someone who has their best interests at heart. But Lord Linwood was delightful, Lady Isla’s mysterious past unfolded with great suspense, and the secondary romance with Isla’s friend and her adopted brother was cute. All in all, Lady Isla is a grand romp through a fictional Regency world.
How could a mere layer of fabric have concealed this?
He was all sniew and rippling muscle, every inch of him honed and powerful. Fascinating, to be sure, but that wasn’t what rooted her to the spot.
It was his skin.
Her gaze clung to the intricate images inked over his chest, his arms, and, as he turned, even all over his back. Images of intricate, elaborate detail….
He moved again, stopping to retrieve a clean shirt from a basket near the wall. He turned, and the light of the window fell across his back–and that was when she saw it.
Between his shoulder blades, stark and unmistakable.
A snarling wolf.
The very same image she’d seen on the man she thought she’d stabbed. And in Algie’s letter. And on the door in St. Giles….
— Lady Isla and the Lord of Rogues by Sofi Laporte
Romance with Humor and Heart 
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