Beguiling the Beauty

by Sherry Thomas

When the Duke of Lexington meets the mysterious Baroness von Seidlitz-Hardenberg on a transatlantic liner, he is fascinated. She's exactly what he's been searching for--a beautiful woman who interests and entices him. He falls hard and fast--and soon proposes marriage.

And then she disappears without a trace...

For in reality, the "baroness" is Venetia Easterbrook--a proper young widow who had her own vengeful reasons for instigating an affair with the duke. But the plan has backfired. Venetia has fallen in love with the man she despised--and there's no telling what might happen when she is finally unmasked...

• ISBN10: 0425246965
• ISBN13: 9780425246962
• Publish Date: 1 May 2012
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 296
• Language: English

Reviews

[Caitiebelle]

Everything has a consequence.

This book shares a story of consequences. Of how beauty can be destroying and how lies turn into very difficult situations. But it also speaks of love, true love, even love at first sight.

I enjoyed the book and this was my introduction to the author. The book was recommended to me as it has a specific trope I was after.

I am however not a huge fan of the very late Victorian Times (1898), I prefer a much older (earlier?) setting personally, I'm a huge fan of the Regency period or older Edwardian, and even further back.

One of the things that irk me in the book is that we tend to visit quite many story arcs in one book, particularly the main female character's brother's wife and their marriage. Ofc this is partly because their story is book nr 2, but this happened to such an extent that felt it took away from the main characters.

Especially when there are several things in her brother's marriage you just want to scream at him for. It sort of... takes you away from the main couple as I said.

All in all, I enjoyed the book, but it's not a book would be desperate to re-read and I don't find myself running off to read book 2, probably because Fitz has pissed me off to no end in book 1.