Squuueeeeee - I just discovered a new-to-me favourite Regency author! Thank you Good Reads friends for leading me to Joanna Barker. Nothing really new going on here, but fine to download as a freebie if you like this sort of pleasant, fluffy little diversion. And of course she and Henry start to connect and overcome their differences. It's a very rough job - especially since the main housekeeper hates Rose and the other servants resent her - but Rose starts to adjust. With no home and nowhere else to go, Rose accepts. He's appalled by the idea - some of the money her father gambled away was Covington's investment with him - but her sad story and teary eyes lead him to offer her a job. She musters up her courage and asks the Baron, Henry Covington, to let her handle his books. Rose was the manager and bookkeeper of the family bookstore (sold to pay some of their debts). Rose Sinclair has fallen on extremely hard times, with her father in prison because his gambling addiction led to unpaid debts. But that's about it for the fairy tale connection, so if you're into fairy tale retellings, don't get your hopes up here. I mean, the Baron is a grumpy guy (but handsome whatever beastliness there is, is solely internal), and the girl, Rose, comes to live in his mansion and be his servant and, eventually his friend. A pleasant, short Regency romance, very loosely based on Beauty and the Beast. The stories can be read in any order.ģ.33 stars. It is a sweet/clean romance novella, and is Book 1 in a series of Regency retellings. They must decide for themselves who to trust-and what they will risk for their happily ever after.īeauty and the Baron is a Regency retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
But when a shadow from Henry’s past returns, their newfound hope is tested. Henry is surprised-and intrigued-by Rose’s optimistic charm, while Rose slowly uncovers Henry’s true self, his compassion concealed behind the pain of loss and betrayal. They both soon learn that first impressions are not to be believed.
However, when the beautiful Miss Sinclair appears on his doorstep, begging for a chance to repay her father’s debt to him, a moment of weakness finds him offering her a position-as a maid in his own house. Since the deaths of his parents, Henry Covington has isolated himself from society, ensuring the solitude of his estate with his deliberate callousness. But the baron has more than earned his harsh reputation, and Rose must face his wrath in order to save her father-and herself. With her father in prison and their bookshop sold to pay his debts, she has no choice but to turn to Henry Covington, the Baron Norcliffe. A penniless maid determined to save her father, a broken baron bent on isolation, and the undeniable draw between them that will lead to happiness-or disaster.
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