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Beauty and the Rake
RECOMMENDED: Beauty and the Rake by Erica Monroe is 99c! This is a historical romance with Beauty and the Beast elements, which Redheadedgirl loved. She gave it an A:
This had so much going for it. Just barely pre-Victorian/tail end of the Georgian era! Non-nobles! Slums! Delightful references to the Disney animated B&B! Other references to La Belle et La Bete! Turning other references on their heads! An exploration of where the line between “victim” and “survivor” is!
Once, she was beautiful…
Abigail Vautille dreamed of escaping the Whitechapel rookery and starting a new life, until one tragic night left her scarred and penniless. To save her family from debtor’s prison, she strikes a deal with the rogue who owns her father’s gambling vowels–if he excuses the debt, for two weeks, she’ll give him her body, but not her heart.
Once he was charming…
Inspector Michael Strickland of the Metropolitan Police has always had a way with women. Success comes easily to him, and he glides through life on his good looks and family name. But Abigail lights a passion within him he never knew existed. He sees the beauty within her, not the beast she believes herself to be.
Together, their love is beyond a fairy tale.
After a dangerous figure from Abigail’s past resurfaces vowing vengeance, things take a sinister turn. But Michael will stop at nothing to keep the woman he loves safe. When the stakes are high and the scars are more than skin deep, passion might be the key to a happily ever after.
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Love in the Time of Scandal
Love in the Time of Scandal by Caroline Linden is $3.99! This is a historical romance and was mentioned on a previous podcast with Redheadedgirl, who used this book as a palate cleanser after reading Grey. This has a marriage of convenience element to it, and readers loved watching the hero and heroine come to terms with their arrangement. However, others felt differently about the main couple, finding the heroine too stubborn. Have you read it?
USA Today bestselling author Caroline Linden’s third novel in her Scandalous series brings together a feisty heiress, a notorious rake, and a shocking book that could bring one woman the utmost despair— or the greatest pleasure
Penelope Weston does not like Benedict Lennox, Lord Atherton. He may be the suave and charming heir to an earl, as well as the most handsome man on earth, but she can’t forget how he abandoned a friend in need— nor how he once courted her sister, Abigail. He’s the last man she would ever marry. If only she didn’t feel so attracted to the arrogant scoundrel . . .
Once upon a time, Benedict thought he and Penelope got along rather well. Though he needs a wealthy bride to escape his cruel father’s control, spirited Penelope just doesn’t suit his plans for a model marriage—until a good deed goes awry, and scandalous rumors link his name to Penelope’s. She might not be the quiet, sensible wife he thought he wanted, but she is beautiful . . . beguiling . . . and far more passionate than he ever imagined. Can a marriage begun in scandal become a love match, too?
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The Rock
The Rock by Monica McCarty is $3.99! This is book eleven in the Highland Guard series and was one of Elyse’s picks on a previous Hide Your Wallet. Readers loved the writing, but seemed to feel that the main conflict was resolved a little easily. It has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
New York Times bestselling author Monica McCarty continues her Highland Guard series in this eleventh steamy historical romance set against the sweeping backdrop of the Scottish Highlands.
The first time he caught sight of Elizabeth Douglas, Thomas MacGowan thought she was a princess. To the son of the castle blacksmith, the daughter of the powerful Lord of Douglas might as well be. When it becomes clear that his childhood companion will never see him as a man she could love, Thom joins Edward Bruce’s army as a man-at-arms to try to change his lot. If he’s harbored a secret hope that he could close the gap between them, he faces the cold, hard truth when Elizabeth comes to him for help. She might need the boy who used to climb cliffs to rescue her brother from the hands of the English, but she would never see the son of a smith as a man worthy of her hand.
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The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel is $1.99! This is nonfiction about a group of soldiers tasked with protecting priceless art during WWII. It was also made into a movie with the dreamy Matt Damon and George Clooney. Though the subject matter is something readers on Goodreads found interesting, many said the writing slowed down the pace of this book. Has anyone read this one?
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: “degenerate” works he despised.
In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.
Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world’s great art from the Nazis.
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Forgiving “gambling vowels”? What would it take to forgive gambling consonants?
Gambling consonants!
I second the “A” on Beauty and the Rake. All of Erica Monroe’s Rookery Rogues stories are good, but it is my favorite.
Beauty and the Rake is amazing.
You have all sold me on Beauty and The Rake! I am off to “one click” buy!
Monuments Men is a really good book (and waaaaay better than the movie!). The book also mentions quite a few women who did just as much (if not more!) than the “Men” in the title.
I was *so* disappointed to hear how terrible (and frankly boring) the Monuments Men movie was.
Gambling vowels = IOUs. (Took me a few G. Heyers before I figured that out!)
Frankly I enjoyed The Monuments Men movie, despite seeing some bad reviews. Loved the cast – and I think that might have been part of the problem, with that stellar cast people expected more. But I still thought it was a great story that needed to be told. Maybe someday I will get around to reading the book as well which I have heard great things about.
I keep telling you, historical romance is just not my thing. *click Beauty and the Rake* dammit
I was hooked by Non-Nobility! and non-Regency. *one clicks Beauty and the Rake*
I am a total history and art buff (majored in European History with an art history minor!) and Monuments Men should have been Totally My Thing. I was so disappointed with both the movie and the book, which I found boring and self-indulgent. I couldn’t finish the book, so maybe the second half got better?
One-clicked Beauty & the Rake and started it this morning. Already in love! Can’t wait to get off work and read some more.
I’m with @Joanna, I really liked the Monuments Men movie. The scene between George and the Nazi commander with the cigarette? Brilliant. And Bob Balaban with Bill Murry? Inspired. Whether I could make it through the book? Probably not.
Pardon me while I go click that Beauty and the Rake thing. The B&B trope is must have catnip for me.