Beguiling the Beauty

Name: Beguiling the Beauty
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Sherry Thomas
ISBN: 9781470335809

Author: Sherry Thomas

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/21/2012

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A multiple RITA Award winner, Sherry Thomas delivers critically acclaimed romances to fans the world over. In Beguiling the Beauty, young widow Venetia Easterbrook harbors a deep hatred for the Duke of Lexington. Aboard an ocean liner, she seeks revenge by seducing him while disguised as another woman. But her plan backfires when she falls for him - and soon her ruse begins to unravel.

About Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas, one of the most acclaimed historical romance authors writing today, has appeared on innumerable "Best of the Year" lists, including those of Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Dear Author, and All About Romance. She is also a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award. Sherry's books include The Luckiest Lady in London, Not Quite a Husband, His at Night, Private Arrangements, and the Fitzhugh trilogy. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 23, 2021

This was such a fun and unique historical romance! First, I love a good revenge romance and Venetia is trying to seduce Christian to get back at him for insulting her by claiming she's the reason her first husband died. She disguises herself as a German baroness and they have a passionate affair on......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on March 10, 2015

Sherry Thomas is an excellent writer, technically, and her prose can sometimes be beautiful (when it's not crossing the line into emo uselessness), but I'm not sure her work is really in line with what I enjoy in HR. She's capable of crafting interesting, sympathetic characters and keeping the reade......more

Goodreads review by Lacey (laceybooklovers) on May 10, 2020

The chemistry, tension, and angst was fantastic!! This was my first Sherry Thomas book but absolutely not my last. I can’t wait to read the rest of the Fitzhugh series. I do wish we got a little bit more at the end because it does end pretty abruptly.......more

Goodreads review by Mei on November 28, 2016

Since I read the 3rd book first, I already know how this one will end, but, ah, what a beautiful story this was!!! We get to discover everything Venetia went through in her two marriages! Poor girl... the first disastrous one to a pompous, egocentric idiot; the second one a gay.... Poor, poor girl.........more

Goodreads review by Crystal's Bookish Life on November 15, 2021

This was...over the top dramatic and the romance was pretty unbelievable. The prologue was so good too but sadly the rest of the book did not deliver. Super short ending, cruel love interests. Just no.......more