The Boxing Baroness

Name: The Boxing Baroness
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Minerva Spencer
ISBN: 9781666187182

Author: Minerva Spencer

Series: Wicked Women of Whitechapel #1

Narrator: Clare Staniforth

Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/25/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Magnetic and educated, Marianne Simpson has the manner of a lady and the looks of a lover, not a fighter. Neither of which explains her occupation as a boxer in her uncle's circus, Farnham's Fantastical Female Fayre. Nonetheless, when St. John Powell, the exquisitely handsome Duke of Staunton, begins turning up at her shows, she finds herself dangerously distracted by the powerful peer's mysterious presence. With her safety at stake, Marianne's days in the ring are numbered. But how long can she fight her attraction to the man the ton calls Lord Flawless?

St. John Powell doesn't just want Marianne Simpson, he needs her . . . to rescue his brother, who is being held for ransom by a treasonous English baron—the man all of Britain knows as the Rake of Rakes. No matter how little Marianne wants to see her duplicitous ex-lover, the man responsible for the humiliating nickname the Boxing Baroness, St. John must convince her. Even if it means climbing into the ring with the beautiful boxer and taking everything she's got . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Minerva Spencer

Minerva Spencer is the multiple-award-winning author of Regency-set historical romance novels, including the highly acclaimed Outcasts series. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she lived in Canada, the US, Europe, Africa, and Mexico before moving to New Mexico, where she resides now with her husband and dozens of rescue animals. She was previously a college history professor, a criminal prosecutor, a bartender, and owner of a bed and breakfast.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather K (dentist in my spare time) on October 05, 2022

I really love Minerva Spencer so I was thrilled to try The Boxing Baroness. I had high expectations, especially because the blub sounded so cool, but while the book was enjoyable, I think it was a little too long and a little too convoluted. The MCs of the story, Marianne Simpson and the Duke of Sta......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on December 31, 2022

*Mild Spoilers* This wasn’t bad and clearly well researched…but man she was put through too much to make this truly enjoyable. The breakup was frustrating. The ending revolves all around Napoleon Bonaparte and I sure don’t care about him??? The duke was a dick at the beginning and I really didn’t li......more

Goodreads review by Lydia on December 03, 2022

Minerva Spencer is a great writer. I couldn't put this book down. The Boxing Baroness is an incredibly well written book that had me completely captivated from beginning to end. Marianne, 20 years of age, is a boxer in England around 1800. Spencer has masterfully created a romance with a pro-female......more

Goodreads review by Nabilah on November 06, 2022

A kooky historical romance with a side of crazy sauce ... This book has a very unusual premise. The heroine, Marianne, is part of a travelling circus where she is one of the female boxers. She got the moniker' The Boxing Baroness' because she was married to a Baron for a while. The marriage wasn't l......more

Goodreads review by PlotTrysts on October 13, 2022

This is a delightfully bonkers historical romance featuring:⁠ ⁠ A woman boxer who fights with an all-female carnival for her living paired with a starchy duke love interest whose ton nickname is "Lord Flawless" but whose childhood nickname is "Sin" (it's complicated). But wait, there's more! Sin's two......more