The Baron to Break
Tammy Andresen
Historical Regency
What if Prince Charming wasn’t so charming? What if he was the bad guy?
And Baron Robinson liked it that way. Except when his best friend’s sister, the lovely Miss Emily Cranston, is suddenly alone in the world, he knows it’s his duty to protect her.
Which turns out to be a much larger job than he anticipated. Because while Emily is the picture of innocence, the trouble nipping at her heels is anything but.
Jacob might be a no-good rake… but a lady that vulnerable needs to be protected from real evil.
And that fact that she tempts him in all sorts of ways she ought not…. Well, he’s just going to have to keep her safe from that too. But while saving her from the world is a challenge, keeping his hands off her is proving to be impossible.
Uncaged Review: This is sort of loosely based off of the Sleeping Beauty story, I think. But instead of an evil stepmother, the no-good mother is mother to Baron Jacob Robinson, our handsome rake, who will truly see the evil in her by the end of the book. Jacob has been working since his father’s death to get the finances in order, since his father left him in so much debt, with a mother who wants to spend it all. Emily just lost her parents, and as the sister to his best friend, who is missing, Jacob feels duty-bound to protect her, even when the solicitor tells them that Emily’s family didn’t have much money left.
This book becomes a wild race to get Emily to safety and find out the mystery surrounding the deaths of her parents and how everyone else plays into this and why they want Emily. It’s a shorter book, so it was easy to read in a couple hours and even though Emily was sheltered her whole life, she finds strength and sass. These two will have to overcome their own doubts and self-loathing and find their inner strengths to get their HEA. I did not read the first two in this series, and this stands on its own well. Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
