Romance

Beauty and the Scarred Hero by Emily May


I can’t remember who recommended this one to me, but the title was enough to make me want to buy it!

Beauty and the Scarred Hero by Emily May
(2010, Regency) 8/31/10
Grade: 3

Lady Isabella Knox isn’t looking for love. As the sister of a Duke, she is perfectly happy to live alone in her London townhouse collecting strays – including Harriet Durham, who has fled from Major Nicholas Reynolds, the intimidating man she is supposed to marry. Isabella accidentally gives Nicholas the nickname “ogre”, then befriends him to offset the gossip. But she soon discovers Nicholas is far from an ogre…

Unfortunately, the best word for this book is “blah”. I wanted to like it, since it seemed so appealing – tortured hero, independent heroine, Regency setting – but it just didn’t hold my attention. It was just.. forgettable.

It’s hard to grade a book like this – I was tempted to stop reading in the middle but I did like the heroine. It was a nice change to read about an independently wealthy heroine instead of yet another governess. But it just wasn’t enough to make this book stand out.

Karen Wheless

I've been reading romance since I discovered Kathleen Woodiwiss at age 12. I love all kinds of romances, especially emotional and angsty stories. I finally cut back my TBR pile from 2000 books to only 400, but I still have lots of books left to read!

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