Helpful Score: 3
Another terrific book from Liz Carlyle who is fast becoming one of my favorite authors.
In Beauty Like the Night, we are introduced to Camden Rutledge, a widowed Earl recently come to title with a little girl who is either unable or unwilling to speak. Enter Helene de Severs, a governess also trained in the treatment of mental disorders. She's also Cam's first love who left the area and broke Cam's heart when they were teens.
The two have combustible chemistry and seesaw back and forth with each other through most of the book. A bit of a mystery regarding the child's inability to speak ties the story together.
There's sensuality interspersed throughout and Carlyle draws Bently, Cam's younger brother, as an equally interesting character who will eventually have his own book.
Sexy and interesting.
In Beauty Like the Night, we are introduced to Camden Rutledge, a widowed Earl recently come to title with a little girl who is either unable or unwilling to speak. Enter Helene de Severs, a governess also trained in the treatment of mental disorders. She's also Cam's first love who left the area and broke Cam's heart when they were teens.
The two have combustible chemistry and seesaw back and forth with each other through most of the book. A bit of a mystery regarding the child's inability to speak ties the story together.
There's sensuality interspersed throughout and Carlyle draws Bently, Cam's younger brother, as an equally interesting character who will eventually have his own book.
Sexy and interesting.
Helpful Score: 1
I absolutely loved this book!! Such endearing characters... a must read!
Having once left her birth nation, Helene does not want to return. Her life - healing children - comes back into play as she takes a job as a governess to the Earl Treyhern. This action tends to be one of the most dangerous moves for both Helene and Treyhern.
Jennifer M. (Jenmonaco) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 74 more book reviews
Loved it!
REGINA P. (bookjunkie83) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Really good story, didn't want to put it down. Tormented brothers and young woman misunderstood. The miscommunication and all the emotional baggage that creates the angst to keep reading so they get on with falling in love. Good read.
Mary R. (greatdanelover) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 131 more book reviews
Cam and Helene come together again after years of separation in order to help his daughter regain her speech. There is the mystery of his first wife's death and the attraction between them which keeps the story moving along. It is a little too long, but reads well and has a satisfying ending.
Melinda F. (Lindy67) -
this is what a romantic story should be
Janie T. (FriscoOBX) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 601 more book reviews
interesting read.
Alecia K. (momofseven) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 84 more book reviews
Very good book. Makes you want to read the next in the series!
Well-written, good story.
Karen H. (warbler43) -
Very good story
Regency romance - Camden Rutledge, Earl of Treyhern, hires Helene de Severs to work with his traumatized child.
Will he let himself love her?
Donna D. (leadonna) reviewed Beauty Like the Night (Rutledge Family, Bk 1) on + 93 more book reviews
The daughter of London's wickedest widow, Helene de Severs left England in disgrace and has struggled to overcome her heritage. Renowned within Europe's emerging psychiatric field for her gift for healing children, she returns to England confident she has learned to govern her own reckless emotions.
A disastrous marriage left notoriously ruthless Camden Rutledge, Earl of Treyhern, with a traumatized child and he decides to hire a governess so that he can concentrate on other family fires. Yet the moment Helene arrives, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by desire he long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and mountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...
A disastrous marriage left notoriously ruthless Camden Rutledge, Earl of Treyhern, with a traumatized child and he decides to hire a governess so that he can concentrate on other family fires. Yet the moment Helene arrives, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by desire he long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and mountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...
The daughter of London's wickedest widow, Helene de Severs left England in disgrace and has struggled to overcome her heritage. Renowned within Europe's emerging psychiatric field for her gift for healing children, she returns to England confident she has learned to govern her own reckless emotions.
A disatrous marriage left notoriously ruthless Camdne Rutledge, Earl of Treyhern, with a traumatized child and he decides to hire a governess so that he can concentrate on other family fires. Yet the moment Helene arrives, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by desire he long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and maountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...
A disatrous marriage left notoriously ruthless Camdne Rutledge, Earl of Treyhern, with a traumatized child and he decides to hire a governess so that he can concentrate on other family fires. Yet the moment Helene arrives, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by desire he long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and maountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...
