In this fairy tale Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a mousy wallflower with a secret and a dark lord with one of his own come to see that the fun begins when the masks come off.An unusual wallflower.A knight of the road.And a moment that changed all they thought they knew.Devoted to the children at her orphanage, Miss Caroline Hawkins hides her … orphanage, Miss Caroline Hawkins hides her beauty behind thick spectacles and drab clothing in order to remain unwed…and free to do as she pleases. While her parents would love nothing more than to see her well married, Caroline is determined to live life on her own terms, refining her disguise to perfection in order to scare off suitors. For years, she’s lived in the shadows of society, unnoticed by the crème de la crème of the ton…
…until Lord Markham, a.k.a. the Black Baron, takes a closer look and realizes that there is more to mousy Miss Hawkins than meets the eye.
Pierce Byrne, Baron Markham, detests English society for their selfish disdain and complete disregard for others, and thus, to even the odds, to give back at least a little, Pierce dons a black mask at night and sets out to rob his fellow peers in order to do what is right…
…until one night when he comes upon yet another carriage and finds a highly unusual woman inside. A woman with a secret of her own. A woman he’s met before.
Determined to uncover her secret, Pierce follows her and before he knows it all he thought he knew is called into question as a mousy wallflower upends his world…and steals his heart.
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5 stars
I received a free copy of the novel How to Steal a Thief’s Heart (Happy Ever Regency Book 4): Pierce and Caroline by Bree Wolf and this review was given freely.
A strange courtship of not so chance meetings occurring roughly over a year’s time and a two year old murder mystery which follows the same time frame as Caroline’s cousin Rebecca’s story, How to Climb a Lady’s Tower.
A few surprises are interspersed between the entwined stories of Lady Caroline and her cousin Lady Rebecca’s sneaky schemes to avoid arranged marriages and, Lord Markham,Pierce Byrne’s dual personalities of day time parental Lord and night time masked “Robinhood” as they search for truth,justice, help the unfortunate, and finally find love.
Devoted to the children at her orphanage, Miss Caroline Hawkins remains virtually unnoticed behind a dowdy image until a chance observation at a ball by Baron Pierce Marham peaks both his interest and protective instincts.