A runaway countess finds love when she least expects it… but she can’t hide from her past forever.
Elizabeth, Lady Beauchamp, fears for her life. When she discovers her dissolute and long-estranged husband has syphilis—and he wants to beget an heir no matter the cost—she flees to a remote part of Scotland to begin a new life as the widowed governess, Mrs. Beth Eliott at Eilean Tor Castle.
When … Castle.
When Mrs. Eliott unexpectedly arrives on his doorstep, the reclusive and recently widowed Marquess of Rothsburgh is both irritated and intrigued. No longer in need of a governess—his young daughter now resides with his sister’s family in Edinburgh—he proposes the beautiful widow fill a position of a different kind… Torn between staying true to her marriage vows and her wanton attraction to the devilishly handsome marquess, Elizabeth struggles against the temptation to become his mistress. But living a lie is not easy when you have fallen in love. And secrets always have a way of coming out…
Lady Beauchamp’s Proposal won the Georgian/Regency/Victorian category of the 2015 ‘Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest’ run by the Hearts Through History Chapter of Romance Writers of America. It was a finalist in the 2014 Australian Romance Readers Association Awards (favorite historical), and the Carolyn Readers Choice Awards, and was runner-up in Romance Writers of New Zealand’s 2015 Koru Contest (Award for Excellence) for ‘Best First Book.’ It has also received an honourable mention in the 2015 RONE Awards (post-medieval section).
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Lady Beauchamp’s Proposal, by Amy Rose Bennett. Have you ever read a Novell and you didn’t want it to end? If you haven’t, ooh do I have a treat for you. Pull up a seat. Pour some wine.
Get comfortable and listen to this. Amy Rose, writing in this book was “amazing”. This romance novel was beautifully written. Amy Rose didn’t hold anything back. Her writing I feel was very powerful in this love story.
My impression from her writing is this, “you rocked my world, you know you did it”. First the book comes at me with suspense and it didn’t disappoint. Then comes the drama. “Say what”? The drama was at an all time high from beginning to end.
There are surprises here and their that gave me some whiplash. The action was minimum, although in the bedroom, “ooh baby”, there was a whole lot of fun going on between the sheets. I mean it was hot. Did you here me? Let me say it again.
It was H.O.T (hello orgasm tonight) hot! Girls, the steam was melting my iPad for two days. Let’s learn a little bit about the loving couple. Beth is married to Hugh whom she no longer has love for. He treats her like trash and practically abuses her with his tongue lashing.
Hugh demands something from Beth that she feels sick to her stomach to fulfill. Beth comes to only one conclusion for survival, she decides to flee into the night. Bound for Scotland, Beth meets the mysterious James at Eilean Tor castle. With the hope that James would hire her as the baroness for his daughter, she arrives a day late and a dollar short to apply for the position. James, however eyes her for another position that he feels she will suit just nicely for.
Overtime, James and Beth grow very close and become lovers. The passion and the romance is so beautiful between these two. As they both become very comfortable with each other, Beth feels that she can drop her barriers. James begins to tear down his walls of solitude as well. Then one day, everything came tumbling down like a house cards.
My heart broke for James, when the truth came to fruition. The anguish. The hurt and the raw emotions during these scenes felt so real to me as the reader. Each line that I read tugged at my heart. “Why did you come hear and break my heart”, these words moved emotions that no two people fathomed their souls would drown in.
Condemning herself, can Beth live with the so called sins that she committed? Will she forgive herself and allow happiness to consume all of her or is her grief so strong that the high tides sweeps her away? Can James comeback from all the devastation that surrounds him among the cliffs of his castle? Will he inflict revenge on the one person that destroyed all his happiness? Friends, I recommend this book with two snaps and a, “I’m moving to Scotland, apparently there’s a whole lot of action going on that I’m missing over there”!
Until next time my fellow readers… read on!
True Love
When Lady Beauchamp’s need’s to get away from a cheating husband who is dangerously sick with Pox and she finds out she changes her name and goes to Scotland to be a governess for a young girl. But what she really finds is love.
James and Beth were a very captivating couple and their chemistry was undeniable. For the most part I love how it played out, it’s very well written and the characters interesting, and the emotions poured through every page. I found the story dropped off a couple times and I would speed read to get through. I think it was because James and Beth were such an amazingly fascinating couple and I just didn’t want to veer from them. There was no James without Beth and no Beth without James, if that makes sense. At times the story was predictable but in this case I didn’t mind. It didn’t take from the story. Overall a pretty great read.
A tangled web of love. Beth has run away from her husband that has never treated her well. She is running to save her life. James is recovering from the death of his faithless wife. Together their life becomes a tangled mess as they fall in love. This is a story about the pitfalls of marrying the wrong person and how it can scar you. In the end there is redemption in forgiveness and moving on to better things.
Two people who suffered bad marriages, his wife is dead and her husband is ill and contagious and demanding an heir. She runs away to a remote area in Scotland to hopefully be a governess and hide from her spouse. Not surprising, they fall in love. But she changed her name, claims widowhood and keeps up the lies. She learns to toughen up and he is adorable even though a little sex starved. Just the right amounts of everything in this story. I would have loved an epilogue or even a longer ending chapter bringing his daughter back into the story.
Couldn’t even finish this.
If you enjoy the adultery theme, then the characters aren’t so bad [insert sarcasm].
If you want a light read for a break, fun read!
Although this was a romantic story, and I love a good romance, it contained too many adulterous “love scenes” for me. It was also a bit too dark even though they did get their happily ever after ending.
I really liked this book because of the many twists and turns but the end is worth the read. Highly recommend
sex, sex, sex – yuck
Good read surprises galore !! A good read
Great read
Interesting characters and unpredictable story. Enjoyed this author
Nice light reading
Fated for Love!
I adore this Author! This was my first book from her, but not the last! Lady B is in a predicament. Lord R is a handsome, masculine sexy Marquess living in Scotland. This is an interesting, page turner, well written and love story! Lots of smoking hot love scenes!