Catching the Baron

Perfect Series Companion #1

by Jenn Langston

Kenneth Rawson, Baron Berwick, needs to marry an heiress, but when he discovers his new stable boy, Sam, is actually a woman, he finds himself intrigued. Knowing his choice of a bride must be based on more than blinding passion, he makes his stance on not marrying her very clear.

Samantha Jenkins disguises herself as a boy after the tragic loss of her parents in order to escape a landlord who claimed she owed a debt. After spending time with Baron Berwick, she finds herself falling in love. However, a telling conversation with him makes her realize he only meant to remain with her until he weds.

Will Kenneth realize he is lost without her and beg for forgiveness? Will Samantha forgive him?

Genres: Romance, Mystery, Historical Romance, Erotic Romance

218 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 29, 2014

About the author

Jenn Langston is a writer and a lover of historical romances. She developed her love of reading romance novels at a very young age. What began as the simple joy of reading developed into a passion to write.
She lives in the beloved state of Texas where she was born and raised. With her husband, three beautiful children, and three cats, she has a full house. There is never a dull moment, but always time to read and write.

Reviews

[Kathy Heare Watts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kenneth Rawson, Baron Berwick, needs to marry an heiress to save his home and lands which are in financial ruins. His mother does not want him to marry and her lose her title and standing as Baroness. Samantha Jenkins is all alone in the world after losing her parents in a house fire. She is dodging the landlord who claims he is owed money. Finding an abandoned cottage and making it her home, she has managed to stay out of the clutches of the landlord. Cutting her hair and disguising herself as a young boy she secures the position of stable boy. Secrets will be revealed, lovers will hurt each other, long lost family will be found, society will take notice. It's hard to unring a bell and undo what has already happened. Rumors are spread and cause scandal. Can Kenneth and Samantha survive the gossip, and things that go wrong as part of their own undoing. Is love strong enough and can there be a HEA.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts, opinions and ratings are my own.

[Wendy Tavenner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the privilege of reading the book ahead of time before it's release and I loved it!!! Baron Berwick and Sam were just made for each other. Grant it Berwick needed to find an Heiress for a wife and he new it could not be Sam. Unbeknownst to Berwick, Samantha was the long lost granddaughter of a wealthy and influential family!!! Berwick then tries to win her but to no avail. Berwicks mother the Baroness is ugly and brutal to Samantha and blackmails her to leave her son alone!!! You have Samantha masquerading as a boy who then also as herself, you have heat, passion, blackmail, ruination and so much more all wrapped up in a wonderfully written story!!! Can't wait for Ms. Langstons next novel!!!

[Patty Mosher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bad

The story could have been so much better, the author would jump from one scene to another without any introduction or conclusion to the previous scene. I had a hard time following along and had to retread passages to try and figure out what was going on . I have read other books from this author and they were quite enjoyable but this on I just didn't quite get it.

[Barbara "Cookie" Serfaty Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Catching the Baron (Perfect Series Companion Book 1)

The love story of Samantha and Kenneth (Baron Berwick). After the death of her parents, Samantha dress as a boy to hide from a man who want to merry her to pay back a debt her father own. Kenneth is the new Baron and his estate is broke. He has to marry a heiress. Then he met Sam. Can he find happiness with a heiress? Great story.

[Amy Bartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book

This book was hard to put down. It was emotionally exhausting. I was happy, anxious, worried, angry. My emotions ran the gamut. I loved it and can’t wait to read the next book.

[Marjorie]

Good Book

I enjoyed this story and it had a lot of funny instances and love from the start. Gossip is bad always.

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a review for book 1-3. I really wanted to enjoy this. I was just not a fan of the characters. The men in the books were whinny and annoying. I was just not a fan.

[Kirsten · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always find regency books where women dress as and take on the role of men as fun reads. There is humor here, romance, misunderstanding, and some predictability. But overall, I enjoyed the plot, the roundness and complexity of the main characters. You can also see the threads of the various other books in this and the companion series, though no need to read them in order.n

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's the weirdest thing. While I was reading the book, I felt like I was reading the first book of the Perfect series by this author. The dialogue was very awkward and there was so much telling, not much showing. Even worse, the story was all over the place. It felt like there were too many cliches crammed into one little book. The author couldn't commit to one all the way and it resulted in a very uncompelling story. There's the young woman who disguises herself as a boy to protect herself from an undesirable suitor. Then she finds out she's an heiress and is tired of men courting her for her inheritance. She decides taking a lover instead of marrying is the way to go, which is just a historical way of saying she wanted a friend with benefits. She figures she should take the H as her lover, since she loves him anyway, but thinks that he only wants her for her money. The H loves the h and wants to marry her, but he thinks that she only wants him for sex. Throw in a meddling mama and you have some super crazy drama. As the craziness unfolds, the H stays true to the h, except for the minor instance when he considers sleeping with someone else to get over the her. I think the main problem I have with this book, other than the not so great writing, was the angst. Goodness, there was a lot of it, and all of it felt dumb. It wasn't productive. It was just there, like a limp noodle in the middle of the kitchen floor.

I enjoyed the dual povs and the writing did improve as the story progressed, but the plot was just too jumbled up with cliches to be enjoyable. Hopefully the second book of this series will be better than the first, which was the case with the first series by this author.

[MaryD · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started off really liking this book and the characters Kenneth and Sam/Samantha, but it got so frustrating as it dragged on and on and on. There were so many times when there would be a time jump between sections, but I'd have to go back & re-read the pages to see where the jump occurred. There were so many unnecessary twists & turns that really could have been left out, as if the author put in all the difficulties she could think of before the HEA.

[younicka valentine · Rating 1 out of 5]

UNBELIEVABLY STUPID

I don't really writer reviews for books but this one I just had to warn people away from. The characters in this look are so poorly developed and incredibly STUPID AND UNREALISTIC in their method of thinking and reasoning, I am honestly shocked someone published this.

[Kara O'Neal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I continue to love this author. Her characters are so endearing and well-developed. This story had plot twists that kept me reading. I love it when an author can manage to keep me guessing at what is going to happen when there is a suspenseful part to the book. Can't wait for the next one!

[Coco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed it- didn't love it though

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I usually like some angst but this was over the top. I finally gave it up. Did not finish at 72%.

[Lisa Baffi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars!

This story was not as good as the others in the series. I thought the interaction between Samantha and Kenneth was long and rather confusing.