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The Baron
In Juliana Garnett’s enchanting romance of medieval England, a dashing nobleman and a seductive aristocrat on opposite sides of the law discover that the heart knows no boundaries.
Tré Devaux, Third Baron of Brayeton, has just been appointed Sheriff of Nottingham. His first task: to rid the land of the Saxon outlaws who undermine the Norman rule . . . or face the wrath of his vengeful king. Tré is determined to let no one stand in his way, not even the captivating Lady Jane Neville, a known sympathizer to the Saxon cause whose unbridled spirit evokes feelings in Tré he thought were long buried.
Although she seems to be the very definition of the perfect English lady, Jane Neville is much more than an elegant noblewoman. She is the niece of the infamous outlaw Robin Hood, and has inherited her uncle’s fierce courage. But even with her warrior’s blood, Jane cannot resist the broad-shouldered, strong-willed Tré, a man whose love comes with harsh consequences. By surrendering to passion, Jane and Tré put themselves in the middle of a civil war that may cost both their hearts—and their lives.
Tré Devaux, Third Baron of Brayeton, has just been appointed Sheriff of Nottingham. His first task: to rid the land of the Saxon outlaws who undermine the Norman rule . . . or face the wrath of his vengeful king. Tré is determined to let no one stand in his way, not even the captivating Lady Jane Neville, a known sympathizer to the Saxon cause whose unbridled spirit evokes feelings in Tré he thought were long buried.
Although she seems to be the very definition of the perfect English lady, Jane Neville is much more than an elegant noblewoman. She is the niece of the infamous outlaw Robin Hood, and has inherited her uncle’s fierce courage. But even with her warrior’s blood, Jane cannot resist the broad-shouldered, strong-willed Tré, a man whose love comes with harsh consequences. By surrendering to passion, Jane and Tré put themselves in the middle of a civil war that may cost both their hearts—and their lives.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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November 30, 2025
Tre’ Devaux’s title and land have been stripped away by the greed of King John. Forced into the position, he is now the Sheriff of Nottingham. His task, set by this corrupt King, is to rid the land of the outlaws or lose everything the King has taken permanently.
Lady Jane Neville has been widowed but still the King has called upon her household to give up the men for his war with France. Unsettled by the tenuous position King John has created, Lady Jane has taken up in her uncle’s footsteps. She has big steps to fill, since her uncle is also known as Robin Hood.
Tre’ and Jane’s endeavors immediately put them at opposite sides of the law but with a common goal, save their homes and people. A fiery passion and intensity ignites when they meet. By giving into their desires, they would find themselves lovers on opposing sides of a civil war.
I absolutely enjoyed this quite authentic historical romance. Juliana Garnett’s writing whisks you away to a time long past and envelopes you into the England of old. The romance was slow building but filled with passion, the return to Nottingham was delightful, and the story was wonderfully suspenseful...a perfect historical romance.
This copy of The Baron was given to me by Random House - Loveswept in exchange for a honest review.
Lady Jane Neville has been widowed but still the King has called upon her household to give up the men for his war with France. Unsettled by the tenuous position King John has created, Lady Jane has taken up in her uncle’s footsteps. She has big steps to fill, since her uncle is also known as Robin Hood.
Tre’ and Jane’s endeavors immediately put them at opposite sides of the law but with a common goal, save their homes and people. A fiery passion and intensity ignites when they meet. By giving into their desires, they would find themselves lovers on opposing sides of a civil war.
I absolutely enjoyed this quite authentic historical romance. Juliana Garnett’s writing whisks you away to a time long past and envelopes you into the England of old. The romance was slow building but filled with passion, the return to Nottingham was delightful, and the story was wonderfully suspenseful...a perfect historical romance.
This copy of The Baron was given to me by Random House - Loveswept in exchange for a honest review.
March 4, 2017
Two stupid stars in the end. mostly because I loved Tre (in the beginning anyway), and the story was a good idea. but only in theory. You hear that idiot that lady who wrote this suck fest? THEROY! Now, anyone that actually knows me, or keeps up with my reviews, know that I'm a sucker for robin hood stories and for a complicated "Bad Guy". As can be seen with my obsession with characters like BBC's Guy of Gisbourne, Zuko from "The Last Airbender", and Severus Snape.(And Dr. Hanible Lecter from "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hanible Raising" even though admitting that as gotten me a lot of weird looks.)I LOVE rounded characters, someone who's got more to them than the world believes. The whole idea of the sheriff of Nottingham actually turning out to be an honorable hero in the end really fascinates me.
I mean, did he think he was bad when he out there trying to stop Hood? or was he just trying to protect his own misguided sense of justice? Was there a reason for him to be "evil" and "crazy"? Or was he just some greed messed up bastard out for all the power he can get his grubby little paws on?
This is the sort of thing "The baron" was trying to deal with. A good, but rather rough around the edges, sheriff. But it only tried.
and failed terribly.
Starting off, Tre was a good Character. he was! He was angry, depressed, heartbroken, and all rightly so. he lost everything. lands, his rightful titles, the only family member he clearly ever truly loved. Just my sort of main character. the kind you just want to hug and comfort. you want someone in the story to come along and knock some sense back into them and pull them up out of their pit of despair. I wanted all this for tre. I cared about him, was sad for him. . . . . .
then after the first couple of chapters the book just got steadily worse and worse.
Reasons I hate that I spent money on this book:
1. love interest: making Jane the niece of Robin Hood worked. . . . sort of. It's believable anyway. (I think it would've been better if she'd been Robin's disgraced daughter who was trying to cling to the last bit of their family's dignity, but that's just me.) And I know she's supposed to be coming across as this strong, independent woman, but I'm sorry. no, just no! being able to shoot a bow and having the idiotic brass to mouth off to people higher up than you does no make you strong. it made her seem stupid and bitchy. I mean, she does know that what she did was illegal. so shouldn't she have tried a bit harder to hide it? Jane was practically flaunting it in the end. STUPID!
Plus, this girl is a molester. Do you people understand that? she touched him while. he. was. unconscious. NOT OKAY! not in anyway, shape or form. no one taught jane boundaries.
2. the "love": the majority of the story takes place over the course of four months. No! this is the totally wrong message to be sending to your readers. people do not fall in love in just for months. especially people who actually talked and got know each other as little as these two did. this was not love. this was weird, possessive infatuation. they both thought the other was hot. they were both desperate and lonely. they had sex like two maybe three times and BOOM! they were in love. Lust, not love.
3. Tre: his character just got more and more annoyingly stupid as the story progressed. maybe this can be forgiven by the whole "love can make you to stupid, crazy things" thing, but come on! he barely knows this chick, she held him at arrow point with his pants down, and all of a sudden he's willing to throw everything away for her? I just don't buy it. Him wanting to protect Guy made sense because he'd known the man for years. he was tre's friend. Jane was not. maybe I would have believed it if he saved her for some crazy sense of chivalry and justice, but that wasn't the case.
4. the climax of the story: We barely got to see any really fight. the battle was totally ignored so we could watch tre and guy shout about how the baron had been wronged and marvel at how all the normans and Saxons were working together against the enemy. . . . lame! I wanted a battle! Jane's point of view would have been much more interesting to read.
5. Robin Hood's Return: complete slap in the face! he was supposed to be dead! and he pops un in the end to basically go "Oh, look at me! I'm Robin Hood!" and give away Jane's hand in marriage. pointless and insulting to the reader.
and last but not least. . . .6. the sex scenes:this is the sort of book I like to call a "shirt ripper". you know the type. they're usually a short, easy read. paperback. cheap. targeted at women, of course. they usually have a hot shirtless guy on the front, or a girl ripping off the hot guy's shirt. hence the name. most people buy these things for the smut, skim though them for sexy parts and then go back and read them. Come on, I found this in the romance section at a used bookstore. apart from the fact that it's a robin hood book, the main reason I picked this up was BECAUSE it was romance. I wanted to know what the big deal was. why are so many woman interested in such cheap looking, hurriedly printed "stories" from publishers no one has ever heard of? well the answer of course is sex. people wanna read "bout da nasty". these books are unashamedly aimed at lonely woman. the very least they could do is pick writers who at least try to make the smutty parts good! the descriptions were horrible and all the scenes seemed really forced. (no pun intended, but pretty damn funny) honestly, the book would probably have been better off without them. they were just annoying and took away from the "plot".
all in all, shirt rippers and robin hood do not mix. I've read fanfiction that's better than this. seriously. even twilight fanfictions are better. :) isn't that just sad for this "author"?
I mean, did he think he was bad when he out there trying to stop Hood? or was he just trying to protect his own misguided sense of justice? Was there a reason for him to be "evil" and "crazy"? Or was he just some greed messed up bastard out for all the power he can get his grubby little paws on?
This is the sort of thing "The baron" was trying to deal with. A good, but rather rough around the edges, sheriff. But it only tried.
and failed terribly.
Starting off, Tre was a good Character. he was! He was angry, depressed, heartbroken, and all rightly so. he lost everything. lands, his rightful titles, the only family member he clearly ever truly loved. Just my sort of main character. the kind you just want to hug and comfort. you want someone in the story to come along and knock some sense back into them and pull them up out of their pit of despair. I wanted all this for tre. I cared about him, was sad for him. . . . . .
then after the first couple of chapters the book just got steadily worse and worse.
Reasons I hate that I spent money on this book:
1. love interest: making Jane the niece of Robin Hood worked. . . . sort of. It's believable anyway. (I think it would've been better if she'd been Robin's disgraced daughter who was trying to cling to the last bit of their family's dignity, but that's just me.) And I know she's supposed to be coming across as this strong, independent woman, but I'm sorry. no, just no! being able to shoot a bow and having the idiotic brass to mouth off to people higher up than you does no make you strong. it made her seem stupid and bitchy. I mean, she does know that what she did was illegal. so shouldn't she have tried a bit harder to hide it? Jane was practically flaunting it in the end. STUPID!
Plus, this girl is a molester. Do you people understand that? she touched him while. he. was. unconscious. NOT OKAY! not in anyway, shape or form. no one taught jane boundaries.
2. the "love": the majority of the story takes place over the course of four months. No! this is the totally wrong message to be sending to your readers. people do not fall in love in just for months. especially people who actually talked and got know each other as little as these two did. this was not love. this was weird, possessive infatuation. they both thought the other was hot. they were both desperate and lonely. they had sex like two maybe three times and BOOM! they were in love. Lust, not love.
3. Tre: his character just got more and more annoyingly stupid as the story progressed. maybe this can be forgiven by the whole "love can make you to stupid, crazy things" thing, but come on! he barely knows this chick, she held him at arrow point with his pants down, and all of a sudden he's willing to throw everything away for her? I just don't buy it. Him wanting to protect Guy made sense because he'd known the man for years. he was tre's friend. Jane was not. maybe I would have believed it if he saved her for some crazy sense of chivalry and justice, but that wasn't the case.
4. the climax of the story: We barely got to see any really fight. the battle was totally ignored so we could watch tre and guy shout about how the baron had been wronged and marvel at how all the normans and Saxons were working together against the enemy. . . . lame! I wanted a battle! Jane's point of view would have been much more interesting to read.
5. Robin Hood's Return: complete slap in the face! he was supposed to be dead! and he pops un in the end to basically go "Oh, look at me! I'm Robin Hood!" and give away Jane's hand in marriage. pointless and insulting to the reader.
and last but not least. . . .6. the sex scenes:this is the sort of book I like to call a "shirt ripper". you know the type. they're usually a short, easy read. paperback. cheap. targeted at women, of course. they usually have a hot shirtless guy on the front, or a girl ripping off the hot guy's shirt. hence the name. most people buy these things for the smut, skim though them for sexy parts and then go back and read them. Come on, I found this in the romance section at a used bookstore. apart from the fact that it's a robin hood book, the main reason I picked this up was BECAUSE it was romance. I wanted to know what the big deal was. why are so many woman interested in such cheap looking, hurriedly printed "stories" from publishers no one has ever heard of? well the answer of course is sex. people wanna read "bout da nasty". these books are unashamedly aimed at lonely woman. the very least they could do is pick writers who at least try to make the smutty parts good! the descriptions were horrible and all the scenes seemed really forced. (no pun intended, but pretty damn funny) honestly, the book would probably have been better off without them. they were just annoying and took away from the "plot".
all in all, shirt rippers and robin hood do not mix. I've read fanfiction that's better than this. seriously. even twilight fanfictions are better. :) isn't that just sad for this "author"?
December 8, 2015
I have a bit of a soft spot for historical romances. There is something about the past that I find kind of romantic so I was happy to pick up The Baron. I didn't expect much from it but it was better than I expected and I ended up enjoying it.
The Baron is a well written book, I am not a history expert by any stretch but it seemed like Juliana Garnett had done her research. The writing was good, very descriptive and atmospheric. She built the story, characters and romance well, nothing felt rushed or out of place. It also had a little bit more depth than I was expecting, it wasn't all about the romance which was a nice change.
I really enjoyed the characters, Tre was dark and brooding but he had a good heart. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place but when it came down to it he was willing to give his life for what was right. Jane was even better, she was no damsel in distress. She thinks for herself, protects herself and the people she cares about and isn't afraid of her feelings. She wasn't a woman who could be owned and in a book like this that truly is a breath of fresh air.
The love story was good. It build slowly allowing the chemistry between the characters to grow and grow. Tre and Jane were a good match and I enjoyed reading about them.
The Baron is not the best book I have ever read but I enjoyed it enough to have trouble putting it down.
October 3, 2011
Sally Goldenbaum is a new to me author. What better way to discover a new author than to start back at the beginning. The Baron was recently reissued as an e-book by the new Loveswept. It is a quick read. Perfect for an afternoon escape or a secret indulgence while waiting for swim lessons to end.
Nick and Halley were great characters. I loved the way Nick discovers love and how to open his heart back up through witnessing all of the open affection in Halley's circle of family and friends. Both Halley and Nick are wary. Coming from different backgrounds, they both have to learn how to meet halfway. I liked that their relationship built up over time and they became friends first. It made their HEA more believable to me. There is no real mystery here, the "secret" he is hiding is pretty easy to guess.
I definitely recommend this throwback. It's a sweet love story that will leave you with a smile on your face.
Nick and Halley were great characters. I loved the way Nick discovers love and how to open his heart back up through witnessing all of the open affection in Halley's circle of family and friends. Both Halley and Nick are wary. Coming from different backgrounds, they both have to learn how to meet halfway. I liked that their relationship built up over time and they became friends first. It made their HEA more believable to me. There is no real mystery here, the "secret" he is hiding is pretty easy to guess.
I definitely recommend this throwback. It's a sweet love story that will leave you with a smile on your face.
May 14, 2015
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June 2, 2020
Ok this book has an EXCELLENT setup: the Sheriff of Nottingham (no, not that one) falling in love with Robin Hood’s niece. It is meticulous researched. The settings form the castles to Sherwood Forest feel like you are there. It’s set a few years before the Magna Carta, so King John and his minions are the menacing baddies.
I liked the reluctant romance between the leads. It was slow burn and resolved quite well. The hero didn’t spent too long wallowing about his feels before he’s all in. And their encounter in Sherwood is absolute gold.
The only downer for me is at the end. It’s entirely from the hero’s perspective, when the exciting stuff was being done by the heroine. I guess it was to keep up the suspense, but I think the POVs should have been flipped.
I liked the reluctant romance between the leads. It was slow burn and resolved quite well. The hero didn’t spent too long wallowing about his feels before he’s all in. And their encounter in Sherwood is absolute gold.
The only downer for me is at the end. It’s entirely from the hero’s perspective, when the exciting stuff was being done by the heroine. I guess it was to keep up the suspense, but I think the POVs should have been flipped.
September 7, 2011
This was a pretty good book. A light-hearted read, and pretty sweet indeed. It's a book where the rich but rather cold guy falls in love with your ordinary everyday girl who is full of love.
I liked both of their characters. Yes, there wasn't really anything special about them, but they were likeable characters. Nick was just amazing. He was sweet, sexy, gorgeous. However, he was rather cold around love. I dunno how to really say it, but simple things like being awkward when a kid grabbed his hand and all, made me feel he was kinda scared to love, especially the love towards a child. But perhaps that's just his own childhood experiences.
As for Halley, she was a very nice girl. The thing I liked most about her was that she was so full of love for everyone. There's not much I have to say about her though, she didn't really have any real flaws.
The thing that I didn't really like about the book was that the thing they quarreled about was rather weak. I mean, its not really a major detail and I felt the author didn't explain it to its fullest. I also felt they made up too easily. There should at least have been some explanations for each of their behaviours. I also felt that the author threw in a lot of book developments as if it were an afterthought. I mean, until it came, I didn't even think something was gonna come. Its like, it doesn't exactly make sense based on their earlier behaviour. Normally, what I would expect to see would be some dark thoughts in the character's mind about whatever was gonna happen. We may know what it is, but we know that something is going to happen. I guess I don't really like the idea of the author springing some random surprise on us because it makes me feel that I don't understand the character at all. And its written in the third person, I should at least understand the character and know his mind.
All in all though, this was a pretty good book. I wouldn't re read it, but I did enjoy reading it the first time. I liked how they met, it seemed pretty sweet to me. I did like their romance though, it was indeed very sweet. As I mentioned earlier, my main complaint is that the quarrel was too weak and I dunno, I felt it didn't really do anything for the plot. Perhaps it was the emphasis that should have been changed.
To sum it all up, this is a book that is worth reading, but for me, not a book to read again.
This ebook was provided by Netgalley!
I liked both of their characters. Yes, there wasn't really anything special about them, but they were likeable characters. Nick was just amazing. He was sweet, sexy, gorgeous. However, he was rather cold around love. I dunno how to really say it, but simple things like being awkward when a kid grabbed his hand and all, made me feel he was kinda scared to love, especially the love towards a child. But perhaps that's just his own childhood experiences.
As for Halley, she was a very nice girl. The thing I liked most about her was that she was so full of love for everyone. There's not much I have to say about her though, she didn't really have any real flaws.
The thing that I didn't really like about the book was that the thing they quarreled about was rather weak. I mean, its not really a major detail and I felt the author didn't explain it to its fullest. I also felt they made up too easily. There should at least have been some explanations for each of their behaviours. I also felt that the author threw in a lot of book developments as if it were an afterthought. I mean, until it came, I didn't even think something was gonna come. Its like, it doesn't exactly make sense based on their earlier behaviour. Normally, what I would expect to see would be some dark thoughts in the character's mind about whatever was gonna happen. We may know what it is, but we know that something is going to happen. I guess I don't really like the idea of the author springing some random surprise on us because it makes me feel that I don't understand the character at all. And its written in the third person, I should at least understand the character and know his mind.
All in all though, this was a pretty good book. I wouldn't re read it, but I did enjoy reading it the first time. I liked how they met, it seemed pretty sweet to me. I did like their romance though, it was indeed very sweet. As I mentioned earlier, my main complaint is that the quarrel was too weak and I dunno, I felt it didn't really do anything for the plot. Perhaps it was the emphasis that should have been changed.
To sum it all up, this is a book that is worth reading, but for me, not a book to read again.
This ebook was provided by Netgalley!
August 19, 2011
The Baron by Sally Goldenbaum
Halley Finnegan has just pulled up to a mansion in her little green Volkswagen. She again wondered how she let Leo Thorne talk her into this. His friends, the Harrington's, were having a house party and he talked her into replacing a guest who could not make it. A murder mystery house party. She would get to be somebody beside plain Jane Halley Finnegan for the weekend but she had let her best friend, Rosie, talk her into this crimson dress that hugged her tips and about squeezed her out the top.
She allowed herself introduced as the Contessa Ambrosia. Halley did not know she had a partner for the weekend though. The Baron von Bluster. She did end up having a really good time and Nick, the Baron, was quite attractive and played up the part of them being long lost lovers who have just been reunited. Every time she almost took his compliments to heart she reminded herself that she was a librarian at the Thorne Estate and when it was done and over Nick would still be a baron. Two different worlds. There was the murder and the clue searching and much fun. When Nick asked to see her after the party, in the real world, Halley made her escape and left the party to go home without letting him know she left.
Nick found her anyways. He would come often to the library and he got to know Halley's friends and family. Halley stayed in a small cottage on the property, Nick had a penthouse apartment. Nick had nanny's and did not understand the love of family. Halley had a large loving family that hugged and showed affection openly. She seen when Nick started to relax and enjoy them as well.
If only Nick did not hold back secrets from his life. He told Halley one which ended fine but he feared his other secret would tear them apart.
Can two people from such different worlds truly find love?
Contains sexual situations
Book received through NetGalley for review
Halley Finnegan has just pulled up to a mansion in her little green Volkswagen. She again wondered how she let Leo Thorne talk her into this. His friends, the Harrington's, were having a house party and he talked her into replacing a guest who could not make it. A murder mystery house party. She would get to be somebody beside plain Jane Halley Finnegan for the weekend but she had let her best friend, Rosie, talk her into this crimson dress that hugged her tips and about squeezed her out the top.
She allowed herself introduced as the Contessa Ambrosia. Halley did not know she had a partner for the weekend though. The Baron von Bluster. She did end up having a really good time and Nick, the Baron, was quite attractive and played up the part of them being long lost lovers who have just been reunited. Every time she almost took his compliments to heart she reminded herself that she was a librarian at the Thorne Estate and when it was done and over Nick would still be a baron. Two different worlds. There was the murder and the clue searching and much fun. When Nick asked to see her after the party, in the real world, Halley made her escape and left the party to go home without letting him know she left.
Nick found her anyways. He would come often to the library and he got to know Halley's friends and family. Halley stayed in a small cottage on the property, Nick had a penthouse apartment. Nick had nanny's and did not understand the love of family. Halley had a large loving family that hugged and showed affection openly. She seen when Nick started to relax and enjoy them as well.
If only Nick did not hold back secrets from his life. He told Halley one which ended fine but he feared his other secret would tear them apart.
Can two people from such different worlds truly find love?
Contains sexual situations
Book received through NetGalley for review
April 13, 2013
Started off slow, but ended up great! The Baron was a sweet romance that blended in the beloved tale of Robin Hood.
I loved how the author incorporated Robin Hood. It wasn't a retelling. Rather, it was a continuation to show what happened to him, his family, and his friends long after his bandit days were over. And amid that was a romance between his niece and a Norman baron. I loved how it was done.
Jane was a brilliant heroine. She was very strong and didn't let anyone push her around-though sometimes that had some consequences. She was very devoted to her people and was willing to do whatever she had to do in order to help them. I really liked her, and I think other readers will as well.
Tre was just as great. He was not a man to be messed with, especially since, at the beginning of the book, he was a man with nothing to lose. With the loss of his wife and daughter, then the king's seizure of his land, he was willing to do anything. Of course, that changed when Jane came into the picture. But, despite his ruthlessness, he was also very sweet when he wanted to be, very loyal to his loved ones, and with a frustrating tendency to self sacrifice in order to protect those he loved.
Jane and Tre were a great couple. Sparks were flying immediately and they could turn HOT. But they were also sweet together. Both were very strong and were each other's perfect match. Though their romance took a while to actually begin since they were at odds, I though they were lovely together.
The plot was slow for about the first half of the book. No boring slow, but skimming-occasionally slow. But, during the second half, the pace picked up and I got hooked. There were betrayals, secrets, and thrills in store. And the ending was perfect. I loved it.
The Baron was a wonderful medieval romance! Though it got off to a slow start, I ending up really enjoying it. Lovers of romance, you'll want to give this book a read.
*Thanks to Netgalley and Loveswept for a copy!
I loved how the author incorporated Robin Hood. It wasn't a retelling. Rather, it was a continuation to show what happened to him, his family, and his friends long after his bandit days were over. And amid that was a romance between his niece and a Norman baron. I loved how it was done.
Jane was a brilliant heroine. She was very strong and didn't let anyone push her around-though sometimes that had some consequences. She was very devoted to her people and was willing to do whatever she had to do in order to help them. I really liked her, and I think other readers will as well.
Tre was just as great. He was not a man to be messed with, especially since, at the beginning of the book, he was a man with nothing to lose. With the loss of his wife and daughter, then the king's seizure of his land, he was willing to do anything. Of course, that changed when Jane came into the picture. But, despite his ruthlessness, he was also very sweet when he wanted to be, very loyal to his loved ones, and with a frustrating tendency to self sacrifice in order to protect those he loved.
Jane and Tre were a great couple. Sparks were flying immediately and they could turn HOT. But they were also sweet together. Both were very strong and were each other's perfect match. Though their romance took a while to actually begin since they were at odds, I though they were lovely together.
The plot was slow for about the first half of the book. No boring slow, but skimming-occasionally slow. But, during the second half, the pace picked up and I got hooked. There were betrayals, secrets, and thrills in store. And the ending was perfect. I loved it.
The Baron was a wonderful medieval romance! Though it got off to a slow start, I ending up really enjoying it. Lovers of romance, you'll want to give this book a read.
*Thanks to Netgalley and Loveswept for a copy!
August 30, 2011
It shows how important it is to show love your children and family. I enjoyed Halley character how she throws herself into her work and community,friends.
Her friend Leo who got her the job and donated the Throne library asked her a favor. To be a guest at a murder weekend. One of the guests came down with the flue and they need that character as part of the story. She was to play the part of a Countess Who long ago was lover with Baron and they relite their romance. So Halley borrows antique cloths from friends shop and goes to the party almost backs out when she sees the mansion.
Everyone knows each other except for the actors and Halley. No one uses real names for weekend, but she found out the Baron name was really Nick.
Nick was willing to play the romance of the story he was impressed with Halley. They had a fun weekend but Halley left early and did not tell Nick goodbye.
Throne library and estate were given to the community and Halley was in charge. She even lived in a cottage on the state. Halley had a lot of programs for different ages from preschool to senior citizens.
Nick followed and found where she worked and was around her family,friends and community where they all showed love that he had a hard time understanding but he was learning. but was it to late? What secrets did Nick keep from halley?
It was fun to be part of their world learning about love. I enjoyed the book and will read more from Sally.
I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review from netgalley.
Her friend Leo who got her the job and donated the Throne library asked her a favor. To be a guest at a murder weekend. One of the guests came down with the flue and they need that character as part of the story. She was to play the part of a Countess Who long ago was lover with Baron and they relite their romance. So Halley borrows antique cloths from friends shop and goes to the party almost backs out when she sees the mansion.
Everyone knows each other except for the actors and Halley. No one uses real names for weekend, but she found out the Baron name was really Nick.
Nick was willing to play the romance of the story he was impressed with Halley. They had a fun weekend but Halley left early and did not tell Nick goodbye.
Throne library and estate were given to the community and Halley was in charge. She even lived in a cottage on the state. Halley had a lot of programs for different ages from preschool to senior citizens.
Nick followed and found where she worked and was around her family,friends and community where they all showed love that he had a hard time understanding but he was learning. but was it to late? What secrets did Nick keep from halley?
It was fun to be part of their world learning about love. I enjoyed the book and will read more from Sally.
I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review from netgalley.
December 29, 2015
An amazing read.
What an interesting way for two people to meet and fall in love at a fun weekend of murder and mystery. That is what had me picking up this great read and I was not disappointed.
Sparks fly between the Contessa and Baron at their weekend of mystery but believing it has all been make-believe Halley heads back to the real world and tries to forget him.
Nick not used to the word "No" and being captivated by a woman finds her in the real world and becomes even more capitivated by her. She draws him out of his shell and makes him feel alive but he has secrets that could end everything.
A wonderful tale of love and learning to open your heart.
What an interesting way for two people to meet and fall in love at a fun weekend of murder and mystery. That is what had me picking up this great read and I was not disappointed.
Sparks fly between the Contessa and Baron at their weekend of mystery but believing it has all been make-believe Halley heads back to the real world and tries to forget him.
Nick not used to the word "No" and being captivated by a woman finds her in the real world and becomes even more capitivated by her. She draws him out of his shell and makes him feel alive but he has secrets that could end everything.
A wonderful tale of love and learning to open your heart.
July 28, 2014
Not the worst historical romance with a RH twist but it came close.
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