The Governess and the Beast

Karyn Gerrard

Mar 2018 · Blind Cupid Series Book 2 · KG Publishing

About this ebook

With a new name and an eagerness to begin a new life, Lila Jenner answers an ad for a governess and embarks on an adventure she did not expect. Hiding secrets and a past she longs to forget, she is disappointed to find out she has been employed to be a companion of a different sort: To a man who embodies both beauty and the beast.

 

 Living in a gothic, crumbling manor on the edge of a North Sea cliff, Lord Simon Wolstenholme is cloistered from society. Simon realizes that he’s been alone too long. Horribly scarred from battle wounds, the baron lives up to his infamous title, “The Beast of Stonecliff,” in appearance and attitude.

 

 A storm rages outside, but it cannot compare to the clash of emotions between a lonely man and a distrustful woman. Lila and Simon bargain and agree to a brief dalliance. Secret desires are revealed, and hearts are laid bare. Many obstacles lay ahead of them until they admit their true feelings, though pride could destroy the fairy tale before it begins.

Ratings and reviews

I was very intrigued by this story. I was very surprised on some of the subject it touched on. It's very different from most of the stories I have read in this genre giving both of the characters situations and past. Having said that it is refreshing in some ways. I liked Lila and Simon. She is trying to change her situation in life and he in some ways is trying to live again. It's a touching story with graphic situations and steaminess. Very different but worth reading!

With a new name Hortense Jennings and an eagerness to begin a new life, Lila Jenner answers an ad for a governess, she is disappointed to find out she has been employed to be a companion of a different sort: to a man who embodies both beauty and the beast. In a gothic, crumbling manor on the edge of a North Sea cliff, Baron Simon Wolstenholme is cloistered away from society. Horribly scarred from battle wounds in the Boer War, the baron lives up to his infamous title “The Beast of Stonecliff” in appearance and attitude. Simon bargains with Lila for a singular night of passion. A storm rages outside so she has nowhere to go. A new slant on Beauty & the Beast as both Simon & Lila are wounded both physically & mentally. A well paced hot novella that I read in a sitting. The characters are very well portrayed which isn’t easy in a novella. Secrets & fears, souls as well as bodies are revealed whilst the pair are stranded due to a storm. Will she stay or will she go? I thoroughly enjoyed this book & look forward to the third in the series My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Book two in the Blind Cupid Series a well written story that I know I will read again sometime. Lila Jenner using another name comes to be a Governess at Stonecliff to Baron Simon Wolstenholme's ward Christopher or so she thinks. Simon has been disfigured in a canon misfire and considers himself a monster, when he tell Lila what he really hired her for she makes a bargain with him. Reading how these two damaged people get their happy ending kept me turning pages. A well written storyline with pages that flowed smoothly from one to the other.