This means she needs to render herself unmarriagable first. Your heroine is Hattie, the daughter of a shippng magnate who has decided that this is going to be her year – in which she takes control of the family business, earns her own fortune and basically live life the way that she wants to. Sorry, not sorry.īrazen and the Beast is the second in the Bareknuckle Bastards series. But this was my favourite book I finished last week, so it’s only fair it gets a write up here really, even if it isn’t that long since I reviewed Day of the Duchess. I got so many book recommendations and it’s going to be so expensive. And – full disclosure – I’m in her internet book club and members of the UK branch met up last week (in Covent Garden) for lunch and chatter with the lady herself.

If you’ve been around here any length of time you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Sarah MacLean – who writes fun, feminist and sexy historical romances. and the women who bring them to their knees.Back to fiction and back to an old favourite for this week’s BotW. The Devil, all vengeance and vice The Beast, all fists and fury The Duke, all power and past. Armentrout 'Sarah MacLean has reignited the romance genre with a bolder edge' The New Yorker 'Funny, smart, feminist and roastingly hot' 'Do yourself a favor and discover the compelling magic of Sarah MacLean' Amanda Quick 'MacLean writes with an entirely unique blend of elegance and ferocity that bursts from every page' Entertainment Weekly xxx THE BAREKNUCKLE BASTARDS Three brothers, bound by a secret they cannot escape. xxx Praise for Sarah MacLean: 'My absolute go-to author for clever, sexy and fun historical romances' Jennifer L. but if they're not careful, they'll have no choice but to give up everything, including their hearts. Soon, Hattie and Whit find themselves rivals in business and pleasure: she won't give up her plans he won't give up his power. He is more than happy to offer Hattie all she desires.

After waking in a carriage at Hattie's feet, Whit - a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast - can't help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him, especially when he discovers her plans for a night of pleasure. She does not, however, plan to find the most beautiful man she's ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin The Year of Hattie before it's even begun. Plans to inherit her father's business, to make her own fortune and finally to experience a taste of the pleasure she'll forgo as a confirmed spinster. When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year 'The Year of Hattie', she has plans. 'I loved it' Eloisa James 'Smart, sexy, and always romantic' Julia Quinn 'For a smart, witty and passionate historical romance, I recommend anything by Sarah MacLean' Lisa Kleypas The Lady's Plan.

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean