Apparently his father is obsessed with royal bloodlines and with continuing the family name – something Piers cannot accomplish, if rumors are correct. When her father and aunt brainstorm a way out of the situation Linnet has found herself in, the Beast’s name comes up. Since the suitor is a prince, everyone knows he will not be allowed to marry her, pregnancy or no, especially since her late mother had a reputation for being…free with her attentions to men other than her husband. Linnet is a bit of a damsel in distress when we first meet her – due to an unfortunate choice of gowns, everyone in the Ton assumes she is pregnant with her latest suitor’s child. Piers sent his father a very long list of wife requirements – included on the list, she must be “more beautiful than the sun and the moon.” Our Beauty is Miss Linnet Thrynne. Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, is mostly estranged from his father, but they do exchange letters occasionally – and his father, the Duke of Windebank, is insistent that Piers marry. Her Beast is a cranky English doctor who is rumored to have suffered an injury that has left him impotent. In When Beauty Tamed the Beast, the second full length novel of her fairy tale series, Eloisa James gives us her version of another favorite story. Historical Romance published by Avon 25 Jan 11 C2’s review of When Beauty Tamed the Beast (Happily Ever After, Book 2) by Eloisa James
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