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not ventured out to find a proper wife, Im afraid, I dont believe Im quite ready for that, though I must say, were I looking for a bride, Id far prefer she love the man and not the manor.
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Brian Stirling

“The sins of the parent do not fall upon the offspring, ”
Brian Stirling This was an okay novel

Tropes/character types: Beauty and the beast, independent woman, class difference

This was an interesting book it had mystery as a main plot point with bits of beauty and the beast inside as well.
The hero wore a literal mask and a figurative one as well, I am now interested in reading more Shannon Drake,

I would read this again but it would not be on the top of my list I gave itand a/just below my standard,

Okay but seriously the set back is beautiful, THE EARL WAS KNOWN AS A BEAST

Camille Montgomery is aware of the wicked man's reputation, But as an expert in antiquities, she also knows his family's Egyptian artifacts are the finest in England, The problem is, her wayward stepfather knows this, tooand he's determined to steal them, So when he's caught in the act of robbing the socalled Beast of Carlyle, Camille must swallow her fear and boldly confront the man whose mask is said to hide a face to behold.


The Earl of Carlyle has lived in the shadows ever since the suspicious death of his parents, But he's never stopped trying to unravel the mystery behind what he suspects to have been their murder, And now that the lovely Camille has stumbled into his life, he has the perfect pawn for his deadly game of vengeance and deceit, But in laying his ruthless trap, will he risk losing his own heart "Brian era riuscito a diventare tutto il suo mondo e lei era pronta a rischiare la vita per lui.
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Antichità egizie,un complotto,un assassino spietato, un misterioso castello, un'affascinante "Bestia" e una ragazza bella e coraggiosa, . . con questi ingredienti era praticamente impossibile che il libro non mi piacesse ed infatti l'autrice ha creato una storia piena di fascino e mistero, La parte gialla è davvero intrigata, ci sono molti personaggi sospetti e fino alla fine è impossibile capire chi sia l'assassino, Camille stessa non sa di chi fidarsi e il comportamento ambiguo dello stesso conte non è certo d'aiuto XD Il rapporto tra i due è condito da litigi alternati a notti di passione, entrambi hanno un carattere forte e inizialmente non riescono a fidarsi l'uno dell'altra, lui la ricatta e la usa come spia e lei pur dovendo in parte piegarsi alle sue richieste è infuriata e allo stesso tempo affascinata dai penetranti occhi azzurri che svela la maschera.
I richiami alla Bella e la Bestia la cosa della maschera mi ricordava il fantasma dell'Opera sono stati la ciliegina sulla torta, avrei voluto un vero e proprio epilogo ma nel complesso è stata una bella lettura! Just read sitelinkReckless which is the second book in this series which I liked when I noticed that I own a kindle version of this first book in the series!
YAY! Going to read it today.

We get a peek at Sir Hunter, but no sign of Lady Margaret although there is a ball and lots of opportunities at the Museum, Miss Camille Montgomery has made a good life for herself, although it is very precarious because she is had to fudge her past a bit to get the prestigious job at the Museum in the Egyptian department.
We get the mystery of missing Egyptian artifacts at the same time of the crazy Beast of Carlyle who is seeking the truth about the death of his beloved parents.

Camille was great in sitelinkReckless so it isn't surprising that her own story is good, too,
Cute story, but I liked sitelinkReckless better, it might be the road trip aspect,
pages and kindle freebie
Camille Montgomery is aware of the wicked man's reputation as the Beast of Carlyle, but he is actually is the Lord is Carlyle.
But because she is an expert in antiquities, Camille also knows that his family's Egyptian artifacts are the finest in England, The problem is, her wayward stepfather knows this, tooand he's determined to steal them, So when he's caught in the act of robbing the socalled Beast of Carlyle's home, Camille must swallow her fear and boldly confront the man whose mask is said to hide a face to behold.
The Earl of Caryle has lived behind the walls of his estate ever since the death of his parents, He never stop looking into what happen that faithful night because he doesn't believe it was an accident, He decides to use Camille as a pawn but will he lose his heart along the way Cuando leía este libro estaba pensando todo el rato en Estefanía y en Lorena.
Me daba la sensación de que quizá ellas lo disfrutaran más que yo,

Está mal el libro No, pero a mí se me ha quedado un pelín corto, Creo que es un retelling bastante "correcto" sobre La bella y la bestia, Tenemos al señor enmascarado, en su castillo, que "secuestra" a la chica y se la lleva para que investigue, El museo britántico. Unas momias. unas muertes. Y como no, pues un romance pasional y un asesinato en escena, Creo que tiene buenos elementos y que los evoluciona bien, para mí el problema está en que no me ha emocionado, No tiene nada que no me haya gustado, pero tampoco hay nada que me haya encantado,

Creo que si os gustan los retellings de época, con un caso de asesinato de por medio, esa época del museo británico con el expolio de Egipto y de más.
. os gustará más que a mí, DNF. The writing style was just so bad, The dialogue stilted. I absolutely loved this book! It really reminded me of Beauty and the Best in a lot of ways, which wasn't a bad thing as I loved the movie and still do!

"The Earl was known as a Beast"

I loved the Egyptian history that was woven into the book.
I think the Earl played the part of Beast wonderfully, while all along searching for his parents murder! Then in comes Camille, I found her to be a wonderful heroin and even though I found some things in this book silly like the mask I still couldn't find it in myself to actually not like it! I think the mystery was still very intriguing and I picked the wrong person as murder over and over again!
I think this book is a definite must read for anyone who watched and loved Beauty and the Best and loved a good historical mystery.
This book was utterly delightful! The mystery was so good that I kept guessing till the story flat out told me, That doesn't happen very often! Camille is a smart woman, She taught herself things that are hard to do all by herself! And the Earl! He is also smart, but bitter and determined to find his parents murderers, Together they make a powerful pair and as mysteries begin to unravel they become lovers of the highest order, Yet strangely they continue to doubt one another's motives and actions, Which I can't help but understand how can you trust someone who doesn't admit the complete truth in what one knows, Yet Brian has never lied to her, Can their hearts be trusted to know the truth This was a fun and suspenseful read! The mysterious and feared Earl of Carlyle Brian is on a mission to solve the death of his parents and the curse that is now on his familys head.
Camille Montgomery is desperate to save the life of her guardian Tristan a war hero currently a little down on his luck, He is caught bungling an attempt to breach the Carlyle estate, Egyptian antiquities, misunderstandings, vengeance, trust and family each play a role in this highly entertaining romp, Camille is headstrong, independent and reactionary, Her job at the Museum is her life blood, The Earl is just as headstrong but his military training has moulded him into a planner and calculating protector of those he values, When these two fire kegs meet and begin to attempt to work together to solve the mystery surrounding Brians parents death the repartee, tension and chemistry are explosive and so fun to watch! This was a great read and I highly recommend it! This book seems to be a romance, but it's mostly a mystery.
And a rather long one, With so many suspects it's hard to keep track, A nice happy ending, but I don't think I'll return to this author, Boring. When I thought of historical romance before I actually got into the genre, this is exactly what I expected, The leads were Overly Dramatic!! And so!!! Many!!! Exclamation points!!! Were used!!! The awkward dialogue was fortunately balanced by a somewhat interesting plot, Also the sex scenes were so blah I skimmed them all, All of them! This is a very funny book, I kind of laughed through the book because of its absurdity, Its kind of gothic, kind of a mystery and kind of a parody, considering how many exclamation marks were used, I wouldnt call

it a romance, really, Its a gothic novel with light romance elements sprinkled here and there, Camille was raised by her guardian, who was a knight but also a thief, She was a self taught Egyptologist and was apparently good at what she did and she worked at the British Museum, Entered Brian Stirling, Earl of Carlyle, whose parents died of asps bites, He believed it to be murders, At the same time he was supposed to be “disfigured” and he wore a animal print mask thats right, an animal print mask, guy was at the top of this fashion game.
Somehow Brian and Camille met through an idiotic act of Camilles guardian, And Brian thought to use Camille in his quest for justice for his parents death,

This book reads like a gothic novel written to entertain young girls in cotton day dresses, A beast who wasnt a beast at all, whose disfigurement was a farce and his handsome face was finally revealed to the beauty and they lived happily ever after.
If one reads this book not expecting a good romance, this book has its saving graces, A young girl ofwould probably find this book exciting, It isnt a bad book and I did finish reading it so I am giving itstars, sitelink blogspot. com/ Not exactly sure why this is a 'Regency Trilogy' when it features Queen Victoria after Prince Albert died, which clearly places it at least sixty years after the Regency.


As a romance, it didn't work for me, Not enough buildup or tension between the lead couple, But it was an excellent gothic mystery, featuring museums, mummies, a masked man and ancient Egyptian curses, Sofor the romance andfor the mystery average out at, Wicked was entertaining, but not nearly as angsty as I would have preferred, The intelligent, analytic hero and heroine, so like the characters in Amanda Quick novels, give the book a lightheartedness it might not have otherwise had, since the subject matter is pretty dark.
The novel centers on a man whose parents had been murdered and who, when hearing of their deaths, went berserk on the battlefield and apparently disfigured himself so much that he's worn a mask ever since.
It was the mask that sold me on the book in the first place, Something about a man in a mask, . . mmm. After all, all romance heroes are wearing masks, aren't they There are a lot of Beauty and the Beast moments in this novel, which I enjoyed, and the Ancient Egypt angle is always fun.
If it had only been a bit more dark, a bit more tortured, this could definitely have become one of my favourites, DNF, roughly.

I shouldve loved thisNeogothicromance! Victoriana! Archaeology! Rude hero!but it was so incredibly boring, Stuff happened, sortabut I didnt care because again so incredibly boring, Even the smallest thing took forfuckingever to move forward, amp Im at a loss as to how so much plot could be rendered in such a lackluster fashion, Its hard to describe, really, Its not that there was too much going on, or that the bones of the plot were uninteresting, but that it was so slowly unveiled that I didnt care either wayintriguing or not, it was just fucking dull.
And Brians suspicions of Camille were so OTT ludicrousnot to mention that stupid mask he insisted on wearing for no believable reasonthat I couldnt respect him or find him appealing, even though I generally like vengeful asshole heroes.
The key is their suspicions being logical, or at least plausible Brians bitchy behavior toward Camille was neither, amp just made me impatient with his idiocy,

Frankly, Im tired of wasting time on thisso Im done, Standardstar DNF. And why is it called a Regency trilogy when its set after the Ripper murders Somehow I hadn't realized when I picked this up that it was by the author of sitelinkWhen We Touch.
The books are tenuously connected this volume references the Ripper murders that feature so prominently in When We Touch, and the baby from that book appears here as a young girl.
Which makes me wonder if Drake has plans for her as an adult, . .

I liked this novel but I had trouble completely immersing myself in it, I had trouble believing that the British Museum would allow a woman of the period, especially one with Camille's background, to work there in any capacity, I also had trouble buying into her relationship with Brian,

I also think Drake had a few too many secondary characters, The result was that the secondary romance Tristan and Evelyn was hard to buy into and I had trouble telling many of the other secondary characters apart, There were just so many that it became hard to keep track,

And, like most of the other commenters, I think the mask was just silly, .