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The Beautiful One

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"Greenwood's mix of sweet romance and sensuality, blended with an engaging plot and charming characters, is certain to enchant readers."—RT Book Reviews

Hoping to escape scandal, Anna Black becomes the companion to Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville. Now the secluded Viscount has two impossible females in his once-quiet manor, making it difficult to ignore Anna's charms.

The ton is buzzing about The Beautiful One, a striking figure in a scandalous book of nude sketches. Only two men know the true identity of The Beautiful One, and they are scouring the countryside, determined to find her.

The unlikely center of the scandal, Anna Black is forced to flee home as disaster looms. Her tomboy's heart and impertinent tongue serve her well when she meets the most brooding viscount ever to darken a drawing room. Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville, has his reasons for pushing people away, and when his tempestuous teenaged ward arrives on his doorstep, he presses Anna to take on her care. As Anna begins to melt the Viscount's frozen heart, she knows the more she loves, the more she has to lose. For although Will cares nothing for what makes Society titter, he has yet to see The Beautiful One.

"A SIZZLING ROMANCE THAT TOUCHES THE HEART." —Sally MacKenzie, USA Today bestselling author

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 30, 2015
      Aside from some sweet moments and the occasional quip, there’s not much to salvage from this plodding Regency romance. Poised on the brink of scandal over a book of salacious drawings, Anna Bristol heads to Stillwell Hall under the name Anna Black, acting as Elizabeth Tarryton’s companion and chaperone. She has to convince Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville, to let Elizabeth, his ward, stay with him. Much is made of Anna’s independence and resourcefulness, but they manifest as a stubborn insistence that she knows what’s best for everyone else. Will is a ball of clichés: a grieving widower, a hermit afraid to care, and a son angry at his father for remarrying. Unfortunately he comes off as petulant and bitter, not complex. Anna forces Will to care about life again, but when it comes to her feelings for Will and their humdrum affair, she is passive. Will grows up and stops pouting, but Anna never changes, making this love story tedious from beginning to end. Agent: Jenny Bent, Bent Agency.

    • Kirkus

      April 1, 2015
      Hounded by an unscrupulous artist determined to ruin her, Anna Black winds up as governess to a lonely orphan whose guardian uncle has retreated from the world. After the death of her father, a doctor who generally ignored his daughter, Anna carves out a simple but satisfying life as an art teacher in her village, until one of her father's former assistants slithers back into her life with a portfolio of scandalous drawings he did of her without her knowledge. Determined to make his reputation as an artist himself, the cad approaches a reprobate aristocrat, who pays the artist to have Anna pose nude for a portrait. She refuses and flees her home, landing a servant position in a girls' school, then is called upon to attend one of the pupils when she's sent in disgrace back to her guardian, Will Halifax, the Viscount of Grandville. Anna agrees to stay as Elizabeth's governess, since not only are the generous funds hard to refuse, but Anna recognizes the teen's rebelliousness as a cry for help and hopes to bridge a connection between niece and uncle. After years of mourning a beloved wife, Will is drawn to the brave woman he'd first seen emerging from a carriage "with a jaunty, boyish energy that had reminded him of a toy jack-in-the-box springing free" and finds himself mending fractured relationships under her influence. It's clear Anna has a secret, and she's loath to trust anyone to help her, but as the net of the dastardly artist tightens, Anna may realize for the first time in her life that she's not alone, and love is a powerful ally. Greenwood weaves some unique threads into her Regency romance, heightening the sexual stakes and rendering a wholly satisfying happy ending for this touching love story.

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