Beauty Like The Night (Sonnet Books)

Additional Beauty Like The Night (Sonnet Books) Information

Beauty is like the night, fleeting and hard to hold, a truth the forbidding Lord Treyhern is about to discover. Let the opulence of Liz Carlyle's prose immerse you in the beauty of England while plunging you into the midst of the outrageous Rutledge family, where scandal is served up like a soup course and dangerous secrets are everywhere.

The daughter of London's wickedest widow, Helene de Severs has struggled to overcome her heritage. Renowned within Europe's emerging psychiatric field, Helene has a gift for healing children. When fate sends her back to England, the country she left in disgrace, Helene is confident she has learned to govern her own reckless emotions.

Ruthlessly, Treyhern has dragged his notorious family from the brink of ruin. But a disastrous marriage has left him with a traumatized child, and his rebellious brother is just one step ahead of the bailiffs. When his dissolute father drops dead while debauching the governess, Treyhern's infamous temper is truly tested.

But the forceful earl means to straighten everyone out -- as soon as he has hired a reputable governess. Yet the moment she steps from his carriage, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by a rush of desire he had long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and mountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere...

What Customers Say About Beauty Like The Night (Sonnet Books):

Liked the hero and heroine. I enjoyed the characters. It was just a little too long and drawn out. This book was a bit hard for me to get through. It's not that bad but just a little too slow.

i'm not a big liz carlyle fan but i would read this book again. this could have been a boring book but all the characters,major & minor, were so well developed, that one couldn't help but be drawn into their world. i especially liked helene's understanding of the traumatized child whose type of affliction was a twist to the usual governess stories and cam's deep affection for his child.

I only wish there had been more romance in the story and less mystery. Liz Carlyle gives me makes me feeing that I am reading a true classic. For some odd reason I found this book to be on the rather dark and dreary side.Yet I still really liked it.The characters of Cam and Helene are wonderful.

I hope you like this one as well as I did. I plan on reading more from L. Carlyle. Here's another (rare) 5 star book. Happy reading. I get tired of reading lame books. It's not often that one is that worthy. You'll truly enjoy the story of Camden and Helene in this one.

Not my favorite LC, but not so bad. Her dialogue is brilliant.except for the repetitive usage of the phrases: "is it not.", "does it not.", are you not.", etc. I found that to be extremely ponderous.That said, Cam and Helene are very likeable characters and clearly love each other. No one writes unrequitted love like Liz Carlyle. A bit slow going in parts but not a bad read. However, "BLTN" was about 100 pages too long. She has a way of drawing her reader into the story. I found myself skimming over quite a few parts.The love scenes were steamy and well written.