{"id":31601,"date":"2024-10-22T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31601"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:47:04","slug":"review-the-beast-takes-a-bride-by-julie-anne-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/22\/review-the-beast-takes-a-bride-by-julie-anne-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31601\" data-postid=\"31601\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31601 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_c6it235 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_dxkm235 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_y27t235 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=640%2C1014&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31602\" title=\"the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long\" alt=\"the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?w=947&amp;ssl=1 947w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=646%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=768%2C1216&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=400%2C633&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rg06236 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">A blue-blooded beauty bartered to a Beast\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He would pay any price to possess her. But even though Alexandra Bellamy sacrifices herself to save her family\u2019s fortunes, a shocking betrayal sunders her marriage to a taciturn brute of a war hero, Colonel Magnus Brightwall, before it even begins. Five years of icy separation later, a scandal\u2014with Alexandra at the middle\u2014reunites them, and Magnus issues an edict:\u00a0they will confront the\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">ton<\/span>, rescue their reputations, then Magnus will banish her to another continent\u2014forever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But alone in a suite at the Grand Palace on the Thames, a new battle begins\u2014between pride and the unexpected volcanic passion stirring between them. The danger is real: Magnus rediscovers why Alexandra is the only woman who could ever break him. And even as she lays bare the beautiful heart beating beneath the battered hide of the near-stranger she married, Alexandra knows she may have already lost him\u2014even as she finally falls fatally, irrevocably in love.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_w0mh236 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_crhc236  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Oct 22, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Palace of Rogues<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>8<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $6.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Couldn\u2019t put it down. The Palace of Rogues series delivers once again.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I enjoyed this book immensely for multiple reasons. Since this is a review, I should thoroughly count the ways. First off, Long knows how to set up a pair of characters and fascinate me from the opening lines.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Three of them were thieves (a silver candlestick, a half dozen handkerchiefs, a wheel of cheese, respectively), another one was a forger, and the fifth one had stabbed her husband in the leg. <\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does it get any better than that? I don\u2019t think so. The heroine, <strong>Alexandra Bellamy<\/strong>, has had such a fall from grace, and on the first page, she\u2019s in gaol. How does she get to our famed boardinghouse from here? Well, her military husband, the war hero, <strong>Colonel Magnus Brightwall<\/strong> (aka the beast) rescues her of course. Cue the estranged married couple who haven\u2019t seen each other in over five years, being reunited and in jail of all places. I was immediately entranced by not only one but three tropes I adore. Second chance romance, a quirky unlucky heroine, and the beastly hero. Bonus, this one is a slow burn, but sweet glory, the payoff is worth it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #737373; font-size: 1rem;\">The story is heart-wrenching, emotional, and poignant, the only way\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #737373; font-size: 1rem;\">Julie Anne Long<\/strong><span style=\"color: #737373; font-size: 1rem;\"> delivers historical romance.<\/span>\u00a0There is so much longing, self-discovery, and growth between these two characters over the course of only a fortnight. The power of the Grand Palace on the Thames is real. Add in plenty of humor, our favorite proprietors, their husbands, and the shenanigans of Dot and Mr. Delacorte. The reading adventure doesn\u2019t get any better. I feel lucky, nay we are all so lucky to get not one, but two Palace of Rogues books in one year.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;\">you love romances with a perfect blend of emotional twisting, laughter, and a rewarding HEA, then\u00a0<strong>The Beast Takes a Bride<\/strong> should definitely join your TBR. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg\" title=\"the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long\" alt=\"the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?w=947&amp;ssl=1 947w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=646%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=768%2C1216&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long.jpg?resize=400%2C633&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>A blue-blooded beauty bartered to a Beast\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He would pay any price to possess her. But even though Alexandra Bellamy sacrifices herself to save her family\u2019s fortunes, a shocking betrayal sunders her marriage to a taciturn brute of a war hero, Colonel Magnus Brightwall, before it even begins. Five years of icy separation later, a scandal\u2014with Alexandra at the middle\u2014reunites them, and Magnus issues an edict:\u00a0they will confront the\u00a0ton, rescue their reputations, then Magnus will banish her to another continent\u2014forever.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But alone in a suite at the Grand Palace on the Thames, a new battle begins\u2014between pride and the unexpected volcanic passion stirring between them. The danger is real: Magnus rediscovers why Alexandra is the only woman who could ever break him. And even as she lays bare the beautiful heart beating beneath the battered hide of the near-stranger she married, Alexandra knows she may have already lost him\u2014even as she finally falls fatally, irrevocably in love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Oct 22, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Palace of Rogues<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>8<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $6.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Couldn\u2019t put it down. The Palace of Rogues series delivers once again.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I enjoyed this book immensely for multiple reasons. Since this is a review, I should thoroughly count the ways. First off, Long knows how to set up a pair of characters and fascinate me from the opening lines.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Three of them were thieves (a silver candlestick, a half dozen handkerchiefs, a wheel of cheese, respectively), another one was a forger, and the fifth one had stabbed her husband in the leg. <\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does it get any better than that? I don\u2019t think so. The heroine, <strong>Alexandra Bellamy<\/strong>, has had such a fall from grace, and on the first page, she\u2019s in gaol. How does she get to our famed boardinghouse from here? Well, her military husband, the war hero, <strong>Colonel Magnus Brightwall<\/strong> (aka the beast) rescues her of course. Cue the estranged married couple who haven\u2019t seen each other in over five years, being reunited and in jail of all places. I was immediately entranced by not only one but three tropes I adore. Second chance romance, a quirky unlucky heroine, and the beastly hero. Bonus, this one is a slow burn, but sweet glory, the payoff is worth it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The story is heart-wrenching, emotional, and poignant, the only way\u00a0<strong style=\"color: #737373; font-size: 1rem;\">Julie Anne Long<\/strong> delivers historical romance.\u00a0There is so much longing, self-discovery, and growth between these two characters over the course of only a fortnight. The power of the Grand Palace on the Thames is real. Add in plenty of humor, our favorite proprietors, their husbands, and the shenanigans of Dot and Mr. Delacorte. The reading adventure doesn\u2019t get any better. I feel lucky, nay we are all so lucky to get not one, but two Palace of Rogues books in one year.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if\u00a0you love romances with a perfect blend of emotional twisting, laughter, and a rewarding HEA, then\u00a0<strong>The Beast Takes a Bride<\/strong> should definitely join your TBR. It is for\u00a0readers who enjoy <strong>Julia Quinn<\/strong>.<\/p><p><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3BSFQnr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3YcthuB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-julie-anne-long\/1144712119?ean=9780063280984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-beast-takes-a-bride-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Julie_Anne_Long_The_Beast_Takes_a_Bride?id=GR7xEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31601"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31611,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601\/revisions\/31611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}