When you are feeling like a little relaxation with a good book that is not to taxing, there is nothing better than a Regency Romance with which to spend an afternoon, as you sink into the days of Regency England, and society rules that are there to be broken!
Because the Baron Broods takes you straight into a lovely house party held in the charming seaside town of Weston, where Tasmin Penrose is enjoying her annual holiday catching up with friends and enjoying life. She dreams of meeting a wonderful man, marrying and having a family but accepts this may not be for her.
Isaac Deverell, Baron Droxford is also in Weston on his annual visit to friends. Known for his brooding nature, a general air of gloom and any lack of desire to socialise, he meets Tamsin at a small luncheon and finds her very intriguing. She seems to be permanently cheerful!
They are pushed together over the next few days which presents them both with several opportunities want to get to know more about each other. Isaac soon believes he should run as a far away as possible from Tamsin. She wants to know more about this man who seems to be so damaged and distressed.
After a disastrous soiree, where Droxford punches Tamsin’s would be suitor Octavius Brimble, a friend of her fathers, in his ample paunch, he realises she will be ruined and believes he should offer her marriage. Particularly when the local busy body Mrs Lawler witnesses the event.
How will two such opposite people manage in wedlock is the question Isaac keeps asking himself, as he and Tamsin prepare to marry and move to his Estate. He eventually comes up with what he considers a seriously good plan. They will wed in name only!
Once at his Estate, Tamsin finds she is enjoying her life as a married woman, even though it is in name only. She is being, guided by Lady Droxford, Sophie, in matters that she needs to understand to run the household.
Sophie is well aware of her nephew’s tendency to brood and decides that he and Tamsin are the perfect match. She carefully sets about orchestrating a series of events which will eventually, she hopes, lead them to having a happy and enjoyable life together.
Because the Baron Broods is an entertaining light read in the modern style of Historic Romance that will delight and have you chuckling as Tamsin and Isaac find their way to the marital bed.
