We're up to Book Number 10 in the Love Is series!
In a departure from contemporary romance, author Susan Baganz gives us a charming Regency read.
Enjoy! Love does not delight in evil, I Corinthians 9:
About the Book:
The Baron’s Blunder
“Love does not delight in evil …” 1 Corinthians: 13:6Fighting evil has been a hobby, but fending off marriage-minded women—a chore.
Lord Charles Percy fends off a highwayman robbing a carriage in broad daylight.
Noting that he’s rescued a debutante, he lies about his title claiming to be a
mere mister. But the Honorable Henrietta Allendale is suspicious that something
is false in spite of his act of heroism on her behalf. She didn’t need a man to
fight her battles. So why can’t she stop thinking about him?
Meeting again in London, Lord Percy begins to enjoy the verbal sparring with
the intrepid young woman and his heart is soon captivated as well. But he’s
playing a deep game and her presence in his life puts hers at risk. When a
successful rescue results in possible scandal, the baron’s biggest challenge
will be to convince the marriage-adverse young woman that his love is true.
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My Review:
Charming and delightful…and sinister and layered. On the
outside, Henri tries to be the lady of repute her upstanding family deserves.
But her country deserves so much more, and there must be something she can do
to protect the innocent. Who would suspect a high-ranking woman playing such a
dangerous game? Certainly not a dodgy character who keeps her from using her
pistol to defend herself.
Henri, who can take care of herself, thank you, learns her
rescuer misrepresented himself, and acquainted with her brother to boot, sinking
her opinion of him lower than low. But when her innocence combined with
hotheadedness gets her in trouble, the game shifts. She’s offered a choice that
will allow her to continue her service to her country on one condition,
dependent on overcoming her opinion of the baron who blundered upon first acquaintance.
Sweet story of first impressions and misconceptions working
together and adding up to a greater cause. Told in alternating viewpoints, the
story is fast-paced and true to the historical style this author excels in.
Watch for her upcoming Regency series.
You would think the author of countless romance stories would find it
easy to write one out of her own life. But it’s not.
Growing up, I would walk home and look up to heaven, spin around, and
wonder if God was taking my picture. Did He care for my overly-sensitive,
hurting and lonely heart? All a teacher had to do was look at me wrong and I’d
burst into tears until sixth grade when I learned to hide my pain.
The sweetest love story is when, after years of sensing God’s call to
me, I finally understood that I could respond. That he was waiting for me to do
so! James 4:8 says “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (NASB)”
Really? He wasn’t some distant King high on a thrown beyond my reach. I first
came to understand this at a Campus Life/Youth for Christ meeting.
For weeks I had begged some friends to let me come to a meeting. They
seemed happy. They had something I didn’t. And they would go to concerts for
groups like . . . Petra, who I had never heard of. Finally, I was invited and
we had a conversation about misconceptions people had about Christianity. I was
raised knowing about God and taught to fear Him, so I was fully engaged in the
conversation. Then the biggest misconception hit me—that people didn’t understand
that they could have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Whoa. Really?
I prayed right then and there and my entire world shifted.
I went out and bought a Bible and started devouring it. Opposition came
but I clung to Christ. To a hurting, lonely fifteen-year-old, the fact that the
God of the universe wanted me—Me?—was
a huge revelation. When depression plagued me, I was told I was trying to
manipulate people. The only reason I never attempted to take my life was
because of the love of God.
Thirty-five years have brought me through many trials and triumphs, deep
pains and sweet moments. God has been there by my side through all of it. I
wish I could say that I’ve been as faithful to Him as He has been to me. It’s
hard when people have wounded me deeply to trust the God who allowed it to
happen. Yet I wouldn’t be here without Him. He’s led me, grown me, matured me .
. . and I’ve learned that in Him I have more strength than I could ever have on
my own. Some trials I look back on in wonder at how I was able to respond the
way I did. That couldn’t have been me, could it?
Only God.
Through abuses, betrayals, heartache, He has been my constant. My one
true love. When I write my romances my hope and prayer is that at some level
the reader will understand the love of God that underlies the journey’s my
characters take.
God is faithful. He has never abandoned me. The fact that He gives me
the opportunity to put some of those experiences into my stories to bless
others is just another example of His love for me.
About the Author:
Susan M. Baganz chases after three Hobbits and is a
native of Wisconsin. She is an Acquisitions Editor with Prism Book Group
specializing in bringing great romance novels and novellas to publication.
Susan writes adventurous historical and contemporary romances with a biblical
world-view. Visit http://susanbaganz.com
