The Beastly Earl by Monica Burns

The Beastly Earl by Monica Burns

After eight years in the Sudan, Ewan Colquhoun returns home minus an eye and arm. His cold, grim childhood home hasn't changed except for the boy his wife died giving birth to--a son that isn't his. Bitter and angry at life, he quickly earns the title, the Beastly Earl of Argaty. When he finds Louisa half-dead on the moors, she stirs something inside him. Soon, he finds his life turned upside down by a woman hell-bent on taming the beast.

When tragedy strikes, Louisa becomes a widow with two young children. For two years, she's struggled with the grief and guilt from that terrible night. Eager to let go of the past, she returns to the Rockwood family's estate in Scotland, but an unfortunate accident places her in the path of the Earl of Argaty. She soon discovers letting go of the past is easier than taming the beast and freeing the man she loves.

Monica Burns is a bestselling paranormal and historical romance author. She chose the pseudonym she uses now when she was nine years old and wrote her first romance. Delight Me won the 2011 RT BookReviews Critics Choice Award and the 2012 Gayle Wilson Heart of Excellence Award in the category of historical fiction. She also won the 2011 PRISM Best of the Best prize for Assassin's Heart, a top paranormal romance award. She never gave up on her dream, despite rejections and failures, from the days when she kept her stories hidden from her sisters to the day she finished her first full-length work. Monica, a workaholic wife and mother, is a survivor who thinks that every hero and heroine, especially if she's penning the story, deserves a HEA (Happily Ever After).