In an effort to protect Helen, a friend sends the little family to Scotland to a rundown, isolated castle to hide, begin a new life, and, a first for Helen, to work as a housekeeper.
The duke is a cruel man who considers Helen, his mistress of fourteen years, and their children his possessions and he’s not the type to relinquish anything that belongs to him. Helen Fitzwilliam is running with her two children, five-year old Jamie and nine year-old Abigail, as far and fast as she can from the Duke of Lister, knowing he will take her children if he ever finds them. He’s now famous for his book on New England’s flora and fauna and is satisfied with his studies, his hills and stream, and the companionship of his old deerhound. His badly scarred face frightens almost anyone who looks his way and he now lives a solitary life tucked away in his crumbling castle. Alistair left behind an eye, two fingers, and his pride in the woods of North America and returned home a prematurely aged man. Tragedy struck the regiment with which he was traveling years earlier when it was attacked and the survivors tortured. Two of her previous books earned places on my personal DIK shelf, but my favorite of the lot by far is this, Hoyt’s sixth gift to readers, To Beguile a Beast.Īs a civilian naturalist, Sir Alistair Monroe traveled across the American Colonies, often as an attachment to His Majesty’s army, in his quest to discover new plants and animals. As with many readers, I have followed the author since she appeared on the scene in 2006 and read each book as it was published. All of Elizabeth Hoyt’s historical romances have received DIK status here at AAR.
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