#TheBeastTakesaBride

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A happy #pubday to The Beast Takes a Bride (The Palace of Rogues, #8) by Julie Anne Long 

US pub date - 10/22/24

Julie Anne Long is an auto request and auto-buy author for me - I love her books and The Palace of Rogues has been a perfect and enjoyable series, with each book full of longing, wit, character evolution, emotion, and a swoon worthy love story that slowly unfolds during reading. 

Avon made my dreams come true and approved my request for The Beast Takes a Bride, and, able to revisit the world of The Palace of Rogues and the terrific cast of regular characters in each (Dot and Mr Pike need to happen).  I ignored my other books and read this over two and a half days with a happy smile on my face. 

Estranged since the night of their wedding, Magnus and Alexandra have been apart for five years, when her actions prompt an in-person response by her husband. 

*troubled marriage 

*forced proximity

*yearning and longing 

*second chance romance 

I loved Magnus and Alexandra and their second chance while staying at the Grand Palace on the Thames. It was a very very enjoyable installment of this wonderful series and I’m specifically thankful for this eARC, as this is one of my favorite series. 

The author’s writing just gets better and better - the characters are fleshed out, the stories flow easily, with the plots such that the reader is defintely invested in the outcome. 

If you enjoy historical romance and haven’t read Julie Anne Long’s books yet, please allow me to strongly recommend them 😍

Thank you to Avon ❤️ and NetGalley for the DRC