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The Baron Next Door (2014)

by Erin Knightley(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0451466780 (ISBN13: 9780451466785)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Signet

series

Prelude to a Kiss

review 1: Charity Effington has gone to Bath to pursue a music festival and play her pianoforte. She's there with her grandmother and loves to play at all hours to the annoyance of her neighbor the Baron Hugh Danby. The may have gotten off on the wrong foot, and spars with him more often than not, but something is growing between them.I love her friends both Sophie and May and I'm sure that they will get their stories as well. Good story and writing and you can definitely see a development of characters and growth for Hugh and Charity.
review 2: I have mixed reviews regarding this book. In the beginning the author grabbed my attention with the interplay between Clarity and Hugh. She is spending a summer with her grandmother after a horrid season in London where the gos... moresipers couldn't wait to tell the tale of her broken engagement. Hugh has come to Bath for the healing waters they are known for and a little peace and quiet. Who knew when he rented the townhouse that his neighbor was an aspiring musician who practiced every morning. Had the writer stuck with this conflict and the delicious tension between the two I probably would have rated the book higher. Instead Ms. Knightley diverts with the relationship Clarity has with two fellow musician Sophie and May, who form a trio in order to audition for the music festival. I found myself skimming over these chapters in the beginning and towards the end just skipping them all together. I understand the need to introduce characters the author plans to write about in future books but I felt she was too excessive here and it took away from the love story between Hugh and Clarity.Being married to someone who suffers from Hugh's affliction, I felt Miss Knightley did an impressive job describing not only the pain but the responses from outsiders. Knowing what the future holds added to dark reclusive side of the character. As with other readers, I felt Clarity was too immature most of the time and I wanted to throttle her on more than one occasion. To me the story would have rated higher if there were less of Clarity's girlfriends and more of the interplay between Hugh and Clarity. I even think she could have developed the grandmothers role as well as that of Lord Derington and Jacobson and it would have been more interesting. Because she did not I found the book tedious at best. less

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