Beguiling the Baron
by Elizabeth Keysian
Publication Date: March 12th, 2026 (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Elizabeth Keysian Books
Pages: 247
Genre: Regency Historical Romance / Gothic Romance
A brooding baron.
A fearless governess.
And a secret hidden in the tower.
Beware reclusive barons. They are more hot-blooded than you’d expect…
A man who lurks day and night in an eerie tower must have something to hide. So thinks Galatea Wyndham, governess to Lord Ansford’s lonely young daughter.
Galatea’s new employer is infuriating, stubborn, generous-hearted, devastatingly handsome—and very much in need of saving from himself.
When sparks begin to fly between them, their shocking encounters ignite a passion neither of them can resist. But just as the barriers between them begin to crumble, the secrets hidden inside the tower threaten to destroy everything.
The tower collapses.
With Lord Ansford trapped inside.
And Galatea may lose the man she has only just begun to love.
Praise for Beguiling the Baron:
"Beguiling the Baron is what Regency Historical Romance is all about. Prepare to fall in love. I highly recommend."
~ The Coffee Pot Book Club, Gold Medal Winner Book of the Year Awards 2019 in Historical Romance
"An awesome read! The Gothic actmosphere is perfect, and there are some funny bits which made me laugh out loud.."
~ Barbara Monajem, award-winning author
“Good God, what’s digging needles into my leg?” Lord Ansford jumped up in alarm as a small, dark object propelled itself from his lap to the ham on his plate. With impressive speed, he seized the silver cover from the sideboard and clamped it down on top of Polly’s kitten, which mewed its resentment.
“What,” he inquired in icy tones, “is this?”
Seeing his furious face but also aware of the sounds of feline eating coming from beneath the cover, hysteria threatened. “I fear it is Polly’s kitten,” Tia gasped.
An aristocratic eyebrow arched upward. “Indeed? Aldergate!”
At the footman’s almost immediate appearance, her amusement was doused by a wash of fear. What did the furious aristocrat plan to do with Polly’s pet?
Ansford handed both plate and cover to the bemused servant. “There is a live animal beneath here. Deal with it, if you please.”
Tia watched in horror as the hapless creature was whisked out of the breakfast room. She turned anxiously to Ansford, who was glowering at the unwelcome interruption to his breakfast.
She couldn’t bear it. “You won’t kill it? Please, my lord, don’t. It has given Polly such pleasure.”
The look he turned on her froze her to the marrow. With the briefest of nods, he turned his back on both her and Mama and stalked out of the room.
A lofty silence descended. Eventually, Mama exclaimed, “Well, I never!”
“I thought he was improving. But I was wrong—the baron’s as hard-hearted and rude as ever.” Tia’s temper rose.
Mama shot her a worried look. “What do you think he’ll do?”
“I’d like to say he’ll eventually see the humor in the situation, but I fear Ansford would choke and suffocate if he attempted to laugh, he’s so unused to it. He’ll probably have the kitten drowned.”
“Oh no, you don’t think so? Polly will be devastated.”
Of course, she would. Tia would be too. “I don’t believe Lord Ansford understands about tender feelings.” She heaved a heartfelt sigh. “His own died with his wife.”
“I hope you’re mistaken, but he seemed excessively angry with us. Do you think he’s a bit peculiar in the head?”
“That wouldn’t surprise me at all. Now, I’d best hurry up and see how many French verbs I can get Polly to conjugate before she learns of her kitten’s demise. When that news reaches her, we’ll have to abandon the curriculum for at least a week.”
Unless, of course, she was brave enough to tackle Lord Ansford. Again.
But in his present mood, how could she do so without risking the fate of all those she cared about?
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Elizabeth Keysian
Elizabeth Keysian is a USA TODAY bestselling author of heart-pounding Regency romances, set mostly in the West of England. She has just completed a series for Dragonblade Publishing called Trysts and Treachery, which is set in the Tudor era. Though primarily a writer of romance, she loves to put a bit of mystery, adventure, and suspense into her stories, and refuses to let her characters take themselves too seriously.
Elizabeth likes to write from experience, not easy when her works range from the medieval to the Victorian eras. However, her passion for re-enactment has helped, as have the many years she spent working in museums and British archaeology. If you find some detail in her work you’ve never come across before, you can bet she either dug it up, quite literally, or found it on a museum shelf.
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