Arabella & The Beast
Published in 1988, Arabella & The Beast is a Regency romance novel by Rebecca Baldwin. It takes readers to London in the Regency era. Readers will find themes of marriage of convenience and Vauxhall.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 15 more have it on their want-to-read list.
It runs to roughly 212 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Arabella & The Beast
Beast Blackwater has returned from exile in America to take up his inheritance. His father’s will though requires him to marry. Fortuitously, over a game of cards, he finds himself winning a wife, when his opponent wagers one of his daughters on the final hand. Far from resenting the circumstances, calm and competent Arabella Ivers believes that marriage may help her escape her drunken father and overbearing stepmother. As she learns to manage her husband’s grand house and navigate London society, her new husband starts to see that the turn of the cards was a happy gamble.
Quick answers
Who wrote Arabella & The Beast?
Arabella & The Beast was written by Rebecca Baldwin and first published in 1988.
What genre is Arabella & The Beast?
It is usually shelved as Regency Romance.
How long is Arabella & The Beast?
The median edition has 212 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Arabella & The Beast?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Calico Countess, The Devil Who Tamed Her and The Lady's Proposal.
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