5/23/2023 0 Comments Defying Logic by Nicky James![]() All of London, including her father, believe that due to a few kisses with a prince and a dress that made her look enceinte, she’s probably pregnant and definitely disgraced. Our heroine, the beauteous Linnet Berry Thrynne, needs a hasty marriage. In fact, all who know him believe his childhood accident left him impotent. ![]() (He is not a surgeon - the cutting is done by his handsome French cousin Sebastien with whom Piers works.) Piers avoids anything resembling affection from others and has absolutely no plans to ever marry and produce an heir. He practices brilliant medicine on the locals - he is superb at diagnosing and treating their maladies. He was severely injured when young and suffers from chronic pain in his leg. ![]() The caustic Piers lives a life of self-imposed exile in his castle turned hospital in Wales. He’s Piers Yelverton, the Earl of Marchant, and he practices his snarky, deductive medicine in a huge castle in Wales, but he’s essentially House complete with cane, problematic familial relationships, debilitating pain, and a very nasty tongue. OK, so our hero isn’t actually Gregory House. Gregory House, the TV doctor with the crotchety brilliant medical mind. In When Beauty Tamed the Beast, Eloisa James’ second fairy tale based novel, our hero is Dr. ![]()
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