The Bed and the Bachelor

By Tracy Anne Warren

Everyone knows the Byron brothers are "mad, bad, and dangerous." But the devilishly desirable fourth son, Drake, is too scholarly to misbehave . . . or is he?

Lord Drake Byron has no time in his busy life to worry about taking a wife. He is more interested in the unbreakable code he has developed to defeat Napoleon's forces. Little does he know that the irresistibly lovely new housekeeper he's hired is really a French secret agent.

Sebastianne Dumont is not at all who she seems to be. Forced to spy to save her family, she embarks on a mission that takes an even more dangerous turn when she falls in love with the surprisingly tempting man she must ultimately betray. And if she succeeds in her mission, will she also break Lord Drake's heart, while leaving her own behind?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jul 26, 2011
• ISBN: 9780062033277

Tracy Anne Warren

Tracy Anne Warren grew up in a small central Ohio town. After working for a number of years in finance, she quit her day job to pursue her first love—writing romance novels. Warren lives in Maryland with a trio of exuberant young Siamese rescue cats and windows full of gorgeous orchids and African violets. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and dreaming up the characters for her next book.

Reviews for The Bed and the Bachelor

[reesa00 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Definitely not a strong point in the series. I usually love the bookish, intellectual hero but he was one dimensional in this book. However, the heroine was more of a disappointment. Because she was engaged in stealing from the hero and pretending to be someone else, I never felt like they really connected and I never connected with the romance. I would normally give this less than 3 stars but I enjoyed the family and the characters who visited from earlier books.

[phyllisd_5 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I found this book to be very slow paced. Though I don't expect romances to be realistic, her epiphany of love for Lord Drake was much too early. Conversely, the book seemed to leave a lot out like the relationship between his mother and Lord Saxon and both families reaction to Sebastianne and Drake's engagement.

[bookworm2bookworm · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I reviewed this book for Romance Reader At Heart website:RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:The above blurb says it all, so I will not burden you with my own synopsis. However, I have to start this review with telling you that I have every book Ms. Warren has written, and while her Mistress series is still on my TBR pile, I’ve made sure to read her current Byrons of Braebourne series.It all started with TEMPTED BY HIS KISS and Cade Byron’s story, which was just so very, very good. Jack Byron’s story came next in SEDUCED BY HIS TOUCH, followed by AT THE DUKE'S PLEASURE; both were just as good as the first.But now we come to the one that's greatly disappointed me. WICKED DELIGHTS OF A BRIDAL BED was their sister Mallory’s story, and now THE BED AND THE BACHELOR, which is Drake’s story, was just not what I expected and hoped to finish this series with. Mallory’s story was, in one word, tedious. It moved very slowly, but the worst thing was that I just never warmed up to Mallory.In this story I find myself not liking either Sebastianne or Drake. As a matter of fact, I almost didn’t recognize him. In the previous books he seemed more human, more likable, and sort of a dull, but still interesting, fellow. In this book he felt and acted more of a rake. But what turned me off was the way Sebastianne went about getting the job done. I never recovered after that. I’m sorry to say, it just didn’t do much for me. It left me cold and disappointed.If you are a Ms. Warren fan like I am, you’ll not want to miss the end of this series. But be warned—you might be disappointed. If you’ve never read her before, please try her Trap trilogy first. They really are very well written and very entertaining.Melanie

[addictofromance · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sebastianne has been forced to come to England and takes the position of Lord Drake Byron's housekeeper, so she can be a spy for France in order to save her family who are in danger if she doesn't get a certain piece of information. Only what she didn't expect was to be working for a man that is more tempting than she expected. Lord Drake knew that when Anne came into his office desiring the housekeeper position that she would present only problems if he hired her, but despite his inner turmoil, he decides to hire her in a moment of weakness. In the beginning he blames it on physical needs, but as things between them escalate on a sensual level, he knows that he can't keep resisting her, but wants to embrace his feelings for her...Bed and the Bachelor is the fifth in the Byrons of Braebourne series, and I have just come to love each and every one of the books in the series but this one is one my favorites so far. I have always enjoyed reading historical spy romances, and so I could hardly wait to start reading this one the moment I got my hands on it. There was a level of mystery to the story and a depth to the characters that one always see's from this author, but there was also a enticement as well that draws the reader in, and I found myself reading this book within a few hours, which only happens whenever I am reading a book that I can't put down. I loved the aspect of danger to the plot, definitely had me on the edge of my seat. Overall it was a well written novel that flowed nicely with in depth characters that the reader could relate with easily. So if you love historical romances especially those that involve spys than this one is definitely for you!!