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Loading... The Belle of Belgrave Squareby Mimi Matthews
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a fun quick read. A wealthy, shy woman who is dreading “her season” to find a husband because she loves reading and would rather hide in her bed with the latest romance novel goes to a ball and meets the notorious Captain Blunt who is looking for a rich young woman to marry. There’s plenty of secrets, twists and miscommunication before their HEA. no reviews | add a review
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Historical Fiction.
HTML:“Shiveringly Gothic.”—New York Times Book Review A PopSugar and BookBub Best Romance of 2022! A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenience with a mysterious and reclusive stranger. Tall, dark, and dour, the notorious Captain Jasper Blunt was once hailed a military hero, but tales abound of his bastard children and his haunted estate in Yorkshire. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has his sights set on the enchanting Julia Wychwood. For Julia, an incurable romantic cursed with a crippling social anxiety, navigating a London ballroom is absolute torture. The only time Julia feels any degree of confidence is when she’s on her horse. Unfortunately, a young lady can’t spend the whole of her life in the saddle, so Julia makes an impetuous decision to take her future by the reins—she proposes to Captain Blunt. In exchange for her dowry and her hand, Jasper must promise to grant her freedom to do as she pleases. To ride—and to read—as much as she likes without masculine interference. He readily agrees to her conditions, with one provision of his own: Julia is forbidden from going into the tower rooms of his estate and snooping around his affairs. But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes…. No library descriptions found. |
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Content: kissing, discussions about violence in war ( )