I’m not holding you to keep you from leaving. I’m holding you because it’s a way of showing you how precious you are to me.The wait is over! The anticipated “Barefoot in Hyde Park” is now available! Book 2 in “The Hellion Club” series. Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited!Lillian Burkhart could not be more different from her half-sister, Wilhelmina. Suspecting that she is more like their wastrel … Suspecting that she is more like their wastrel father, she struggles against the wildness inside her, trying desperately to be the proper young woman that Miss Euphemia Darrow has reared her to be. But when she’s discovered walking barefoot in Hyde Park by none other than the grandson of the elderly dowager duchess who employs her as a companion, her failure is complete.
Lord Valentine Somers, Viscount Seaburn, has been playing a part for so long that he no longer recognizes himself. As a soldier, he’d risked life and limb. Now, as a spy for Whitehall, he’s risking his very soul by using his skill with cards to gain entree to circles he wants no part of. Feigning the ennui of a debauched dilettante who treats women and money as if they were both in unending supply, he’s immediately struck by the beauty, vivacity and innocence of a lovely barefoot nymph… who happens to be his grandmother’s companion.
Given an ultimatum by his grandmother, marry or be disinherited, Val offers for Lillian on a whim. And she accepts in order to claim her own familial bequest. But theirs isn’t a normal engagement… not when someone keeps trying to murder his betrothed.
Uncertain if it has to do with Lillian’s inheritance, his own inheritance or the enemies he’s made over the years, Val knows he will do whatever it takes to protect her… but he didn’t expect to fall in love with her.
The Hellion Club
A Rogue to Remember
Barefoot in Hyde Park
What Happens in Piccadilly
Sleepless in Southampton
When an Earl Loves a Governess
The Duke’s Magnificent Obsession
The Governess Diaries
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Lilly Burkhart needs to marry to receive her inheritance. Lord Val Somers is pressured by his grandmother to marry or he will lose his inheritance. Seems like the most logical solution is for them to marry. Someone is trying to kill Lilly. The quicker they marry, the sooner she will be safe. Maybe Val is in danger as well. Working as a spy for England, he must stop his cousin from working to help France. Lilly and Val are more than partners in their marriage. They work together to save the reputation of the family, while falling in love. Likeable characters with several secrets make for an interesting read. The title alone grabbed my interest.
So many twist and turns… I loved it!! Barefoot in Hyde Park by Chasity Bowlin is book 2 in The Hellion Club series and what a series. Though in a series you can read this book as a stand alone. Chasity has such a creative and intriguing imagination and this is truly her at her best… how does she do it??? Her character are just wonderful and she know how to get you excited to read the next story in this series. This story has murder, protection, schemes, danger, innocents, a overbearing grandmother, loneliness, spies, traitors, jealousy and love. I highly recommend you read this story or any of Chasity Bowlin books… she never disappoints.
Lillian Burkhart tries to curbs his wildness, she suspects she’s more like her father every day. The elderly dowager duchess who employs her as a companion and tries to hide her beauty, especially from her grandson, Lord Valentine Somers, Viscount Seaburn. Val’s grandmother has been after him to marry or she’ll leave everything to his scoundrel of a cousin. Val meets Lillian quite by accident becomes quite intrigued by the vivacious young woman with her ugly bonnet and her unflattering clothes then he finds out is a companion to his grandmother. Val and Lilly are the couple drawn together in a marriage of convenience to receive their inheritance. I love this story if spies, intrigue, and romance. An excellent story I loved and I voluntarily wrote a review.
Lillian Burkhart has always been strong willed a little wild and hates to be told what to do! Trying to be a proper young woman and companion to the Dowager Duchess sometimes takes its toll and when she is discovered by none other than the Dowagers grandson Viscount Valentine Somers walking barefoot in the park and climbing a tree she knows she is going to be let go from her position. Valentine was in his way to see his grandmother when he comes across a beautiful young woman with the saddest look on her face walking in the park. When a crow steals her hat she is forced to climb a tree to retrieve it. In the process Lillian sprains her ankle and Valentine comes to her rescue. While he keeps her secret of how she was injured from his grandmother Valentine can’t help but to admire his grandmothers companion. We one knows is what is in store for each of them. There is so much to this story! I couldn’t put it down. I loved Lily she is such a spitfire and Val is the perfect man for her. Definitely loved the book and definitely recommend reading it!
Hyde Park is so proper and the Ton’s haven for the elite. Never should one do anything unproper there. Lillian Burkhart could not be different from her half-sister Wilhelmina. She always felt that she took after her rascal of a father instead of a proper young lady that she had been reared to be. But worst of all, she is found walking barefoot in Hyde Park by none other than the grandson of the elderly dowager duchess that employs her. Oh, what is she to do? I really enjoyed reading this book, the characters are wonderful, the story line captivating and the dowager duchess a wonder to behold. Thank you, Chasity, for providing us with a grand adventure. I am ready for the next installment of The Hellion Club.
Barefoot in Hyde Park by Chasity Bowlin is one of the best books I’ve read lately. It was fun, despite the serious nature of the problems contained therein, and it was romantic. It us the story of two people falling in love after being (literally) set up by Valentine’s grandmother. It wasn’t the most likely of matches. Val was a determined bachelor in a dangerous profession and Lillian was a ladies’ companion, in fact the companion of Val’s grandmother, the Dowager Duchess. She conspired, very cleverly to throw Val and Lily together, albeit with a little help from the universe, until Val proposed to her right at the dinner table. At that point, there was no love, just practicality. But as time wore on, Lily was shot at, Val had big decisions to make regarding his family, Grandmother got more involved, and things got complicated.
The most interesting thing Val said to Lily was (paraphrased) that passion could exist without love, but that love could not exist without passion. They proved that to be true as their relationship grew. Val grew very protective, not because he didn’t think she was capable, but because he couldn’t imagine life without her. Lily’s favorite word came to be “salacious” and it was used well to describe her relationship with Val. Trying to send traitors to jail at the same time trying to save his immature cousin from the hangman’s noose, proved to be strenuous work and danger to the reputation of his family. The problem was cleverly solved and Val’s honor did not have to be compromised. This is truly an entertaining, inspiring
romance and a joy to read. I recommend it.
I received a free ARC of Barefoot in Hyde Park from Dragonblade in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions and interpretations contained herein are solely my own.