Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen. Ten girls – Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all?To Bed the Baron.One desperate young woman…b>Jemima Fernside is the … desperate young woman…b>
Jemima Fernside is the epitome of a well-behaved lady, bred to marry a gentleman and play the part of the perfect wife. Until she finds herself alone in the world without a penny to her name. With few options available to her, Jemima has little choice but to accept a scandalous proposal to become the paid companion to a man she’s never even met.
One desperately lonely man…b>
Solomon ‘Solo’ Weston, the Baron Rothborn, is sick of society, and people in general who leave him irritable and impatient. As Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th King’s Dragoons, he was invalided out of the army after a bullet left him lame. Haunted by guilt, by dead comrades and a lost love, he is becoming ever more reclusive, finding escape through his beloved books.
And a passion neither of them expected to find…b>
When driven to seek comfort from his bleak existence, Solo believes he has little to offer but financial security in return for a lady’s virtue.
But Jemima is not the kind of woman who will leave sleeping ghosts lie, and soon the past and the future don’t look at all like Solo expected them to.
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To Bed the Baron
Girls Who Dare Series #9
Emma V Leech
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Release date 04/24/2020
Blurb :
To Bed the Baron. One desperate young woman…
Jemima Fernside is the epitome of a well-behaved lady, bred to marry a gentleman and play the part of the perfect wife. Until she finds herself alone in the world without a penny to her name. With few options available to her, Jemima has little choice but to accept a scandalous proposal to become the paid companion to a man she’s never even met.
One desperately lonely man…
Solomon ‘Solo’ Weston, the Baron Rothborn, is sick of society, and people in general who leave him irritable and impatient. As Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th King’s Dragoons, he was invalided out of the army after a bullet left him lame. Haunted by guilt, by dead comrades and a lost love, he is becoming ever more reclusive, finding escape through his beloved books.
And a passion neither of them expected to find…
When driven to seek comfort from his bleak existence, Solo believes he has little to offer but financial security in return for a lady’s virtue.
But Jemima is not the kind of woman who will leave sleeping ghosts lie, and soon the past and the future don’t look at all like Solo expected them to.
My review :
Will love release him from his oath …
Wow, nine already read, two to go.
Mrs Emma V Leech has built this series with tension, slowly adding a bit to the structure to bring her many protagonists to life.
I just love the opening ms of each chapter enlightening a part of the background plot, of things to come or parallel events, moving her pieces from this to there like a player on his chessboard. And as we near the end, she adds new pawns to her game, to add fuel to the upcoming stories.
And worse, she is an dreadful awful wonderful teaser, breaking the main romance in parts with shards of the nexts to come. Her other talent is how, when at the beginning of this series, many of the girls appeared as insignificant, they each came to count as friends, ones I wanted to know and cheer when things went awry.
Jemima was such a mouse in the previous books until her circumstances were slowly revealed and her dire situation took a turn until this one book. During her own tale, she did a lot of growing up, finding her inner strength to go for what she wanted.
Solo too was a side characters for some times, and his honorable personality is enhanced here, as despite his offer, he is still a drowning man in his own guilt, a guilt played by a selfish woman. With Jemima, he discovers the meaning of loyalty and confidence. But the righteous man won’t break an oath, even if made to himself.
I love that Mrs Leech leads me on a way to thwart it right before me for a better path. She knows her characters well and lets them set the pace and do the show, with often some surprises at some point.
One more 5 stars as I now anticipate Helena and of course Mathilda’ stories.
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I enjoyed this story so much – there were some bumpy places Solo & Jemima had to get through, but it was very romantic, tender & with a wonderful HEA!
Jemima Fernside has been such a sweet, quiet, polite lady that was raised to wed a fine gentleman & be the ideal wife, but unforeseen circumstances (money) put her in a terrible situation. A lady did not have many options & when a man, she didn’t even know, offered her a position as his paid companion (mistress), with a house, maid & companion for herself – she didn’t know what else to do, other than to accept his offer & hope for the best.
Solomon “Solo” Weston, the Baron Rothborn, had been a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army & was a brilliant strategist until he was released from duty after a bullet hit his leg & he had a limp & needed a cane to walk. He hates society & all the irritating people that goes with it & he is also brought down with guilt by a horrible woman (his fiancée) who blamed Solo for her brother’s death & she wouldn’t marry him – Solo vowed to himself he would never marry. He is also honorable, to a fault, won’t break the vow but has found himself lonely.
Two strangers coming together under these circumstances was so touching & Solo was so honorable & Jemima was so perfect & I couldn’t wait for them to experience their HEA. I can’t wait to read Helena’s story & then Matilda’s story!
This One Is A Miss For Me
The arrangement sounded plausible enough, especially given Jemima’s situation, but not so much for Solo’s. Susceptibility to feelings of guilt and self-pity is part of life, and I get how Solo’s experiences contributed to his irritability, reclusiveness, and loneliness. Understandably, he wanted a companion. However, he believed financial security was all he could offer, but his reasoning was a flimsy excuse to ruin a lady in a desperate situation. It curbed my enjoyment of this book. It rankled how Solo kept telling Jemima she was a lady as if society would agree to the notion just because he said so. Thankfully Jemima was smart enough to realize her standing in society would diminish and loved Solo enough to go through with the arrangement. However, too much of the book was focused on Solo coming to realize his faulty logic, making it tedious.
Wow these two were easy. I loved their story. It was lovely and romantic. He’s rough charming and she’s just accepting and lovely. Perfect emotional ending!
This character didn’t show up in the other books as much as some of the other characters due to her circumstances. However, she deserved the spotlight. This continues building the romance of the remaining characters to find true love too. Can’t wait for the next book!