The Unlikely Lady Miss Jane Lowndes is a confirmed bluestocking She s convinced that if she can wait out her parents demand that she marry someday she can be a confirmed spinster and hold intellectual salons her fond

Miss Jane Lowndes is a confirmed bluestocking She s convinced that if she can wait out her parents demand that she marry, someday she can be a confirmed spinster and hold intellectual salons, her fondest dream No man wants a bluestocking for a wife, after all And that s exactly the way Jane likes it In fact, she s invented a fictitious chaperone to help her achieve thMiss Jane Lowndes is a confirmed bluestocking She s convinced that if she can wait out her parents demand that she marry, someday she can be a confirmed spinster and hold intellectual salons, her fondest dream No man wants a bluestocking for a wife, after all And that s exactly the way Jane likes it In fact, she s invented a fictitious chaperone to help her achieve that purpose.Lord Garrett Upton is a devil may care confirmed bachelor He s lived through the war, and now that he s back in London, he intends to enjoy life to the fullest Marriage is certainly not a part of that plan He s known Miss Lowndes for years, and the two of them have long engaged in a war of words Jane s latest scheme to pretend she has a fake chaperone is none of his business until her desire to involve herself in a scandal becomes all too personal.When Garrett and Jane mistakenly kiss at a wedding party masquerade, their well documented dislike for each other is turned on its ear And when a devious widow, who will stop at nothing to have Garrett, plots to keep them apart, will their desire for each other overcome their dreams of remaining unattached
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Valerie Bowman is an award winning author who writes Regency set historical romance novels aka Racy Regency Romps Valerie s debut novel was published in 2012 Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publisher s Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus She s been an RT Reviewers Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction.Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters she s number seven and a huge supply of historical romance novels After a cold and snowy stint earning a degree in English Language and Literature with a minor in history at Smith College, she moved to Florida the first chance she got Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family including her rascally dogs When she s not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.Visit Valerie on the web at ValerieBowmanBooks.