the belle of belgrave square mimi matthews

Such a delightful regency romance with references of fairytales including Beauty and Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard’s wife with sweet touch of mythology, some sweet resemblances with Bridgerton series ( a drunk and eldest Lord Gresham’s forced kissing attempt at the balcony resembles Daphne’s situation at the first book and Julia and Jasper’s meetings as they’re horse riding reminded me of Kate and Anthony’s meetings at the second book) : a quirky, shy, wallflower, bookish, gold hearted heroine meets the notorious, cruel, war hero : the marriage in convenience turns into something incredibly deep, genuine, flaming! But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes… 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.

To ride-and to read-as much as she likes without masculine interference. In exchange for her dowry and her hand, Jasper must promise to grant her freedom to do as she pleases. 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. The only time Julia feels any degree of confidence is when she’s on her horse. For Julia, an incurable romantic cursed with a crippling social anxiety, navigating a London ballroom is absolute torture. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has his sights set on the enchanting Julia Wychwood.

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. A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenience with a mysterious and reclusive stranger.

The belle of belgrave square mimi matthews