02353cam a2200325 4500 606868791 TxAuBib 20221025120000.0 220111s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022001074 9780593337158 PAP 17.00 0593337158 PAP 17.00 TxAuBib The belle of Belgrave Square [BOOK] / Mimi Matthews. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Romance, 2022. 419 pages ; 21 cm. Belles of London ; 2 "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 ofhis bastard children and his haunted estate in Yorkshire. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has set his sights 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 herconditions, with one provision of his own: Julia is forbidden from going into the tower rooms of his estate and snooping around in his affairs. But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes..."-- Provided by publisher. 20221025. Arranged marriage Fiction. Heiresses Fiction. Horsemen and horsewomen Fiction. Books and reading Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Belles of London ; 2.