The Belle of Belgrave Square -- Mimi Matthews, Paperback

A BookBub Best Romance of 2022

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 of his bastard children and his haunted estate in Yorkshire. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has his sights set 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 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. But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes...

Author: Mimi Matthews
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.43w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780593337158

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2022 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2022
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 30
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2022
Shelf Awareness 10/14/2022