Violet - Chase Family Series #5
Lauren Royal
Publisher: Lauren Royal
Summary
A Top 10 Bestseller from a New York Times Bestselling Author!England, 1673The Ashcroft family motto is "Question Convention," and eldest sister Violet agrees with the sentiment completely. For one thing, she's not planning to marry. Plain Violet is smart enough to realize any suitors would be after her large inheritance, or else interested in her beautiful younger sisters—and she'd much rather spend her time improving her mind than risking her tender heart...Having wasted six years wooing a lady who eloped with another man, Ford Chase, Viscount Lakefield, has had it with women. Ford would much rather spend his time pursuing the sciences and constructing the first watch with a minute hand. Having his young niece dropped in his lap proves an unwelcome, annoying distraction…until an uncommonly intelligent neighbor named Violet comes to help…BOOK DETAILS• Humorous historical romance • Book Five of Lauren Royal's Chase Family Series • Special Author's Cut Edition (revised in 2012) • A full-length novel of 104,000 words (about 416 printed book pages) • R-rated content: Steamy love scenes! • Originally published by Penguin Putnam (Signet)This Author's Cut Edition e-book has been completely revised from the original and includes Bonus Material: an Author's Note, a preview of Lauren's next book, and a link to an online contest where you can enter to win a piece of jewelry featured in one of Lauren's books.• Top 10 Bestseller on Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play! • Rose Award Nominee!CONNECTING BOOKSWhile VIOLET can be read as a stand-alone novel, many readers enjoy reading it as part of a series. All of Lauren’s books feature Chase family members. Should you wish to read them in chronological order, this is the sequence:Chase Family Series 1666 - AMETHYST (Colin & Amy) 1667 - EMERALD (Jason & Caithren) 1667 - FOREVERMORE (Cameron & Clarice) 1668 - AMBER (Trick & Kendra) 1673 - VIOLET (Ford & Violet) 1677 - LILY (Rand & Lily) 1677 - ROSE (Kit & Rose)Regency Chase Family Series 1815 - LOST IN TEMPTATION (Tristan & Alexandra) 1816 - TEMPTING JULIANA (James & Juliana) 1817 - THE ART OF TEMPTATION (Sean & Corinna + Griffin & Rachael) Keywords: Restoration, Charles II, Chase Family, sexy, 1600s, trilogy, marquess, perfume, science, scientist, Christopher Wren, philosophy, viscount, gardening, sisters, matchmaking mama, matchmaking mother, matchmaker, 17th century, wedding, aristocrat, nobility, wealthy, rich, humor, comedy, romantic comedy, marriage, love, family life, friendship, sister, english, england, romantic, historical romance best sellers, authors, series, novels, sex, ebooks