THE VISCOUNT’S WALLFLOWER BRIDE
Lauren Royal & Devon Royal
The Viscount’s Wallflower Bride is the SWEET & CLEAN edition of Violet by Lauren Royal
3rd Edition, July 2017
Novelty Books
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Book Description
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A Message from Devon...
Chase Family Tree
Cover Image
Dedication
1: St. Swithin's Day.
2: Violet Ashcroft cleared...
3: "Nurse Lydia said if it rains...
4: The next morning...
5: "Please wait, Margaret...
6: Ford hurried to the kitchen...
7: The next morning, Ford...
8: Perching a knee on one...
9: In the three hours since...
10: "All right, Rowan...
11: "She wrecked his...
12: Hitching herself forward...
13: Rowan climbed into...
14: "Why aren't we going...
15: Jewel was waiting...
16: While Rowan ran...
17: Ford reclined in an...
18: "Holy Hades," Rowan...
19: Two hours later...
20: "What's wrong?"
21: "Look!" Jewel pointed...
22: Violet jumped up from...
23: The next day, Ford paced...
24: "It's up here, Violet."
25: "Of course you'll go...
26: "Nesbitt!" Ford charged...
27: A knock came...
28: "How did you get it?"
29: An hour later, Mum...
30: Later, Ford seated...
31: Colin wasn't beaming...
32: Feeling more lighthearted...
33: Violet had always thought...
34: Ford frowned as he moved...
35: Half an hour later, Violet...
36: Violet rode in a carriage...
37: Lakefield House was quiet.
38: Seated in her customary...
39: Chrystabel loved...
40: An impatient knock...
41: An hour later, having...
42: Watching time.
43: "Have you and the...
44: For the dozenth time...
45: Other than the odd...
46: "Move aside, if you will....
47: No sooner had Ford...
48: "Violet!" her father...
49: "I love you."
50: Ford was sitting...
51: Eighteen.
52: By the time she made...
53: At Lady Trentingham's...
54: Watching Ford approach...
55: Some places never...
56: So he wasn't going...
57: "Very interesting...
58: In the end, she didn't...
59: "This room doesn't have...
60: "Is this where you sleep?"
61: "Joseph?" Crystabel called...
62: Foreclosure.
63: Violet looked up ...
64: "Father," Violet said loudly...
65: Three weeks later, Ford...
66: After waiting what seemed...
67: Two weeks later, in the...
68: As evening fell, it began...
69: It was perfect.
70: It wasn't the first morning...
Epilogue: Violet was reading...
Thank You!
BONUS MATERIAL
Author's Note
Explore the Chase Family World
Excerpt from THE BARON'S INCONVENIENT BRIDE
Books by Lauren & Devon Royal
Contest
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Contact Information
Copyright Page
BOOK DESCRIPTION
The Viscount’s Wallflower Bride is the SWEET & CLEAN edition of Violet by Lauren Royal
England, 1673
Lady Violet Ashcroft grew up sheltered in the countryside, far from the dashing gentlemen of the court—and that’s how she likes it. Here on her family’s beautiful, quiet estate, she needn’t fight off suitors who are only after her sizable inheritance, or play second fiddle to her prettier younger sisters. Love and marriage aren’t for everyone, and sensible Violet would rather spend her days improving her mind than risking her heart. Until a rather dashing gentleman shows up next door…
Ford Chase, Viscount Lakefield, has had it with women. Who’s got time for them, anyway, when there’s important work to be done? Fresh out of Oxford, Ford is ready to devise his first world-changing invention. All he needs is some peace and quiet on his neglected country estate, where there is no family to nag him and, most especially, no women to distract him—until he’s thrown into the company of the intriguing Lady Violet…
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A MESSAGE FROM DEVON…
Not gonna lie, I thought it was pretty cool growing up with an author for a mom! I’d always been into books (like, every morning when 1st grade reading time ended, Mrs. Schultz had to physically pry the book from my hands), plus there were perks. Mom was always home with us kids, so we never had to go to daycare. She was also always on deadline, so we got to eat a lot of Pizza Hut for dinner. And I could impress my friends by moseying into Barnes & Noble and casually pointing out my mom’s books on the shelves.
The only problem: I wasn’t allowed to read them!
Her romance novels were for and about adults, and I was just a kid. A kid who loved books and hated rules—so you can imagine my dismay.
Of course, the instant I was old enough, I swiped a full set of her books from the garage and devoured them all in a row. And I wasn’t surprised when I loved every one, because, you guys, my mom is seriously awesome.
Recently the aforementioned awesome lady had an awesome idea: releasing new, revised versions of her novels that are appropriate for all ages, so that everyone can enjoy them. To think, all those dismay-ful years could have been avoided!
I knew instantly I was the girl for the job. My mom and I have been writing together basically since I learned how to type—our first all-new collaborative release, Alice Betrothed, is a project we started when I was in middle school—plus, I was a sweet-romance-reading teenager myself only a few years ago. I literally bumped into walls walking around high school with my nose buried in a book.
There’s a crazy amount of fantastic romance out there right now—we’re SO excited that you’ve chosen our book! Like, spontaneous-dance-party-excited! I would be doing the robot right now if I weren’t busy typing. Maybe I’ll wrap up this letter so I can go do that.
I so hope you’ll enjoy Violet’s story!
xoxo
June 2016
CHASE FAMILY TREE
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For June & Lærke,
our first mother-daughter readers
ONE
England
July 15, 1673
ST. SWITHIN’S DAY. Well, it was fitting.
Ford Chase stared out his carriage window at the miserable, wet landscape. According to St. Swithin’s
