Title: How Not to Chaperon a Lady
(The Talk of Beau Monde Book 3)
Author: Virginia Heath
Published: September 2021
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency, Mills & Boon Historical, Harlequin Historical

Blurb:

His childhood nemesis…

…is the woman he can’t resist!

Chaperoning Charity Brookes while she’s on a singing tour should be easy for Griffith Philpot – he’s spent his whole life sparring with her over her flighty ways! But as he discovers that she’s much more than the impetuous girl he thought he knew, a passion ignites between them… Sharing a steamy kiss leaves him torn – he’s supposed to be responsible for guarding her virtue!

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

My Review:

Finally the last book of The Talk of the Beau Monde is released. I was more than content after having finished reading the story of Charity Brookes!

The last daughter of Brookes family, Charity has very opposite characters to her two sisters. If you haven’t read the prior series of this book, it’s fine because you could read it separately but I would recommend reading them. Charity is very beautiful, talented at singing, charming, rebellious albeit a flirt yet beneath those characters I found other unexpected personality that I love her even more than her sisters. Charity is assigned to have singing tour and she plans on having little adventure with her best friend, Dorothy however Griffith, a brother of Dorothy’s is so overprotective and is determined to protect his sister by chaperoning them.

Gruff Griff (Griffith) and Charity are childhood friends yet their relation has never been good, it is because Griff has a deep feeling for Charity that he feels so visibly irritated toward himself and her. During their journey, Charity and Griff gradually understand one another. At the last week of the tour, Charity and Griff have a big argument due to his irrational and obsessive jealousy that they eventually end up succumbing to their lust.

Virginia Heath is one of most favorite authors of mine. Her story has always been so hilarious, entertaining and has clever wordplay in spite of the flaw within the flawless characters we assume at first, it successfully completes the story. Gruff Griff is a hero I adore, not only is he handsome, but also a genius who loves drawing steam engines and math. Despite the predicament, I love how Gruff Griff determinedly wants to make Charity falls in love with him.

How Not to Chaperon a Lady is a very delightful, page-turning and fulfilling reading from the first page to the end. Virginia Heath has wonderfully completed The Talk of Beau Monde series with Charity and Griffith’s story, the friendship that the heroes from this series forge and the family ties is so heartwarming and entertaining. Thank you, Virginia Heath for this ARC. I highly recommend it.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

When Virginia Heath was a little girl, it took her ages to fall asleep, so she made up stories in her head to help pass the time while she was staring at the ceiling. As she got older, the stories became more complicated – sometimes taking weeks to get to the happy ending. One day, she decided to embrace the insomnia and start writing them down. Twenty books and two Romantic Novel of the Year Award nominations later, and it still takes her forever to fall asleep. Follow her at virginiaheathromance.com or her facebook page Virginia Heath.