REVIEW
A Lyon for Luck by Chasity Bowlin
~ Lucky or unlucky ~ Fletcher and Daphne may have just run into Lady Luck others know as Bessie Dove-Lyon ~ This couple so deserved to find one another and I loved watching their journey ~
What I liked: * Bessie Dove-Lyon: owner of The Lyon’s Den, excellent matchmaker, business woman, widow, wealthy, knows and is known to many, a bit of an enigma, someone I would want in my corner
* Miss Daphne Acres: dysfunctional family life, atrocious parents, her mother died at her birth, father finds her a burden and only sees her for what she can bring to him in status or money, lost her reputation previous to the story, realizing she has nothing to lose and is coming into her own
* Fletcher Quill, Lord Aldwyn: second son of a second son that came into the title, orphan raised by his spendthrift uncle, poor, saddled with the estate’s debts, needs a wealthy wife, never thought he’d marry, someone I admired
* That the couple came in with realistic expectations, communicated honestly, and knew what they chose in and with one another was necessary to provide them both safe futures
* That there was physical attraction at first, a feeling of trust they felt with one another, and that their emotions and feelings were not engaged immediately but grew over the arc of the story
* The part the Black Widow – Bessie played
* The pragmatic way Daphne looked back on her betrothal to Lynley and acceptance/blessing of his marriage to Ellis and her ability to go to them for assistance (unread by me but refers to: Lady Luck and the Lyon by this author)
* The wild ride to wed
* That I could see Daphne and Fletcher happy together
* Being able to dislike Daphne’s father and the horrible Lord Pozenby he was willing to sell her to
What I didn’t like: * Reginald Acres: a man that should never have had children
* Lord Pozenby: despicable, disgusting, dirty, entitled person
* Thinking about Daphne’s half-brother and wondering if his sister would step up to help him out in the future
Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Draqgonblade Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
BLURB
Miss Daphne Acres can be described in one word. Unlucky. Terribly unlucky. With parents whose devotion is lackluster at best, a failed engagement, an elopement scandal that was in fact an abduction scandal in disguise, her reputation is in tatters. She’s both an object of ridicule and a cautionary tale for other young ladies… and now her father is attempting to force her to wed an aging roué who is both odious and odorous. Unwilling to be a pawn in anyone’s games ever again, Daphne breaks every rule and seeks out the services of Mrs. Bessie Dove-Lyon… who changes her luck forever. Fletcher Quill, Lord Aldwyn, has gone from being poor to utterly impoverished. Poor was having no money. Impoverished is owing almost everyone money—because when one inherits a title, one also inherits its debts. But Mrs. Dove-Lyon proves to him that she’s earned her reputation as matchmaker supreme, because she introduces him to Miss Daphne Acres. Instantly, he is drawn to her. Like a moth to flame. In very little time, Fletcher realizes that while he needs her fortune, he simply wants Daphne… to a degree that stuns him. More dangerous still, he likes her and respects her. And all of those things together signify one thing… perhaps for the first time in his life, luck—along with a notorious matchmaker—has smiled on him. And love is not far behind. But first, they have to outrun her father and the reprobate he intends to barter her to. Because while Fletcher may have never had very much to call his own, when it comes to Daphne, he’s decided that possession is more than nine/tenths the law. It’s everything… and he will protect her at any cost. Tropes you'll Arranged MarriageFound FamilyRuined Reputation/Elopement/Forced proximity
