Look Before You Leap
Miss Prentice's Protegees Book 2
by Virginia Heath
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date : June 24, 2025
Print length : 314 pages
A 4 star review
"In this hilarious second installment of a Regency romance series, a single lord is forced to settle down...and when a house party brings a happy-go-lucky lady's companion his way, his grumpy heart is unexpectedly warmed."
Miss Prentice School for Young Ladies has served up another delightful graduate. Lottie manages to get fired from every job she takes due to her inability to stay away from the stables and the owners horses. She's picked up the moniker Galloping Governess of Hyde Park, she always manages to get caught. Lottie describes herself as a ray of sunshine and it's true. She will find a way around or through her problems and keep her sunny disposition intact. Her latest job as a companion to a gruff older lady takes her to a house party only a few miles from her home. Her father and brothers are farmers; Lottie loves the outdoors and working on the farm, especially the horses. Lottie is pretty, sweet, and having 4 brothers is a tomboy. Staying out of sight might keep her job intact.
Guy had a series of traumatic hurtful incidents hit him at one time when he was younger. I think today we'd say he had PTSD. Gruff bordering on rude and set in his ridged ways this house party is a complete nightmare. He runs off, hides, pretends to have important Viscount stuff to do all so he can avoid the 15 debutants his mother invited. As he keeps running into Lottie and they hide together he finds they have a lot in common. Like it or not his frozen heart starts to thaw. Quiet don't-rock-the-boat Guy has to rock the boat or lose the girl.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.