SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: This book was so entertaining that I had to laugh out loud at numerous scenes.

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Look Before You Leap

By: Virginia Heath

Pub Date Jun 24 2025
St. Martin’s Press

DESCRIPTION

In this hilarious second installment of a Regency romance series, a single lord is forced to settle down…and when a houseparty brings a happy-go-lucky lady’s companion his way, his grumpy heart is unexpectedly warmed.

Nine years ago, Lord Guy Harrowby, Viscount Wennington, was publicly humiliated by a failed and reckless romantic gesture. Despite this, his mother clings to the promise he made her then: that she would have a house full of grandchildren by his thirtieth birthday. Still single, embittered, and swiftly approaching thirty, Guy’s work is his life. In desperation, his mother blindsides Guy with a weeklong house party at his estate filled with annoying debutantes, all competing to be his wife.

After failing as a governess, Lottie Travers is struggling as a lady’s companion. Raised in an all-male household, she’s developed habits that get her dismissed. Even after years of Miss Prentice’s teachings of how to be a lady, she climbs trees better than she embroiders and can’t resist riding horses astride, in breeches. But with the family farm in trouble, and her father now in dire need of her wages, she’s determined to conquer her wildness once and for all.

Even with his home full of eligible women, there is only one who catches Guy’s eye—though he tries to deny it. For Lottie, succeeding in her new role proves difficult when the Wennington estate is filled with horses, and a spark ignites between her and the grumpy lord. Will they remain stuck in their ways, or learn that they may just be the perfect match?

REVIEW

This book was so entertaining that I had to laugh out loud at numerous scenes. Lottie is the primary female character and is quite outspoken, sometimes her lacking filters created unusual situations which incidentally involved Guy.

Guy has sworn off love and just wants to be left alone. He keeps insisting that he doesn’t like Lottie but he is intrigued by her. Now the fun begins with him trying to avoid her while she is constantly annoying him.

Throw in some interfering family members and voila added drama to the story. Guys mother and her older half-sister secretly gang up on him. His mother is so typical for her age…… she wants grand children.

This a fun book with great characters and I give it 4 STARS for being so entertaining.

I received this book for free from Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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