
An Improper Situation
Defiant Hearts, Book 1
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From USA Today best-selling author Sydney Jane Baily comes this Victorian-era novel of romance and adventure set in 19th-century America.
An Improper Situation transports you from rural Colorado to exciting - sometimes downright dangerous - Beacon Hill, the heart of glittering 1880s Boston.
He traveled over two thousand miles to find her....
And yet she is firmly saying, "No, thank you" to raising her orphan cousins. Boston lawyer Reed Malloy cannot believe it. After an exhausting train ride west to a dusty Colorado town, he's not prepared for Miss Charlotte Sanborn, who wears her independence like a suit of armor, cloaks her identity behind her pen name, and flat out refuses to raise her kin!
Of all the gall! How dare this man stride into her home and expect her to rearrange her life?
Charlotte won’t risk any more heartache, not after raising her brother by herself and watching him leave. So why do these children and this handsome stranger awaken a yearning for something more than the life she has painstakingly created?
One letter changes everything....
When Charlotte forsakes all that’s familiar and enters Reed’s world of Boston high society, concealed malice abounds in the Beacon Hill mansions and ballrooms. Facing sinister forces and scorned women - and with passions ablaze - can Reed and Charlotte escape an Improper Situation?
An Improper Situation is Book 1 in the Victorian American series Defiant Hearts. Engaging characters, attention to period detail, and sensual romance - all in this series by highly acclaimed writer Sydney Jane Baily.
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"....the ending was perfect.... Many wonderful characters including nasty villains and villainesses. I had a hard time putting it down!" (Lady McNeill, Mrs. Condit, & Friends Read Books)
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Each had found a way to protect their hearts in different ways and yet needing and wanting love and companionship once they grew to know, respect and are attracted to each other
First experience with the author and look forward to more..well written and excellent characters
Of course the two narrators are my favorites who give life and emotion to the story
Well done! I received a free audiobook for an honest and voluntary review.
Historical Romance from Colorado to Boston
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Very engaging!
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Victorian Romance at it’s best!
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great story
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A modern Victorian American Romance
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I liked the story, but grew a bit frustrated with the "he didn't actually say he loves me" trope. The story traversed the country when a lawyer from Boston shows up in Colorado on Charlotte's doorstep. With two children in tow, he changed the lonesome writer's life forever. Initially she rejected her cousin's request to take on her children after a tragic accident, The lawyer's insistence and charm changed her mind. Wrought with one disaster after another the story was engaging throughout. The narration was seamless and both voices were diverse and entertaining.
A Defining Moment
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Lots of twists and turns, great communication between the characters, a new genre, a fair amount of heat and delightful emotions are written into this story.
I have just finished listening to the audiobook version which was really well narrated by Lillian Yves and Vincent Lee Grayson. This pair have a truly amazing way of helping to bring the story to life and they make it an absolute pleasure to listen.
Such fine entertainment!
I'm Still Smiling!
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Because of the way the narration I couldn’t get past chapter one…
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