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The Bastard, the Wallflower, and the Vase
(2025)(A book in the Hartwell Legacy series)
A novel by Siobhan Lynch
She was invisible. He was infamous. Neither expected to find love at a house party.
Violet Kendrick has perfected the art of disappearing. Orphaned, penniless, and dependent on her dreadful aunt’s charity, she expects nothing from the house party at Caversham—except perhaps a week of fetching shawls, mending torn hems, and enduring her cousins’ casual cruelty.
Then she witnesses something she wasn’t meant to see.
Jasper FitzGeorge—illegitimate son of the Prince Regent, rumored rake, and the man every matchmaking mama warns her daughters about—kneeling on a hard floor to comfort a frightened maid who broke a priceless vase.
In that moment, Violet sees the truth: the dangerous reputation is armor. The scandal is a shield. And the man beneath is nothing like the whispers suggest.
Jasper has spent years letting the ton believe the worst of him. The gossip about duels and ruined women is painful, but preferable to the alternative—dragging his late mother’s memory through the mud to defend himself. Some secrets are worth keeping, even at the cost of his own reputation.
But the quiet wallflower with the knowing eyes refuses to be fooled by his mask. When she looks at him, she sees him—not the royal bastard, not the rake, just a man who deserves to be loved.
And when vicious gossip threatens to destroy what’s left of his family’s honor, Violet becomes the unlikely bridge to a truth that has been buried for far too long.
A swoony Regency romance about the courage to be seen, the redemptive power of kindness, and the love that blooms when two people finally stop hiding from each other.
This novella is set in the world of The Hartwell Legacy series and can be read as a standalone. Contains a steamy love scene.
Genre: Historical Romance
Violet Kendrick has perfected the art of disappearing. Orphaned, penniless, and dependent on her dreadful aunt’s charity, she expects nothing from the house party at Caversham—except perhaps a week of fetching shawls, mending torn hems, and enduring her cousins’ casual cruelty.
Then she witnesses something she wasn’t meant to see.
Jasper FitzGeorge—illegitimate son of the Prince Regent, rumored rake, and the man every matchmaking mama warns her daughters about—kneeling on a hard floor to comfort a frightened maid who broke a priceless vase.
In that moment, Violet sees the truth: the dangerous reputation is armor. The scandal is a shield. And the man beneath is nothing like the whispers suggest.
Jasper has spent years letting the ton believe the worst of him. The gossip about duels and ruined women is painful, but preferable to the alternative—dragging his late mother’s memory through the mud to defend himself. Some secrets are worth keeping, even at the cost of his own reputation.
But the quiet wallflower with the knowing eyes refuses to be fooled by his mask. When she looks at him, she sees him—not the royal bastard, not the rake, just a man who deserves to be loved.
And when vicious gossip threatens to destroy what’s left of his family’s honor, Violet becomes the unlikely bridge to a truth that has been buried for far too long.
A swoony Regency romance about the courage to be seen, the redemptive power of kindness, and the love that blooms when two people finally stop hiding from each other.
This novella is set in the world of The Hartwell Legacy series and can be read as a standalone. Contains a steamy love scene.
Genre: Historical Romance
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