Look Before You Leap: A Novel (Miss Prentice's Protegees Book 2)

In this second installment of the Miss Prentice's Protegees series, Lord Guy Harrowby, Viscount Wennington, remains unmarried nine years after a public romantic humiliation. His mother has long held him to a promise made then: to provide her with grandchildren by his thirtieth birthday. Now single, embittered, and approaching that deadline, Guy focuses on his work until his mother orchestrates a weeklong house party at his estate, filling it with debutantes hoping to become his wife. Lottie Travers has struggled in her positions as a governess and lady's companion, her habits—developed in an all-male household—repeatedly causing her dismissal. Despite years of instruction from Miss Prentice on proper ladylike behavior, she remains more skilled at climbing trees and riding astride in breeches than at embroidery. With her family farm in financial trouble and her father dependent on her wages, she is determined to finally master her wild nature. When the Wennington estate fills with eligible women, Guy finds himself drawn to only one—though he resists the attraction. For Lottie, the presence of horses and the grumpy lord's company makes succeeding in her role unexpectedly difficult. Both must decide whether to remain fixed in their ways or recognize they may be suited to each other.