Secrets of a Runaway Bride

Written by Valerie Bowman

Narrated by Justine Eyre

Annie Andrews has her
heart set on marrying a certain man. Now that her guardian and sister,
Lily, is off on her wedding trip on the continent, Annie is about to
make one last attempt to marry Arthur before her sister can stop her.
But Annie doesn't count on the best friend of her new brother-in-law,
Jordan Holloway, Earl of Ashbourne, fouling up her plans. Jordan
has vowed to keep an eye on the mischievous Miss Andrews. He has two
weeks to keep her out of trouble and to keep her from running away
again. But when Jordan carts her off to his country house to keep her
from making a mistake, will he make one of his own and fall in love with
the one woman he shouldn't touch?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Mar 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781452681313

Valerie Bowman

Valerie Bowman is an award-winning author who writes Regency-set historical romance novels aka Racy Regency Romps! Since her debut in 2012, Valerie's books have received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. She's been an RT Reviewers' Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter. Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas calls them, "Too delightful to miss!" Valerie has a B.A. in English Language and Literature with a minor in history from Smith College. By day, she is a technical editor at a computer software company. By night, she combines her love of writing, history, and romance to craft stories about people falling in love. Originally from Rantoul, Illinois, Valerie lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her family including her two rascally dogs. When she's not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV or PBS.

Reviews for Secrets of a Runaway Bride

[sar96-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a historical romance set in London 1816. The main characters are Annie Andrews and Jordon Holloway, Lord Ashbourne. Lord Ashbourne is asked to watch over Annie while her sister is away on her honeymoon. Annie continues to be handful throwing herself at Arthur Eggleston and trying to elope to Gretna Green. Lord Ashbourne takes her to his country home to keep her out of trouble. They of course fall in love. It was a page-turner toward the end. It was steamy at times. Some vocabulary included that I was somewhat unfamilar with included tryst, chit, ton, rake (hell), deuced. I enjoyed it. This book was "won" through Shelf Awareness Author Buzz; I was provided a free autographed copy.