The Scoundrel and the Scientist: The Ashbourne Legacy, #2

By Eliana Piers

She's the scientist desperate to find her new home.

He's the bumbling scoundrel who kisses her.

 

It was all an incredible accident. Miss Chloe Penbrook hadn't meant to lose focus on her plans and allow the strange, but attractive man to kiss her. But they had ended up on the floor. And he had landed on top of her. And it was all so convenient to just…kiss.

 

It was all an incredible accident. Lord Barnaby Ashbourne hadn't meant to stumble into her store, knock over her soap, and fall on top of her soft and supple body. But how could he resist fate?

 

Can Chloe work against the odds and make a new home for family all on her own? Or will fate intervene and show her that she doesn't have to do it alone, that, in fact, love and life plans can go hand in hand?

 

This is the second book in the steamy new regency series, The Ashbourne Legacy, that follows the seven brothers of Snow White.

 

Read this novelette if you like sweet and spicy easy reads with witty banter and lovable and enchanting characters.

 

The Ashbourne Legacy:

1. The Blighter and the Bluestocking
2. The Scoundrel and the Scientist
3. The Virgin and the Vixen
4. The Rogue and the Rose
5. The Rake and the Writer
6. The Wastrel and the Wallflower
7. The Spy and the Spinster

• Language: English
• Publisher: Free Mind LS
• Release date: Jan 23, 2024
• ISBN: 9781998281060

Eliana Piers

What makes people fall in love? Why do two people end up together? Every love story is unique, and I love love.

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The Scoundrel and the Scientist is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. 

Copyright © 2023 by Eliana Piers

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permission requests, contact author.

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ISBN E-Book 978-1-998281-06-0

ISBN Print 978-1-998281-07-7

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Contents

Author's Note

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Stay Connected

Read More

The Virgin and the Vixen: Chapter 1

Thank You

About the Author

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Author's Note

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Hello Beautiful Reader, 

Welcome to the Beau Monde. Most, if not all, of my books are part of an interconnected world with the Good Dukes, where it all started. This series, The Ashbourne Legacy follows the 7 brothers of Snow White, and it has some enchanting fairytale vibes for you.

If you like SWEET & SPICY, you are in for a treat.

I love to write funny, easy, breezy stories where the characters learn things about themselves and the world around them, all the while continuing to reach for hope, joy, and above all, LOVE.  

Love always wins. Love never fails. 

You will always read a happy ending in my stories. 

I write to have fun, and so I make stories fit into a historical context, but I often take leeway with history. SO, if you are looking for a 100% accurate depiction of historical language and settings, please put this book down. You will be disappointed. And I don’t want that. You don’t want that. Neither of us wants you to be disappointed. Let’s just be happy. The world is a hard enough place as it is. 

IF, however, you don’t mind to sacrifice some historical truths in the name of LOVE and HUMOR, AND you want to read about some HOT men falling head over heels in love with some INTELLIGENT, STRONG, INDEPENDENT women, then read on, dear reader.

Much love, 

Eliana Piers

Chapter 1

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1816 England

LIFE WAS ALWAYS CHANGING. There was no time to stop and catch one’s breath, nevermind correct one’s footing. There was only one way forward, and that was to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. 

What does a woman know about making soap? Nevermind that she’s Irish, the disgruntled customer scoffed at her. 

A whole feck of a lot, she wanted to say. She could feel her palms sweating enough that a smack across his arrogant face would just slide off. This was her new home. She had to hold it together. 

Let’s go. There’s better soap down the road. He dragged his apologetic looking wife out the door. 

Life was always changing, but people weren’t. Miss Chloe Penbrook knew this only too well. 

She stepped back into her shop, yet again rebelling against society’s strictures. She couldn’t help but think of her mother and father as she readied herself for work. With gloved hands, she stirred the heavy mixture and breathed in heavily through the fabric covering her mouth. This work was all for them.  

Her parents were aging, and her father could no longer continue the soapmaking business he had started many years ago. It had sustained their family for as long as he ran it back in Ireland. Unfortunately, he could no longer do so with his declining health. A few turns around the shop left him winded. Fortunately, he had taught his only child the chemistry behind making soap. Unfortunately, his only child was female. Fortunately, she had a mind for business. 

Though at this point, she was a bit behind on counting her fortunes. 

It was to his credit that he didn’t disparage the female gender, else their family of three would not still have a roof over their heads. 

But this ultimately induced a significant stress that was pushing squarely upon Chloe’s diaphragm. Daily. 

Just one more week. One more week, and she could enter the business competition hosted by a few business moguls who owned Bond Street. The prize was a shop, rent free, for two years in one of their properties. Being on