TITLE: THE ARISTOCRAT
AUTHOR: PENELOPE WARD
GENRE: ROMANCE
PUBLICATION: AUGUST 30TH 2021
'Synopsis'
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.
The one that got away. Every girl has one, right?
Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one summer.
From the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, I’d been captivated. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.
Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his own—watching me watching Leo.
That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.
Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.
Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are pretentious.
Despite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldn’t seem to stay away.
It was a wild and crazy few months. And before I knew it, we’d fallen in love.
We both had one wish: more time together.
But Leo had obligations back home. He lived a life I’d never fit into. And I was going to law school. So, we decided to end it and never look back.
A part of me always felt like I’d let my soulmate walk away.
I believed our story was over.
Until five years later when he sent me a letter that shook me to my core.
I’d thought my world was turned upside down that first summer?
Well, I knew nothing yet.
The one that got away. Every girl has one, right?
Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one summer.
From the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, I’d been captivated. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.
Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his own—watching me watching Leo.
That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.
Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.
Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are pretentious.
Despite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldn’t seem to stay away.
It was a wild and crazy few months. And before I knew it, we’d fallen in love.
We both had one wish: more time together.
But Leo had obligations back home. He lived a life I’d never fit into. And I was going to law school. So, we decided to end it and never look back.
A part of me always felt like I’d let my soulmate walk away.
I believed our story was over.
Until five years later when he sent me a letter that shook me to my core.
I’d thought my world was turned upside down that first summer?
Well, I knew nothing yet.
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'My Review'
'THE ARISTOCRAT'
Is a full length, stand-alone contemporary romance book by Penelope Ward. Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives.'
This had everything I crave in a romance book, from the swoons, to the giggles to the odd tear this surpassed all my expectations.
I loved all these characters, Leo, with his non existent cooking skills to his painting, throw in that he's British had me falling for him in a heartbeat.
Sig aka Sigmund Benedictus (Leo’s cousin) with his crude, crass unfiltered teasing had me lapping up his words and cringing at the same time and hoping like hell we get his story.
To Felicity Dunleavy, with her quirkiness and her inability to allow people in to her evolving into a strong sassy heroine who opened herself up even if it meant getting hurt had me connecting and loving her character wholeheartedly.
Before life starts to get real and he to step up to his family's responsibilities Twenty-eight year old, Leo Covington and his cousin Sig decided to travel the U.S. making their last stop Narragansett, on Rhode Island where they rented a house for the summer across the bay from twenty-four year old Felicity whose moved back home with her foster mother before heading off to law school once summer has ended.
'𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱-𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗼, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀'
Felicity is like no one he's ever met before and is quickly enamoured by her, she's also the first woman to ever turn him down, but she's guarding her heart and she knows if she lets Leo in it's only for the summer and she'll never see him again and she knows he'll leave behind a world of hurt. But even though they knew it wasn't a good idea to start something, nothing could keep them away, they knew what they were getting themselves into and accepted that their summer fling had an expiration date.
'𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺-𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.'
* Teaser used is off the authors facebook page *
This had everything I crave in a romance book, from the swoons, to the giggles to the odd tear this surpassed all my expectations.
I loved all these characters, Leo, with his non existent cooking skills to his painting, throw in that he's British had me falling for him in a heartbeat.
Sig aka Sigmund Benedictus (Leo’s cousin) with his crude, crass unfiltered teasing had me lapping up his words and cringing at the same time and hoping like hell we get his story.
To Felicity Dunleavy, with her quirkiness and her inability to allow people in to her evolving into a strong sassy heroine who opened herself up even if it meant getting hurt had me connecting and loving her character wholeheartedly.
Before life starts to get real and he to step up to his family's responsibilities Twenty-eight year old, Leo Covington and his cousin Sig decided to travel the U.S. making their last stop Narragansett, on Rhode Island where they rented a house for the summer across the bay from twenty-four year old Felicity whose moved back home with her foster mother before heading off to law school once summer has ended.
'𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱-𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗼, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀'
Felicity is like no one he's ever met before and is quickly enamoured by her, she's also the first woman to ever turn him down, but she's guarding her heart and she knows if she lets Leo in it's only for the summer and she'll never see him again and she knows he'll leave behind a world of hurt. But even though they knew it wasn't a good idea to start something, nothing could keep them away, they knew what they were getting themselves into and accepted that their summer fling had an expiration date.
'𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺-𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.'
* Teaser used is off the authors facebook page *
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'About the Author'
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor before switching to a more family-friendly career.
Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends.
She is the proud mother of a beautiful 15-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 13-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life.
Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.
She is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.
