How to Impress a Gentleman

Baronet Charles Donovan is hard to impress. As an up and coming member of the Beau Monde, he has seen his fair share of lovely and accomplished ladies. Unfortunately for Lindsay Beaumont, she has succeeded where all others have failed. Not within some glittering ballroom or tiresome salon, has she managed to captivate Charles. Instead, her innocent maneuverings have expertly entangled Charles in a family drama that results in him being impressed into His Majesty's Royal Navy.Now, the handsome and fun loving gentleman will learn through hardship and violence, what it takes to survive. After four long years at sea, Charles has only one thing on his mind: to find the young lady who cost him his youth, and to make her family pay for their betrayal. How better to recoup his fortune and his honor than by bedding and wedding the only girl who deserves his broken body, spirit, and pocketbook? Yes, her family will pay for his suffering with their precious dowry, and their daughter.Lindsay has adored Charlie for as long as she can remember. He has always been dashing, handsome, kind, and courageous. So why, after disappearing for five long years, has he suddenly resurfaced, a scarred and ferocious antihero? What has happened to the boy she admired? And why do his whispered, course endearments drip like venom from his lips? Charles knows that she is leery of marriage. So, why does he entice her now? Lindsay has never been the kind of woman to sit back and allow bad things to happen to those she loves. She will get to the root of this mystery and help Charles find happiness, whatever it takes. But how can she be the one to help Charlie heal, when it seems she is the very poison that eats at his soul? How To Impress a Gentleman is an 82,000 word historical romance novel set in eighteenth century England.