She unties Beast, gives him a kiss, and pushes him out of her carriage. Hattie quickly figures out that the thief is her brother. He's also a very dangerous man who runs a business out of Covent Garden and, someone has been stealing from him. He is the handsomest man Hattie has ever seen. When Hattie and her friend Nora sneak out of Hattie's Mayfair home for the deflowering, they find the Beast unconscious and tied up (badly) in the family coach. Whit is known in Covent Garden by his nickname, "Beast". So, she's decided that the first order of business is to be deflowered. She knows that at her age the only thing that will attract a man is her dowry and she doesn't want that. Her nose is a little too big and she's slightly chubby. But, she also has decided she wants to remain single. Her brother, to whom the business normally would pass on, is not naturally adept at business. She wants to inherit her father's shipping business and she has the know-how to run it. To that end, she's written a vague list to remind her of what she plans to work on. In Brazen and the Beast, Hattie (Lady Henrietta) is about to turn 29 and has decided to make the next year of her life "The Year of Hattie". Brazen and the Beast is now a DNF at 139 pages out of nearly 400, so I'm going to go ahead and write about it on time (but a little later in the day than I normally would). Note: I posted earlier about not being able to finish this book due to a migraine (which I still have, although it's at least a lesser migraine, at this point).
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