#harold veery

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I started posting one of my novel projects, With a Reckless Abandon on Tiktok so if anyone is interested, you can find it @vblavender on there. It's an old novel project that I am converting into an audiobook.

It's a historic fiction series about a declining noble family with three sons, The Veery brothers of Dove Grove. The story is takes place in the late regency and goes into the early Victorian era with the second generation of the family. Robert and Wren are young lovers who find each other in tragic circumstances; Wren escapes a loveless marriage to become Robert's girl. Robert wants to be a Romantic poet and has a mental breakdown that triggers the unwinding of his whole family. His eldest brother Alex is a lawyer who suffers from perfection and wanting to keep their family together despite everything going against him. Harold is the middle son, a mute musician and Alex's best friend. And of course, there are many ghosts too since this story was inspired by gothic lit, regency romance and Wuthering Heights.

With a Reckless Abandon by V. B. Lavender

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Available now on Wattpad; Complete and Free!

An affair between Regency-era teenagers, 17 year old Serenity "Wren" Wilton Finch and her neighbor, 16 year old Robert Veery have explosive results.

Though she is taken in by Robert's charms, Wren is already married to a much older and less charming man, Mr. Finch. After Robert saves Wren from her abusive husband, Wren is taken back to Robert's father's house, Dove Grove. Dove Grove is the finest house in their North English county though it hides many terrible secrets and woes of the noble Veery family.

To make matters more complicated, Robert is not exactly who he appears to be either. Not too soon after Wren is taken in by the Veerys, Robert runs away after his best friend and former flame, Collin, convinced by a Manic obsession that he has to save Collin from an unwanted marriage. Unbeknownst to Robert, he has left Wren pregnant with his child.

Wren is left with Robert's gruff father, a former naval officer, and two older brothers, a perfectionist lawyer, Alexander and a mute pianist, Harold. Alexander prepares to marry a wealthy cousin to fix the problems created in the wake of Robert's disappearance, despite the fact that he still has feelings for his former fiancee, Molly Dorset. When Molly marries the newly wealthy Mr. Finch, Alexander realizes he must give up his long lived hope of reuniting with Molly.

As Robert is dragged into a dodgy mental institution, Wren decides to make for France where her sister, Hope lives with her husband, Francois, and their growing family. Ghosts befriend a lonely and frightened Robert while he starts to uncover sinister deeds in the asylum. Robert tries desperately to survive as Wren finds a possible new love in Francois' mysterious and handsome best friend, Claude Martin.

This story is told in alternating perspectives; mainly Robert, Wren, Alexander and Harold though more characters will speak as the story continues. This story mainly runs through the years 1817-1820 with a few flashbacks. Original Written in 2018.

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If the description above is of interest, you can read the book in it’s entirety for free on Wattpad: 

https://www.wattpad.com/story/217820224-with-a-reckless-abandon-the-veerys-of-dove-grove

And if you use good reads, I’ve added the book to good reads in hopes of getting more reviews: 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52948569-with-a-reckless-abandon

I’m also working on publishing it on Tapas as well but I’m not done posting all of the chapters there. I will provide a link once I have done this. 

Thank you for your time, interest and support! Happy Reading. :D