What Happens in Piccadilly by Chasity Bowlin

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Calliope (the female MC) is a governess with a ‘troubled’ past (i.e.: she’s an orphan and knows nothing of her parents). She’s hired to be the Governess of 3 unruly children of an Earl’s household, and of course she’s a-amazing at it and a saint with kids.

Winn (the male MC) is said Earl and employer. For a nice change, he’s not a rake or philanderer or whatnot. He’s quite nice and cute, actually. Pretty enjoyable.

Regardless, Winn (peculiar name, by the way), after having a case of insta-lust at seeing Calliope, is quick to ‘run away’ and distract himself with work. On one such business venture, he’s at a Duke’s place (the Duke of Averston or something) where he sees a painting depicting a rather familiar face… Lo and behold, turns out she’s the estranged mother of our dear Calliope. After a weird conversation where the current Duke spouts out all the family secrets and past to Winn without reservations (that was strange…), Winn is proud of himself to realise that Calliope is the daughter of the former Duke! *Dramatic gasp*

BUT, the current Duke is not ready to leave his position and the riches, so he’s quite clear that if a heir of the former Duke is found, they would meet an untimely end. (Again, Winn was told this clearly. There is no fear of future charges for these people, it seems.) Winn decides himself he should protect Calliope at ANY cost, and make sure that she knows nothing of why she is being protected in the first place, because… Well, because.


This book was nice and all that, however, I’m not the best person to be around children. I’m not afraid to say I bloody hate those little monsters, so reading a book where three children were mentioned on every chapter was not my idea of a good read. At the end of the day, I’m trying to read a romance, not a guide on how to raise some uneducated kids.

Furthermore, what was up with Callie talking back at Winn so much? Yes, she’s a strong, independent woman yada yada… But it was unrealistic how she wasn’t fired in 0.5 seconds and booted out at the curb on her arse. Some things she said were actually pretty rude and presumptuous, and even I would get angry and fire her straightaway (and I’m a 21st century gal), let alone Winn-the-19th-century-aristocratic-male. But oh! He wants to bone her, so of course she gets a free pass (or a hundred). Blergh.

When I woke up this morning, and remembered that I had to finish reading this book, I didn’t sigh in pleasure or giddily grabbed my phone with a big, excited grin on my face.
Oh no.
My first thought was, “Bloody ‘ell, I have to read about those children again.”

They’re not the worst children characters I’ve read, but then again, I don’t have the patience for any children characters.


Apart from all that, I liked Winn, I liked Callie (as long as I ignored her unrealistic perfection with the children and her blabbing) and the storyline was good.



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