âSophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.ââTaylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is Back
Internationally bestselling author Sophie Irwin brings us another delightful, escapist historical romance, led by an audacious heroine who has suddenly inherited a fortuneâbut it has strings attachedâŠ
When shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season--no matter that he was not the husband Eliza wanted.
Now, ten years later, Eliza is widowed. Suddenly, she is left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. Sheâs always lived by societyâs conventions, but now, Eliza has resolved to do as she wants. And what she wants is to head to Bath with her cousin Margaret, pursue painting, learn to drive, and flirt with Bathâs most alluring new resident, the infamous Lord Melville.
But when the ripples of Elizaâs behavior reach her late husbandâs nephewâwho broke Elizaâs heart, years ago--Eliza will learn that freedom does not come without consequences. The only way to ensure she can keep her fortune is to avoid all scandalâbut whereâs the fun in that?
âSophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.ââTaylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is Back
Internationally bestselling author Sophie Irwin brings us another delightful, escapist historical romance, led by an audacious heroine who has suddenly inherited a fortuneâbut it has strings attachedâŠ
When shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season--no matter that he was not the husband Eliza wanted.
Now, ten years later, Eliza is widowed. Suddenly, she is left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. Sheâs always lived by societyâs conventions, but now, Eliza has resolved to do as she wants. And what she wants is to head to Bath with her cousin Margaret, pursue painting, learn to drive, and flirt with Bathâs most alluring new resident, the infamous Lord Melville.
But when the ripples of Elizaâs behavior reach her late husbandâs nephewâwho broke Elizaâs heart, years ago--Eliza will learn that freedom does not come without consequences. The only way to ensure she can keep her fortune is to avoid all scandalâbut whereâs the fun in that?