A standalone novel in the Mayfield Family series with an unusual premise and an uplifting ending.
Lady Sabrina endured an abusive marriage, a miscarriage, and early widowhood to emerge as a smart, successful, confident woman who found a way to make her mark in a man’s world. She has friends and purpose, but cannot hide from the emptiness she feels when the parties are over and the friends have gone home to families she will never have.
Harry Stillman may be charming and handsome, but he’s a gambler and a rake who has made a mockery of his privileges. He turns to the mysterious Lord Damion for financial relief from his debts, but still ends up beaten nearly senseless by thugs and left in an alley.
When Lady Sabrina comes upon Harry after the attack, she remembers the kindness Harry once showed to her six years ago and brings him to her estate to heal. Though their relationship begins on rocky footing, it soon mellows into friendship, then trust. But Lady Sabrina needs to keep Harry at a distance, even if he is becoming the kind of man worthy of her heart. After all, she is keeping a secret that, if exposed, could destroy everything she’s so carefully built.
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Review
When we first meet Lady Sabrina, she is far from the clever and confident woman who appears later. Trapped in a terrible marriage, she is inadvertently rescued by Harry Stillman, although not necessarily due to his kind nature!
Six years down the line, Harry is in trouble. Having lost almost everything, including further support from friends or family, his gambling has cost him dearly, but Lord Damion offers him a way out, albeit one with conditions attached… Although the meeting with Lord Damion goes well, Harry has been followed, and is set upon as he leaves, with only the lucky discovery of him by Lady Sabrina saving him.
Carried off to her Wimbledon home to recover, there is resentment from Harry, but the way this gradually develops into a grudging respect and friendship between the two was beautifully written. This really is a role-reversal, with Harry bed-bound for a lot of the book, and Sabrina having the freedom to go about her life.
I really warmed to both Sabrina and Harry, as well as her housekeeper, who was a great of natural sense in the story. It was a thoroughly uplifting, kindly, and wonderful read, and one which not only can I highly recommend, but which makes me want to go and read the others in the series too (although this can absolutely be read as a standalone).
Advance praise
“Uplifting…Kilpack flips the typical Regency romance script, with the heroine rescuing the hero. Kilpack’s strong, upright heroine who finds a way to claim her power in Regency society sets this love story apart. This magnetic tale will appeal to fans of emotional romance.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“Kilpack takes traditional regency roles and challenges them. She shows how one person can make an impact in the world. I found the story and premise unique.”—Heather Gardner, Fire and Ice
“This is a story of redemption above all else…the ending was perfect.”— Lucinda Whitney, author of Rescuing the Prince
About Josi
Josi S. Kilpack is the bestselling author of several Proper Romance and Proper Romance Historical series and a Cozy Culinary Mystery series. Her books, A Heart Revealed and Lord Fenton’s Folly; were Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of the Year. She and her husband, Lee, are the parents of four children.
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