A Proud Beauty
Society beauty Sylvia Stafford is far too pragmatic to pine. When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood…until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life—and her former love.
A Scarred Beast
Colonel Sebastian Conrad is no longer the dashing cavalry officer Sylvia once fell in love with. Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion. Brooding and tormented, he cares nothing for the earldom he has inherited—and even less for the faithless beauty who rejected him three years before.
A Second Chance
A week together in the remote Victorian countryside is the last thing either of them ever wanted. But when fate intervenes to reunite them, will a beastly earl and an impoverished beauty finally find their happily ever after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be?
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Summary
Sylvia has been content in being a governess since her father's suicide. When a woman she's never met brings news of the man she once loved, this young woman must decide what she intends for her future and the truth behind the letters she once wrote.
This was a sweet, fast paced story. From the start, I was sympathetic to Sylvia's lot in life. She genuinely loved Sebastian and had the bravery to write him so. She's practical when her life crumbles around her.
Sebastian has become a recluse since his injury. His view of the past is much different than Sylvia's, and its understandable his resentment. It was a bit hard to keep sympathy for him when he clings to his bitterness, and he spends little time with Sylvia in the week she is in his home.
Overall, this was an easy read. For fans of historical romance, I highly recommend this one.
I received an ARC from NetGalley for reviewing purposes.