Available in e-book and paperback. Hardback and audiobook to follow!
Here is what some readers say about it:-
New life brought to traditional historical romance tropes and themes.
All my favourite elements: fully realised characters, especially a strong heroine; a marriage of convenience; a gorgeous slow burning romance; a touch of jeopardy and a beautifully depicted historical backdrop.
I loved this excellent novel and know I will reread it often – whenever I need a dose of uplifting and heart-warming romance.
The juxtaposition of a successfully growing manufacturing business with the difficulties suffered by the landed gentry as they try to make their land productive is telling and adds immeasurable richness and depth to the story.
Daniel and Anna are excellent characters, and the story, with two villains, made for suspenseful reading.
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Just finished it In fact couldn’t put it down !Anna and Daniel were great characters and the details of the porcelain works was just right enough fact to make it interesting without overdoing the details !
Whose story is coming next ?I will wait impatiently! Actually I am now rereading the Rockliffe series !!
Thank you, Jo – so glad you enjoyed it. As yet, I’m not prepared to say who is next,though I have made a start on it. This is became, if I think it’s not working, I may change my mind.
I am reading this now. I absolutely adore Anna! You don’t see women like her very often in that time period. Such a refreshing change.
Thank you, Katen – that was what I was aiming at because, surprisingly, there were a lot of business women in the latter part of the 18th century – although, to be fair, these were not ‘ladies’.
Excellent book, Stella!
Escapist but solidly grounded in historical accuracy.
I really enjoyed it.
Thank you, Amanda. Any chance of a brief review? At present, Amazon are sitting on at least 5 positive ones that I know about. Not sure what it happening!
Great story, I really liked Anna and Daniel. He’d obviously grown up a lot since The Shadow Earl.
Just finished reading it for the third time since it came out.
Thanks, Shelagh – so glad you enjoyed it and seriously impressed that you’ve read it 3 times! If you could say something along these lines on Amazon, I’d appreciate it. Just had another kicking from Nile Etland containing accusations of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.