Tristan—stoic, honourable, and determined to stamp out corruption in Parliament—treats her like fragile porcelain, because Adelaide's mother insists on a respectable fiction: that after fleeing Brussels following the Duchess of Richmond's ball on 15 June 1815, Adelaide was attacked by brigands, leaving her "delicate" and easily distressed.
Then Tristan's closest friend returns—James, the half-drowned youth Tristan once saved, now London's celebrated poet. His scandalous verses have ignited a craze to unmask his muse.
James doesn't need to guess.
It's Adelaide—now Tristan's wife.
A lush, psychologically charged Regency love triangle of secrets, loyalty, and redemption—with a deeply satisfying happy ending.
Here's what the readers say:
"My goodness, this was an intense and highly emotional book!" ~ Kindle Reader
"I think this was possibly the most gripping second chances story I have read this year!
What happens in Tristan and Addy's romance had me going through a whole range of emotions as I read deep into the night and again today until I finished." ~ Kindle Reader
"An intriguing story … with lots of twists and turns and surprises." ~ Kindle Reader
"Wonderful characters and a really fabulous story which I just have to recommend!" ~ Kindle Reader
"I just finished reading this novel (second in the series) and I'm sorry it's finished!! Incredible story! Great characters! Lives interwoven, some a tangled mess! Love, lies, betrayal, even a murder! This story has it all!! And when it looks like all lives have been destroyed, you won't believe the ending!" ~ Kindle reader
Beverley Oakley writes wicked historicals dripping with scandal, mystery and suspense.
An avid knitter and historical costume-maker, she crafts her second-chance Regency, Victorian and Georgian romances with unexpected twists and turns.
Beverley loves writing surprising and satisfying endings and granting happily-ever-afters to those often overlooked by society — orphans, widows, ladies of the night — and the illegitimate by-blows of London's High Society.
She lives north of Melbourne with the handsome Norwegian bush pilot she met in Botswana, and their two gorgeous daughters.
www.beverleysbooks.com