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After Grandmother Mirabel Rainwood’s funeral, Austen‑era family dynamics shift in Sussex. Emma and her friend Lucy embark on a new life running a riding school, but ambitions are derailed by Lucy’s brother Philip and romantic entanglements. Emma’s attraction to the urbane Nick Barbury falters when he does not reciprocate her feelings. Nonetheless, Nick secures her a job with the elderly writer Jessica Arlingham, and despite Philip’s influence, Emma finds meaning and success. Through the painful lessons of impulsivity and misjudgment, she learns to pace herself, ultimately discovering genuine love from an unexpected source and a rewarding career path.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Iris Bromige
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