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A romantic historical novel set beside a cozy seaside cottage, following Cressida Charmsworth—a thirty‑year‑old heiress newly acquainted with wealth and society’s expectations—as she seeks relief from London’s social whirlwind and encounters intrigue and mystery in the surrounding environment.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Joan Smith
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