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After the death of Sir Clement Carnell, Valentine opens the Carnel family estate of Pennacombe to fashionable London cousins, freeing his sister Louisa to reject a fiancé he arranged. The sisters soon find their lives entwined with Regency intrigues: Valentine becomes dangerously involved with the married Lady Harriet Eversholt, while Louisa wrestles with the daunting choice of embracing newfound independence. The novel explores family ties, social customs, and romantic folly against the backdrop of 19th‑century England.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Jude Morgan
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