If you love Bridgerton and Georgette Heyer, you’ll be enamoured with Christina Courtenay’s brilliantly witty and irresistible Regency romance novella.Eight long years ago, Lady Maude Hexham’s plan to elope with her true love Luke was thwarted, and she was forced to marry a man she feels nothing for.Now, newly widowed, she is appalled to learn her late husband’s estate is being inherited by his cousin.The man she’d loved more than life itself.The man she still loves.But Luke hasn’t forgiven her betrayal. He has no idea that someone discovered their secret and trapped Maude in her room on the night they planned to elope.Now Maude is penniless and relying on the charity of the man who believes she scorned him.Will she seize her second chance at finding true love? Or will scheming outside forces give her no choice but to put the past behind her?Full of scandal and gossip, this escapist Regency romance novella will be devoured by fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer, Beverley Watts or Emma Melbourne.