A Lady Would Know Better
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Get ready to swoon for this dreamy, forget-me-not romance that’s filled with the delightful tartness of Jane Austen and the sweeping, unputdownable drama of Bridgerton.
There are many things an English lord might encounter on the grounds of his wintry estate. Trees. Birds. Perhaps a wandering gamekeeper. Instead, the Earl of Belhaven finds a woman in the snow, unconscious and nearly frozen to death. Then her luminous gray eyes open just long enough for her to plead, “Don’t let them get me.”
Now Jasper Maycott has his hands full with a woman who has absolutely no memory of who she is or where she came from—to say nothing of her name! Just a gold ring, some fine clothes, and a penchant for pert conversation. But while “Jane” dresses and speaks quite like a lady, Jasper can’t make any assumptions. After all, she could be a crafty fortune hunter...albeit a charming and unutterably beautiful one.
Only there’s no room for romantic love in the Earl of Belhaven’s world. There is just grim duty, a lingering sense of loss, and the knowledge that love—in any form—can only bring heartbreak in its wake.
But while a lady should know better, the heart heeds no rules...even if its every beat portends the danger she was running from.
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A woman with amnesia falls for the earl who saves her in this glittering, Austenesque historical from Theriault (Rebel Rose). In 1877 Surrey, England, Jasper Maycott, the Earl of Belhaven, is still grieving the death of his parents, eldest brother, and fiancée from scarlet fever when he finds an unconscious woman on the road and brings her to his home at Mulgrave Hall. She wakes with no memory of who she is or how she came to be injured, so Jasper and his sisters invite her to stay with them while she recovers, agreeing that at least temporarily her name will be Jane, after contemporary author Jane Austen. They continue to introduce her as such throughout the days-long house party that Jasper's aunt arranges to help bring the family out of mourning, though Jasper is suspicious of Jane's background and wonders if she is truly a lady. Still, he can't help being captivated by her wit and beauty, even though he vowed never to love again following his fiancée's death. Theriault plumbs her characters' emotional depths without ever skimping on lighthearted banter. Meanwhile, the mystery of Jane's past keeps the pages flying. Lovers of historical romance won't want to put this one down.
