The Muse of Maiden Lane The Muse of Maiden Lane

Publisher Description

A 2024 BookBub Best Historical Romance!
One of Parade's Best New Books of November 2024!
One of Amazon's and Apple's Best Romance Books of November 2024!

A silver-haired equestrienne and a charismatic artist turn a scandalous bargain into a vibrant portrait of love.


Stella Hobhouse is a brilliant rider, stalwart friend, skilled sketch artist—and completely overlooked. Her outmodish gray hair makes her invisible to London society. Combined with her brother’s pious restrictions and her dwindling inheritance, Stella is on the verge of a lifetime marooned in Derbyshire as a spinster. Unless she does something drastic…like posing for a daring new style of portrait by the only man who’s ever really seen her.

Aspiring painter Edward “Teddy” Hayes knows true beauty when he sees it. He would never ask Stella to risk her reputation as an artist’s model but in the five years since a virulent bout of scarlet fever left him partially paralyzed, Teddy has learned to heed good fortune when he finds it. He’ll do anything to persuade his muse to pose for him, even if he must offer her a marriage of convenience.  

After all, though Teddy has yearned to trace Stella’s luminous beauty on canvas since their chance meeting, her heart is what he truly aches to capture….

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2024
November 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
3.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Carole in Palm Desert ,

Great Victorian love story.

This book is the last of the Four Horse Women series. I am excited how she pulled from t two separated series to unite this couple. The male Teddy character is well thought out and how loss affects the very soul of a person. The Female character Stella is needing to overcome her physical appearance. Both of these hurt souls find their way to true love in this story. The characters are rich with feelings and emotions. You are drawn into the story to see them both grow into their strengths. Enjoy reading this realistic Victorian romance.

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