| Author: | Amelia Smith | ISBN: | 9781941334003 |
| Publisher: | Split Rock Books | Publication: | February 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Amelia Smith |
| ISBN: | 9781941334003 |
| Publisher: | Split Rock Books |
| Publication: | February 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Hyacinth Grey has had a quiet life in Gibraltar, managing her father's household and tutoring her young half-brother. One day, a letter arrives with the news that she has inherited a small fortune from her grandmother, an infamous courtesan. She sets sail for England with plans to found a charitable school for girls.
Thomas Pently, alias Smithson, is the nephew of a duke, but he ran away from home to try his luck in the East India Company. After a decade there, his mistress was murdered and his aristocratic family summoned him home. He's now third in line to his uncle's duchy, after his aging father and one sickly cousin.
They meet aboard the Whistler, sailing for a home neither of them really knows. Will their shipboard romance re-ignite amidst London's social whirl?
Editorial Reviews:
"Quite honestly, I'd long ago believed I'd outgrown historical romance, but it was a mistake to put this pleasure aside. The good ones, such as "Scandal's Heiress," stand as the offspring -- legitimate or otherwise -- of Jane Austen, and once again the reader is back in a luxe drawing room as someone plays the pianoforte, and the suspense of whether or not the young lovers will ever get their stars uncrossed drives the story forward at a propulsive speed." -- Holly Nadler, Martha's Vineyard Times
"It was such a romantic and inspiring story. You really feel like you know these two characters before the book ends. They become very real and alive to you and you are so hopeful for their futures. I could not put the book down after a few pages, as I was hooked." --Linda Hays-Gibbs, The Romance Reviews
"The romance succeeds in being very entertaining". --Publisher's Weekly Reviewer.
Hyacinth Grey has had a quiet life in Gibraltar, managing her father's household and tutoring her young half-brother. One day, a letter arrives with the news that she has inherited a small fortune from her grandmother, an infamous courtesan. She sets sail for England with plans to found a charitable school for girls.
Thomas Pently, alias Smithson, is the nephew of a duke, but he ran away from home to try his luck in the East India Company. After a decade there, his mistress was murdered and his aristocratic family summoned him home. He's now third in line to his uncle's duchy, after his aging father and one sickly cousin.
They meet aboard the Whistler, sailing for a home neither of them really knows. Will their shipboard romance re-ignite amidst London's social whirl?
Editorial Reviews:
"Quite honestly, I'd long ago believed I'd outgrown historical romance, but it was a mistake to put this pleasure aside. The good ones, such as "Scandal's Heiress," stand as the offspring -- legitimate or otherwise -- of Jane Austen, and once again the reader is back in a luxe drawing room as someone plays the pianoforte, and the suspense of whether or not the young lovers will ever get their stars uncrossed drives the story forward at a propulsive speed." -- Holly Nadler, Martha's Vineyard Times
"It was such a romantic and inspiring story. You really feel like you know these two characters before the book ends. They become very real and alive to you and you are so hopeful for their futures. I could not put the book down after a few pages, as I was hooked." --Linda Hays-Gibbs, The Romance Reviews
"The romance succeeds in being very entertaining". --Publisher's Weekly Reviewer.
