A Lady's Guide to Scandal: A Novel

ISBN: 0593492005

Author: Irwin, Sophie

Condition: Used

Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.-Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is BackInternationally bestselling author Sophie Irwin brings us another delightful, escapist historical romance, led by an audacious heroine who has suddenly inherited a fortune-but it has strings attachedWhen shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season--no matter that he was not the husband Eliza wanted.Now, ten years later, Eliza is widowed. Suddenly, she is left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. Shes always lived by societys conventions, but now, Eliza has resolved to do as she wants. And what she wants is to head to Bath with her cousin Margaret, pursue painting, learn to drive, and flirt with Baths most alluring new resident, the infamous Lord Melville.But when the ripples of Elizas behavior reach her late husbands nephew-who broke Elizas heart, years ago--Eliza will learn that freedom does not come without consequences. The only way to ensure she can keep her fortune is to avoid all scandal-but wheres the fun in that?