First published 1999
Lady Anna Lovel grows up in the shadow of her father's contested nobility. Her mother, married under dubious circumstances, fights a decade-long legal battle to prove her husband's legitimate status and Anna's rightful inheritance. When Anna falls in love with a tailor's son, her choice threatens both her social standing and her family's desperate quest for recognition. The courts will decide not just her family's legal standing, but the very boundaries of honor, class, and personal choice in Victorian England.
Genres: drama, romance, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love
Setting: England
Period: 19th-Century
560 pages · Paperback · Oxford University Press