by Fiona Hill
First published 1989
Anne Guilfoyle watches her London fortune disappear and must abandon the city life she treasures. She leaves behind ten years with her beau and travels to Cheshire, where she has inherited property. The countryside feels like exile to Anne, who misses the political discussions and social whirl of her former world. Her new neighbor Henry Highet strikes her as nothing more than a provincial fool, lacking the sophistication she values. Anne finds herself trapped between her reduced circumstances and her longing for the stimulating company she once enjoyed. But Henry may prove more complex than his rustic manner suggests, and Anne begins to question her first impressions of both her neighbor and her new surroundings in this Regency romance.
Genres: fiction, romance, historical-fiction, 19th-century, regency
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, second-chance
Setting: Cheshire, London
Period: Regency
304 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Fawcett