She's bold and beautiful-and entirely convinced he's someone else.Īs danger closes in, St. But he hasn't reckoned for Maggie Honeywell. If he can mete out a bit of revenge along the way, so much the better. Tall, blond, and dangerous, he's on a mission to restore his family's honor. A decade later, he's long been presumed dead.Īfter years spent on the continent, John Beresford, Viscount St. When Fred frames him for theft, Nick escapes into the night, vowing to find his legendary sire. Raised alongside her on her father's estate, Nick is the rumored son of notorious highwayman Gentleman Jim. Wealthy squire's daughter Margaret Honeywell was always meant to marry her neighbor, Frederick Burton-Smythe, but it's bastard-born Nicholas Seaton who has her heart. After all, faint heart never won a handsome gentleman.įrom the wilds of rural Somersetshire to the glittering ballrooms of early-Victorian London, Charles and Kate embark on a cross-country quest to solve a decades’ old mystery.'Tartly elegant.A vigorous, sparkling, and entertaining love story with plenty of Austen-ite wit.' - Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review But Kate refuses to be deterred by the raven-haired soldier’s strong, silent facade. That is, until she encounters the infuriatingly somber Lieutenant Heywood. As skilled with pistols as she is on horseback, she’s never met an obstacle she can’t surmount-or a man she can’t win. If he’s going to unravel them, he’ll need the assistance of someone as daring as he is.Īt one and twenty, Lady Katherine Beresford has already earned a reputation to rival that of her infamous parents. The property is mired in secrets, some of which may prove deadly. But arranging to purchase the remote west country estate is more difficult than Charles ever imagined. The only son of a famous love match, ex-army lieutenant Charles Heywood is determined to make amends for his past mistakes by giving his mother the impossible-the deed to her long-lost childhood home, Satterthwaite Court. About the Bookįrom USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews comes the long-awaited sequel to her critically acclaimed novels The Work of Art and Gentleman Jim. This novel is to be a double sequel which ties together two of my top favorites from her: The Work of Art and Gentleman Jim (which also has a handsome, newly updated cover), now collectively known as the Somerset Stories. I’m thrilled to be a part of Mimi Matthews’ cover reveal for her upcoming 2023 historical romance, Return to Satterthwaite Court.

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