Get your first look at the third installment of MimiMatthewsEsq's Belles of London series --- check out the cover and an excerpt from TheLilyofLudgateHill!
, and no one is doing it better than author Mimi Matthews. Her popular Belles of London series is a lightly interconnected collection of stories that feature feminist sensibilities, sparkling dialogue, genuine emotional heft, and a bevy of well-researched period details.which mixed Victorian high society, horseback riding, and the birth of haute couture.
Hart could well believe it. He’d paid handsomely for their fare, and a king’s ransom on top of it in order to ensure they weren’t obliged to share their compartment with any strangers. Hart grinned. He frequently wore loud colors and patterns in the presence of Anne and her mother. Someone among them must, particularly on this occasion. If he’d submitted to wearing a black suit, as Bishop had suggested, the three of them would look no better than a trio of mourners on their way to a Yorkshire funeral.
A smile quivered on Anne’s lips. She mastered it before it could fully appear. “Why must you always be so—”“I gather you’ve taken up your Christian name as a personal challenge.” Anne’s skirts brushed his leg as they walked. A trace of her perfume drifted to his nose, stirring his blood and bringing his senses to attention. It was the same scent she’d worn in her youth—a bewitching blend of vanilla and rose, at once exotic and lushly sweet. The fragrance conjured vivid memories of the past.
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