“Wistful yet hopeful, the story is a needed addition to a genre that usually celebrates the romances of younger protagonists. Charles is determined to crack the hard exterior Matilda has built for over three decades or risk losing her once again. When encountering Matilda at a dinner hosted by the Earl of Riverdale, he finds himself as fascinated by her as he was the first day they met, and wonders if, after all these years, they have a chance at happiness together. Is love worth the loss of one’s freedom and independence This is what Mrs. Moreover, he does not expect decades-old feelings to emerge at the very sight of her. Condition: Fair ISBN 10: 0593099737 ISBN 13: 9780593099735 Seller. Here, Balogh gives her a romance of her own with a former suitor 36 years after she turned him down (like Anne Elliott in Jane Austen's Persuasion). Charles Sawyer, Viscount Dirkson, does not expect to see Matilda Westcott thirty-six years after their failed romance. Nondescript spinster Matilda Westcott temporarily abandoned her typical role as the backdrop for her aristocratic Regency family to bring about the happy ending of Someone To Honor (2019). But her modest, quiet life of order unravels when a dashing gentleman from her past reappears, threatening to charm his way into her heart yet again. To Matilda, who considers herself the aging spinster daughter, marriage is laughable-love is a game for the young, after all. Matilda Westcott has spent her life tending to the needs of her mother, the Dowager Countess of Riverdale, never questioning the life of solitude she has spun for herself. As a young woman she fell passionately in love with a man of questionable reputation but renounced him at the urging of her parents. It's never too late to fall in love in this enchanting new novella in the Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.
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