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Secrets and Suitors

by Joanna Barker
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Reluctantly returning to London for yet another Season, shy Nora Hamilton has nearly given up hope that she will ever find the love match she longs for. After all, the one man she does harbor feelings for—her closest friend, James—has made it perfectly clear he views her as just that: a friend. With James traveling half a world away and Nora's father pressuring her to marry for wealth and status, Nora is forced to set aside her desire for love and accept the future she has always dreaded. Until James returns unexpectedly and Nora's feelings once again rush unbearably close to the surface. Determined to save what is left of their friendship, Nora ignores her own heart and allows herself to be swept up in the London Season, soon finding herself the object of two very different gentlemen's affections. Though she should be thrilled, both men come with a glaring fault: neither is the one man who holds her heart. But there is much more at stake than heartbreak. When long-kept secrets are laid bare, Nora must face the fears that have plagued her all her life and decide what true love is worth.

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  • Release date

    August 23, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781524411749

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      • ISBN: 9781524411749
      • File size: 934 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from August 19, 2019
      A young woman’s desire for a chance at real love is portrayed with tantalizing restraint in this charming Regency romance by Barker (Miss Adeline’s Match). Nora Hamilton, 21, still dreams of marrying for love, but her father has other ideas. He threatens to separate Nora from her siblings, Susanna and Ralph, if she does not agree to marry dull Mr. Weston. Nora consents, but insists on postponing the engagement until after she has taken Susanna and Ralph for a season in London. There, Nora hatches a plan to save herself when she meets the debonair Mr. Worthington, thinking he’ll be a preferable husband. She is unable to shake one lingering problem: her childhood friend, Mr. James Allen, who shows up whenever she is with a potential suitor, and for whom she has growing affection. Barker’s story moves quickly, and her characters are vivid and well developed. Nora is an extremely likable character, struggling to satisfy her own longings in a society more interested in rank and roles than in following the heart. Nora and James’s relationship brings out the confusion and complexity of human emotions, and their observations about love and relationships are timeless, especially when Nora discovers her parents’ secrets. This elegant and thoroughly gratifying romance will satisfy the most discerning Regency romance reader.

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