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NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorMaryBaloghreturnstotheeleganceandsensualityofRegencyEnglandasshecontinuestheenthrallingstoryoffourremarkablewomen–friendsandteachersatMissMartin’sSchoolforGirls.AtthecenterofthisspellbindingnovelisAnneJewell,ateacherhauntedbyascandalouspast…untilshemeetsamanwhoteachesherthemostimportantlessonofall:nothingissimplewhenitcomestolove.…ShespieshiminthedeepeningduskofaWalesevening–alonefigureofbreathtakingstrengthandmasculinity,hishandsomefacebrandedbyasecretpain.ForsinglemotherandteacherAnneJewell,newlyarrivedwithhersonatasprawlingestateinWalesontheinvitationofaninfluentialfriend,SydnamButlerisamanwhosesorrows–andpassions–rundeeperthanshecouldhaveeverimagined.Asstewardofaremoteseasidemanor,Sydnamlivesareclusiveexistencefarfromthepityanddisdainofothers.YetalmostfromthemomentAnnefirstappearsonthecliffs,hesensesinthislovelystrangerakindredsoul,andbetweenthesetwowaryhearts,desirestirs.Unabletoresistthepassionthathasrescuedthembothfromloneliness,AnneandSydnamshareanafternoonofexquisitelovemaking.Nowtheunwedsinglemotherandwar-scarredveteranmustmakeadecisionthatcouldforeveraltertheirlives.ForSydnam,itisachancetohealthepainofthepast.ForAnne,itisthegloriouspromiseofafuturewiththemanwhowilldarehertorevealherdeepestsecrets…beforeshecangivehimallherheart.