{"product_id":"the-lost-letter-a-victorian-romance-9780999036419","title":"The Lost Letter: A Victorian Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngland, 1860. An impoverished Victorian beauty is unexpectedly reunited with the now beastly earl who once broke her heart. Will they finally find their happily ever after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA PROUD BEAUTY \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSociety beauty Sylvia Stafford is far too pragmatic to pine. When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant's household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life--and her former love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA SCARRED BEAST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Sebastian Conrad is no longer the dashing cavalry officer Sylvia once fell in love with. Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion. Brooding and tormented, he cares nothing for the earldom he has inherited--and even less for the faithless beauty who rejected him three years before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA SECOND CHANCE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA week together in the remote Victorian countryside is the last thing either of them ever wanted. But when fate intervenes to reunite them, will a beastly earl and an impoverished beauty finally find their happily ever after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthews, Mimi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical non-fiction and traditional historical romances set in Victorian England. Her articles on nineteenth century history have been published on various academic and history sites, including the Victorian Web and the Journal of Victorian Culture, and are also syndicated weekly at BUST Magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes an Andalusian dressage horse, two Shelties, and two Siamese cats.","brand":"Perfectly Proper Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544285974802,"sku":"9780999036419","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_602abd6b-2350-4969-b70d-999dc8b5edab.jpg?v=1731525701","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-letter-a-victorian-romance-9780999036419","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}