{"product_id":"9781529098631-elopement","title":"The Elopement","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Powerful, Uplifting Tale of Forbidden Love\u003cbr\u003eSpellbinding Victorian set historical fiction from Tracy Rees, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmy Snow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet amongst the luxury and poverty of late Victorian England, Tracy Rees's \u003ci\u003eThe Elopement \u003c\/i\u003eis an elaborately imagined historical romance, full of delight and temptation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful book. Powerful and captivating, the story will transport you to another time and place, plunging you headlong into the lives of its characters' – Hazel Prior, author of \u003ci\u003eAway with the Penguins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wealthy heiress .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1897. Rowena Blythe is wealthy, entitled and beautiful. As her twenty-fourth birthday approaches, she’s expected to marry – and to marry well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unsuitable match .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer parents commission a portrait of Rowena to help cement her reputation as a great society beauty. However, Bartek, the artist’s young assistant, is unlike any man Rowena has met before – wild, romantic and Bohemian. While society at large awaits the announcement of Rowena’s engagement, it is Bartek who captures Rowena’s heart along with her likeness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scandal in society .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRowena knows her parents would never approve of Bartek, who in their eyes is nothing but a penniless foreigner. As her feelings grow, she has no-one to turn to. Dare she risk everything for love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Tracy Rees:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A natural storyteller’ – Rachel Hore, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Moonlit Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Tracy has a rare gift for creating characters you are rooting for from the first page’ – Gill Paul, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Manhattan Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Has such a talent for writing engaging characters who stay with you’ – Hazel Gaynor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Came Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Tracy Rees is at the height of her game’ – Rebecca Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl at My Door\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40698240598113,"sku":"9781529098631","price":7.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28166427.jpg?v=1722367732","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529098631-elopement","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}