The love of Miss Beatrice's life has just had a baby with his new wife. Will Miss Beatrice ever recover? will she find a new love?
The Duke of Norwich is dashing, imposing and one of the most powerful men in England. With his dark hair and stormy grey eyes, he has been the object of Beatrice Edmundson's girlish admiration since she was a child. In Bath, where they are neighbors in the Royal Crescent, she has waited and watched for him to return. Dreaming of the time when he will realize that he loves her too, she has thought of little else but her future with the Duke.
With her heart firmly set on no other gentleman but him, she discovers that he has married someone else, sending Beatrice into a world of heartbreak and despair. She is devastated but she wishes for his happiness. She remains in love with him as the years pass, and his family grows. When tragedy strikes the Duke's family, Beatrice comes to the rescue, even at the sacrifice of her own prospects at finding a husband. Will the Duke be able to love again? Can she make him see that friendship can sometimes turn into love?
Readers who have enjoyed the inspirational, clean, and heartfelt stories of authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Dickens may enjoy this great story about one of the most important things in life - love
If you love Regency, inspirational-romance stories that are clean and wholesome and often include dukes, earls, barons, marquesses, lords and ladies, you will enjoy this book.
*This is a historical Regency romance novel of about 30,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a sweet happily ever after.
★★★★★ Must read
Loved it. Historical romance. Beatrice and Lord Arthur. Beatrice always thought she would marry Arthur after becoming friends as children until she reads he married.
★★★★★ Great Read!
Beatrice the daughter of a wealthy merchant was a head strong girl who hated all the girly things she was supposed to do and then she met her next door neighbor Arthur who will be a Duke one day. They became great friends until one day he married another and at sixteen Beatrice was heartbroken but she decided that even though she loved him and wanted a future by his side he may not have ever felt that way about her.