The Quiet Wife: A Speke Hall Scandal
About this audiobook
1867, Liverpool. Wife to an errant husband, the art patron Frederick Leyland, Frances is losing her sense of self. So when Frederick announces they are moving into the crumbling Speke Hall, she throws herself into the all-consuming task of renovating their once-magnificent new home.
But when one of Frederick’s protegés – the handsome, brooding American artist James Whistler – offers to help Frances decorate, she and the painter form an instant connection. And under the painter’s gaze, Frances begins to see that like the house, there is neglected splendour within her, too. Inspired by the possibilities the artist arouses in her, she begins to wonder if love might still be in the picture for her, after all...
Based on a true story, this is the heady, slow-burn tale of a woman reinventing herself, while embarking on a daring, forbidden love affair with James Whistler.
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All of Felicity York's novels can be read as standalones. If you love The Quiet Wife: A Speke Hall Scandal, read The Runaway Bride: A Lyme Park Scandal, and pre-order The Secret Sister: A Chatsworth House Scandal now!
About the author
Felicity York is the author of the Stately Scandals series, of which the first instalment – The Runaway Bride: A Lyme Park Scandal – has been translated into three languages. A further education consultant by day, she has also written nine MM Regency romance novels under the name Ruby Moone. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, whose blog she runs alongside two colleagues, and she was a founding member of the RNA’s Rainbow Chapter to increase diversity in the romance genre. She lives in Lancashire.
