The Lost Letter: A Victorian Romance

· Perfectly Proper Press
4.7
67 reviews
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"[A] gripping, emotional Victorian romance...Historical romance fans should snap this one up." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED review


A Proud Beauty

When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, society beauty Sylvia Stafford 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.


A Scarred Beast

Colonel 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 Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion.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.


A Second Chance

A 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?

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4.7
67 reviews
Simi Thomas
June 11, 2024
Adorably admirable and ardently affecting story of unwavering affection concealed in the heart for a long time until a keepsake is unfolded to forever bind them together!
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l l
June 5, 2022
a jewelbox of a book, exquisitely written with beautifully crafted characters that elevate the trope of an impoverished and orphaned young gentlewoman, forced into employment as a governess after the suicide of her gambling debt ridden father and the scarred, traumatised soldier who she lost her heart to before her father killed himself leaving her penniless, shunned, amd totally alone. it is clear the author loves history, her intelligent and compassionate heroines, and the flawed but honourable heroes who desperately love the lady and rise up to the well written challenges of love. reader, enjoy!
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jevonia fortuin
April 22, 2023
great read, finished it in two sittings. it's been a while since I read a piece whereby I felt the need to go back to the climax several times over. thanx mimi.
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About the author

USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning Victorian romances. Her novels have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library JournalBooklistKirkus, and Shelf Awareness, and her articles have been featured on the Victorian Web, the Journal of Victorian Culture, and in syndication at BUST Magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes a retired Andalusian dressage horse, a Sheltie, and two Siamese cats.

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