A Lady's Fortune

<h2><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>The BRAND NEW Regency Romance from Sunday Times Bestseller Jane Dunn.</span></h2><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Gives all the immersive pleasure of Georgette Heyer's brilliantly confected Regency novels in a sublime alternative world of joy. Bridgerton look out!' <em>Melanie Reid The Times</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>In Regency England twenty-seven-year-old Leonora Appleby is considered by many - herself included - to be beyond her most eligible marrying years. With her childhood home Hasterleigh Manor soon to be taken over by the heir to the land George Lockwood Leonora has happily resigned herself to a quiet life as a country Miss.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>But life has a way of springing surprises and the return of the brooding war hero Earl Rokeby presumed dead on the French battlefields to the magnificent neighbouring Rokeby Abbey has the village atwitter with speculation. Earl Rokeby has returned scarred in mind and body with news for Leonora's best friend Charlotte Blythe - news that will change everything.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Now Charlotte and Leonora must travel to Town for the Season and take their futures and fate into their own hands in the whirl of balls parties and gossip. But will either of them return to Hasterleigh with a husband and a fortune and what other secrets does the devastatingly dashing Alistair Rokeby have up his silken sleeves...</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Dunn brings the Regency period irresistibly to life. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen Janice Hadlow Gill Hornby and anyone with a Bridgerton-shaped hole in their lives.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Readers love Jane Dunn:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'The story was </span><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>brilliant captivating exciting</strong><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>.... and at times I held my breath ~ there was romance revelations and drama within. This was a super read which I WILL recommend to all of my book loving friends.'</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>I could not put this down</strong><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)> and finished it in the small hours! All the characters are so well-drawn and lovable and the feel for the Regency so evocative I was immediately drawn into a wonderful story of family and friendship loss and longing - and love across the social classes.'</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'The plot is terrific and Jane Dunn's elegant writing evokes the period brilliantly. </span><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>The pages flew by</strong><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>. I can't wait for the next one.'</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Praise for Jane Dunn:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Brilliant sparkling and very clever.' </span><em style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Elizabeth Buchan</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Outstanding perceptive and delightfully readable.' </span><em style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Sunday Times Books of the Year</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Jane Dunn has written a splendid piece of popular history with the ready-pen of a highly skilled writer endowed with remarkable insight.' </span><em style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Roy Strong Daily Mail</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Jane Dunn is one of our best biographers.' </span><em style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Miranda Seymour Sunday Times</em></p>