A Lady's Rules for Seaside Romance

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He's always loved her. A seaside holiday provides his chance.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anne Winthrop the Dowager Marchioness of Litchfield is a widow out of mourning. At her daughter's encouragement Anne decides their Brighton holiday will make for a good place to test the waters of romance. Though she knows firsthand how marriage puts women at risk it </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>would</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> be fun to dance again. And a seaside romance does promise to be perfectly fleeting.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Victor McNab's life is exactly how he wants it. His pub The Harp & Thistle is thriving. His brothers are happily married. After the three of them grew up as orphans on the streets of Whitechapel Victor is satisfied with how their lives have turned out. Unfortunately his unwanted destiny looms. Victor learns his grandfather the Duke of Invermark is dying. And Victor who wants nothing to do with the ton is next in line.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Horrified by the news Victor confides in his closest friend Anne. She encourages him to join his brothers in Brighton where she will help him reenter the ton. Victor witnesses the attention beautiful Anne attracts and becomes unraveled by a revelation: he wants her for himself. But as someone who has never before desired romance in any form Victor must uncover what this means or he risks ruining the most important friendship of his life.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Love and friendship may go hand in hand. But they can also crash and burn together.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Tropes/Themes:</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Friends to Lovers</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Virgin Hero</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Brooding Hero</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Masked Hero</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Widow Single Parent</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Sworn Off Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Seaside Romance</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Pining</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Forced Proximity</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The Harp & Thistle</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 1 - A Lady's Guide to Scoundrels & Gentlemen</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 2 - A Scoundrel's Guide to Heists & Hearts</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 3 - A Lady's Rules for Seaside Romance</span></p>