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Louise Allen has been immersing herself in history, real and fictional, for as long as she can remember, and finds landscapes and places evoke powerful images of the past. Louise lives in Bedfordshire, and works as a property manager, but spends as much time as possible with her husband at the cottage they are renovating on the north Norfolk coast, or travelling abroad. Venice, Burgundy and the Greek islands are favourite atmospheric destinations. Please visit Louise’s website—www.louiseallenregency.co.uk—for the latest news!

Dear Reader,

In the course of their courtship Ashe Reynard informed Belinda Felsham (The Outrageous Lady Felsham) that she should stop matchmaking for her bluestocking cousin Elinor because what Elinor needed was an intellectual, someone who could match her intelligence.

The problem was, where could Elinor, firmly on the shelf, find such a man? One who would see past the drab gowns and meek studiousness to the warm, loving, adventurous woman inside? Especially when she was convinced she did not want a man at all.

And then there was Theo Ravenhurst, in disgrace and, so his mother kept insisting, off on the Grand Tour. Only I had my suspicions that Theo was not pursuing a blameless course around the cultural sights of Europe but was up to something altogether less conventional. What would happen if these two cousins met, I wondered?

I hope you enjoy finding out and, if you have read the first three Ravenhurst novels, meeting again Eva and Sebastian, young Freddie and the indomitable Lady James.

Coming next will be The Notorious Mr Hurst. Lady Maude Templeton, having escaped marriage to Ravenhurst cousin Gareth Morant (The Shocking Lord Standon) has already fallen for the entirely inappropriate attractions of theatre owner Eden Hurst. She knows what she wants, and is not used to being thwarted, but this time it looks as though everyone, from Society to the gentleman himself, is set on her not getting her heart’s desire.