The Spinster of Somerfield Square
(2025)(The second book in the Legacies of Fortune and Love series)
A novel by Eva Lyndale
She inherits a London townhouse with a scandal attached. He wants it erased from memory.
Eliza Merriweather, a capable governess long resigned to being overlooked, is stunned to inherit the Somerfield Square townhouse of Lady Delacourt, a retired courtesan whose name still sparks whispers. The will requires Eliza to live there for a season before deciding its fate, and the neighborhood makes it clear she is not welcome.
Viscount Nicholas Vale has his own reasons to loathe the house, his family once disgraced by Lady Delacourt’s past. When Eliza’s inheritance ruins his plan to destroy the place, Nicholas devises a different approach. As the aloof viscount, he watches from next door, but as ‘Mr. North,’ a quiet steward offering help, he steps inside and earns Eliza’s trust.
Eliza refuses to surrender. Instead, she begins transforming the townhouse into a reading salon and refuge for women, gathering a small household of widows, wallflowers, and loyal staff who have endured judgment for years.
But the more the house brightens, the more danger presses in, moral accusations, official pressure, and a neighbor determined to profit from ruin. Eliza and Nicholas must choose what matters more: reputation, or the brave new legacy they are building together.
A standalone Regency romance in the Legacies of Fortune and Love series.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Eliza Merriweather, a capable governess long resigned to being overlooked, is stunned to inherit the Somerfield Square townhouse of Lady Delacourt, a retired courtesan whose name still sparks whispers. The will requires Eliza to live there for a season before deciding its fate, and the neighborhood makes it clear she is not welcome.
Viscount Nicholas Vale has his own reasons to loathe the house, his family once disgraced by Lady Delacourt’s past. When Eliza’s inheritance ruins his plan to destroy the place, Nicholas devises a different approach. As the aloof viscount, he watches from next door, but as ‘Mr. North,’ a quiet steward offering help, he steps inside and earns Eliza’s trust.
Eliza refuses to surrender. Instead, she begins transforming the townhouse into a reading salon and refuge for women, gathering a small household of widows, wallflowers, and loyal staff who have endured judgment for years.
But the more the house brightens, the more danger presses in, moral accusations, official pressure, and a neighbor determined to profit from ruin. Eliza and Nicholas must choose what matters more: reputation, or the brave new legacy they are building together.
A standalone Regency romance in the Legacies of Fortune and Love series.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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