Under Separate Cover

di Maddie Piper (Autore)

Maddie Piper, 2026

She trusts the quiet shopman who listens to every word. She has no idea he is a viscount—or how much he has to hide. Miss Harriet Hensleigh would rather talk to a hedge than a gentleman. The hedge, at least, lets her finish. In the walled garden behind The Quill, Bath's most respectable circulating library, Harriet can forget the company that grows impatient with her stammer. She tends her plants, draws wildflowers, and secretly writes the gentlest replies in the town's anonymous advice sheet. Then the new shopman begins to listen. Mr. Wren has steel spectacles, earth beneath his fingernails, and a quiet delight in growing things. He never supplies the word she is searching for. He waits. And Harriet finds herself wanting to tell him everything. Unfortunately, almost everything he has told her about himself is a lie. Octavius Redmayne, Viscount Averill, has fled three broken engagements, an undeserved reputation as a rake, and his mother's plans for a fourth bride. Disguised as a shopman, he comes to Linley Row seeking the stranger who once wrote him the kindest letter of his life. He finds a garden—and a young woman whose company makes returning to his own life increasingly difficult. Then letters begin disappearing from the library's brass Lion's Mouth. The new employee who opens the shutters alone each morning is the obvious suspect. Harriet refuses to believe him guilty. With her stammer and all her courage, she puts her own good name behind his. But the name she is defending does not belong to him. To earn the trust Harriet has already given, Octavius must help uncover the thief and confess the deception that brought him to her door. He can face Bath knowing he has been working behind a shop counter. Facing Harriet when she learns the truth may be another matter. Under Separate Cover is Book Three of The Ladies of the Lion's Mouth series and a complete romance in its own right—a tender, witty story of hidden identity, botanical companionship, and the courage to let someone know you. A clean and wholesome Regency romance with a gentle mystery, kisses only, no explicit content, no profanity, and a happy ending guaranteed.

• Autore: Maddie Piper
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Maddie Piper
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237877410