TY - BOOK AU - Irwin, Sophie, TI - A lady's guide to scandal SN - 9780008519582 PY - 2023///. CY - London : PB - HarperCollins Publishers, KW - Widows KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Upper class KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - London (England) KW - Bath (England) KW - Historical fiction KW - Romance fiction N2 - A lifetime of duty Widowed at just seven-and-twenty from her marriage of convenience, Eliza, now Countess of Somerset, is bequeathed a fortune, hers to keep - provided she can steer clear of scandal. The promise of love The last thing she expects is to be torn between two very different men - a face from the past, whose loss she's always mourned, and a roguish poet, who scorns convention. A taste of freedom But a lady's reputation is fragile and with jealous eyes on Eliza's fortune, it will only take one whisper of gossip for her to lose it all... ER -