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An Artful Decision (The Art of Love Book 5)

An Artful Decision (The Art of Love Book 5)

Lady Guinevere Nowlton, known as Gwinnie, possesses a talent for the violin and a heart dedicated to helping women from the stews of London. Though the daughter of a duke, at eight-and-twenty, she considers herself on the shelf. She doesn’t think any man in society wants a large-boned woman for a wife who stands eye-to-eye, if not taller than her husband! She long ago tucked away dreams of love as she focused on concerts and her charity work at Mrs. Southerlands' House for Unfortunate Women.

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Lady Guinevere Nowlton, known as Gwinnie, possesses a talent for the violin and a heart dedicated to helping women from the stews of London. Though the daughter of a duke, at eight-and-twenty, she considers herself on the shelf. She doesn’t think any man in society wants a large-boned woman for a wife who stands eye-to-eye, if not taller than her husband! She long ago tucked away dreams of love as she focused on concerts and her charity work at Mrs. Southerlands’ House for Unfortunate Women.

Concealing her noble heritage behind the name Sarah Knolls, Gwinnie enjoys the freedom to cross class lines and befriend many people, including Mr. Lewis Martin, a Bow Street agent.

But when she stumbles upon the lifeless body of Mrs. Southerlands, the lines between her worlds blur. Who would want to harm Mrs. Southerland?

Gwinnie and Mr. Martin delve into Mrs. Southerland’s life to uncover the motive behind her murder. The mystery draws them into a web of secrets and intrigue. As they race to unravel the murder, an undeniable attraction blossoms between them, and though they fight against it, their desires become near impossible to ignore.
Can a duke’s daughter and a Bow Street agent defy society’s constraints and find a way to happiness amidst the shadow of a murder investigation?

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Author: Holly Newman
Genres: Historical Romance, Regency
Tag: New Books
ASIN: B0CLL1W6F6
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Holly Newman

Holly Newman is a pseudonym for Holly Thompson. She lives in Florida seven miles from the Gulf Coast with Ken and their six cats. Holly decided to be a writer when she was in the fifth grade and filled notebooks with stories—until a mean-spirited high school teacher told her she had no talent for writing. Crushed, for several years she stopped writing, but the writing bug didn’t go away. Her first book won first place in the University of Texas at Dallas fiction writing competition and was first runner-up for the Rita award from Romance Writers of America.

Holly’s interest in the Regency period came while in high school and she volunteered to re-shelve returned books at the community library. Every week there were Georgette Heyer novels to be shelved. Curious, she checked one out and became immersed in the world of the regency.

Fast forward ten years. When attending Science Fiction Conventions she met people who read science fiction; but also enjoyed the works of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, just as she did. They liked these books so much that they wore regency costumes at the science fiction convention. They even had regency era dancing on the convention program. These Science Fiction readers and writers knew a lot about the regency era. Intrigued, Holly did research on the era and quickly went from being a casual regency reader to a regency history buff. After that, with encouragement from science fiction authors, it was just a small step to writing regencies.

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