![]() ![]() Matthews brings the Victorian era to vivid life with meticulously researched details and an impossible romance made believable and memorable. Despite feeling an intense mutual attraction, Evelyn and Ahmad are focused on their goals and, of course, in this era, a romance between a woman of the gentry and a mixed-race tradesman is inconceivable. As for Evelyn, soon after the death of Prince Albert she is swept into the world of spiritualism by a sponsor who believes she attracts spirits. Orphaned as an infant, apprenticed to a tailor, and at 15 sent to England where he worked as a bully boy in a brothel, he is now a gorgeous, raven-haired tailor and designer with an innovative and elegant sense of style and on the verge of owning his own business. Ahmad Malik sees great possibilities in designing for Evelyn. ![]() To stir up matrimonial interest, she intends to commission a beautifully tailored riding outfit. Evelyn Maltravers needs to secure her family’s future in the wake of her disgraced sister’s disastrous season. ![]()
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