Book 3, the final book of my trilogy The Heart of Bath, has been published today by Dragonblade.

I’m very happy with the gorgeous cover, designed by Dar Albert of Dragonblade Publishing. You can see Marianne wearing a beautiful new dress that her aunt, Lady Barrington, has just had made for her, with Edmund standing behind her in the Pump Room in Bath.

Marianne is a young widow whose husband was killed at Waterloo and Edmund is the rather spoilt and entitled heir to the Templeton fortune. Both Edmund and Marianne are under pressure from friends and family to marry, but neither wants to. Marianne, because her heart has been broken with the loss she has suffered, and Edmund, because he is having far too good a time to want to be tied down with responsibilities.

Their determination that they NEVER want to get married leads to a friendship between them. When they visit the Pump Room, they chat and discuss how convenient it would be if other people thought they were an ‘item’. Their friends and family would then stop pressuring them to look for suitable partners.

What could possibly go wrong with this plan? Quite a lot, actually! Especially once Marianne and Edmund start to fall for each other.

As with most romances, I think we all know how this tale is going to end. But it’s how Marianne and Edmund get there that’s interesting…

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