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Discover the beauty of second chances at love and life in this heartfelt new novel from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh

The Dowager Countess of Stratton Clarissa Ware ne Greenfield has just presented her younger daughter to the ton and the rest of her life belongs only to herself She returns to Ravenswood intending to spend the summer alone there

But the summer has other plans for her

Born a gentleman Matthew Taylor has chosen to spend his life as the village carpenter Growing up he and Clarissa were closedangerously so considering his familys modest fortune As a young man he never would have been a suitable match for the daughter of the wealthy Greenfields Clarissa married Caleb Ware the Earl of Stratton so Matthew married another though he was widowed soon after

Now everything is differentClarissa has already lived the life expected of her by society And Matthew is as attractive and intriguing as he was when they were young As their summer friendship deepens into romance they stand together on the precipice of changeessentially the same man and woman they remember being back then but with renewed passion and the potential to take their lives in an entirely new direction