Read a Regency Romance: The Divided Heart by Peggy Lovelace Ellis #Regency #Books
The sprite wants the spy. Will she get him? Marie faces this situation in Peggy Lovelace Ellis’s new Regency novel.
Peggy, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Divided Heart.
In 1774, three ten-year-old girls living in Somerset, England, made a decision which had a far-reaching effect on their lives. They declared that, when they grew up, they would each have a daughter and give her all three of their names but in different orders. They would be best friends just as their mothers were. Rebecca Marie Louise Black and Louise Rebecca Marie Tracy meet in an orphanage in Hampshire, England, in the year 1800. Because of the similarity of names, they vow to be best friends forever, as only six-year-olds can. This friendship continues until, in 1812 at the age of 18, they leave the orphanage to pursue life in London with a chaperone. Both Rebecca and Louise believe there is a third girl who shares their names. This is the basis of my Heart Series, written over a five-year period, and being published in 2023.
The Divided Heart by Peggy Lovelace Ellis
Genre: Traditional Regency
Book heat level: G
Marie Louise Rebecca Haverford is the pampered only child of Sir Julian and Lady Becca, with whom she has a loving, fun-filled relationship. Although she presents the expected frivolous demeanor to society, she is, in fact, quite intelligent as her father learns when she interferes with his work at Whitehall.
Soon after their arrival in London for her second Season, Marie meets John, Viscount Beaufort, a Whitehall associate of Sir Julian. Lady Becca warns her that Beaufort is immune to young misses, but Marie vows to change all that.
Marie’s shifts between maturity and immaturity confuse Beaufort, yet he admires her grasp on life. He resists Marie’s blandishments, partially because he distrusts frivolous females, but also because theft of funds meant for the military in Spain occupies his attention.
Marie is accustomed to getting what she wants, so why does Beaufort not succumb to her blandishments? After all, she is beautiful and wealthy. She never offends by exhibiting any intelligence. As expected by society, she flirts deliciously, pouts adorably, and dazzles every male within view. Every male, that is, except the one she desires. Must she place her life in danger to win Beaufort’s attention? She will do even that to win her heart’s desire.
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Where to buy The Divided Heart
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Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Heart-Three-Maries-Story-ebook/dp/B0CDN5K4N9
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143906227?ean=9798988176114
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This year, Peggy Lovelace Ellis celebrates fifty-one years as a writer and freelance editor. She continues both professions. She has published in many nationally-distributed magazines, had a regular column in the RPG Digest, ezine and print, for 15 years, and published in the Grace Publishing Company “Divine Moments” series, Merry Christmas Moments (2017), Christmas Stories (2020), and Broken Moments (2021). For four years, she produced and edited a 15-page monthly periodical for local readership. She compiled and edited three anthologies for her writers’ group: Challenges on the Home Front World War II (Chapel Hill Press, 2004; Second Edition, 2020), Lest the Colors Fade (Righter Books, 2008), and A Beautiful Life and Other Stories (Righter Books, 2010). Each contains her short fiction, memoirs, and research. She also published a book of her own short stories, Silver Shadows, Stories of Life in a Small Town (2021). These characters will be secondary characters in a doppelgänger suspense, publication expected in early 2024. Her current release, The Divided Heart, is the thoroughly-researched, traditional Regency, third book of a three-volume series set in England in 1812. The first volume, The Uncertain Heart, released in February 2023. The Merry Heart released in June 2023. All her books are available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Website https://www.peggyellis.com
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/stores/Peggy-Ellis/author/B0848V4VB9
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-lovelace-ellis-972b42178/
