The Elopement

Tracy Rees''s latest novel The Elopement is an elaborately imagined historical novel full of delight and temptation, spanning the luxury and poverty of late Victorian England.

A wealthy heiress . . .
1897. Rowena Blythe is wealthy, entitled and beautiful. As her twenty-fourth birthday approaches, sheâs expected to marry â" and to marry well.

An unsuitable match . . .
Her parents commission a portrait of Rowena to help cement her reputation as a great society beauty. However, Bartek, the artistâs young assistant, is unlike any man Rowena has met before â" wild, romantic and Bohemian. While society at large awaits the announcement of Rowenaâs engagement, it is Bartek who captures Rowenaâs heart along with her likeness.

A scandal in society . . .
Rowena knows her parents would never approve of Bartek, who in their eyes is nothing but a penniless foreigner. As her feelings grow, she has no-one to turn to. Dare she risk everything for love?

Praise for Tracy Rees:
âa natural storyteller . . .â â" Rachel Hore
âTracy has a rare gift for creating characters you are rooting for from the first pageâ â" Gill Paul
âhas such a talent for writing engaging characters who stay with youâ â" Hazel Gaynor
âTracy Rees is at the height of her gameâ â" Rebecca Griffiths