The muse of Maiden Lane /
Matthews, Mimi,
The muse of Maiden Lane / - Center Point Large Print edition. - 501 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - Belles of London ; [4] . - Matthews, Mimi. Belles of London ; 4. .
Regular print version previously published by: Berkley. Includes discussion questions and author's note with background information.
"Stella Hobhouse is a brilliant rider, stalwart friend, skilled sketch artist and completely overlooked. Her outmodish gray hair makes her invisible to London society. Combined with her brother's pious restrictions and her dwindling inheritance, Stella is on the verge of a lifetime marooned in Derbyshire as a spinster. Unless she does something drastic . . . like posing for a daring new style of portrait by the only man who's ever really seen her. Aspiring painter Edward "Teddy" Hayes knows true beauty when he sees it. He would never ask Stella to risk her reputation as an artist's model but in the five years since a virulent bout of scarlet fever left him partially paralyzed, Teddy has learned to heed good fortune when he finds it. He'll do anything to persuade his muse to pose for him, even if he must offer her a marriage of convenience. After all, though Teddy has yearned to trace Stella's luminous beauty on canvas since their chance meeting, her heart is what he truly aches to capture . . ."--
9798891643918
2024944856
Horsemen and horsewomen--Fiction.
Painters--Fiction.
Men with disabilities--Fiction.
Artists' models--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Large type books.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
PS3613.A8493 / M87 2025d
813/.6
The muse of Maiden Lane / - Center Point Large Print edition. - 501 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - Belles of London ; [4] . - Matthews, Mimi. Belles of London ; 4. .
Regular print version previously published by: Berkley. Includes discussion questions and author's note with background information.
"Stella Hobhouse is a brilliant rider, stalwart friend, skilled sketch artist and completely overlooked. Her outmodish gray hair makes her invisible to London society. Combined with her brother's pious restrictions and her dwindling inheritance, Stella is on the verge of a lifetime marooned in Derbyshire as a spinster. Unless she does something drastic . . . like posing for a daring new style of portrait by the only man who's ever really seen her. Aspiring painter Edward "Teddy" Hayes knows true beauty when he sees it. He would never ask Stella to risk her reputation as an artist's model but in the five years since a virulent bout of scarlet fever left him partially paralyzed, Teddy has learned to heed good fortune when he finds it. He'll do anything to persuade his muse to pose for him, even if he must offer her a marriage of convenience. After all, though Teddy has yearned to trace Stella's luminous beauty on canvas since their chance meeting, her heart is what he truly aches to capture . . ."--
9798891643918
2024944856
Horsemen and horsewomen--Fiction.
Painters--Fiction.
Men with disabilities--Fiction.
Artists' models--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Large type books.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
PS3613.A8493 / M87 2025d
813/.6