The Beauties

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 372 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: An incomparable beauty. A promise to a king. A portrait that can never be completed.When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husbands lands and title are confiscated, her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes: King Charles II himself.But the kings favour comes at a price. He will pardon Emilias husband only if she agrees to be his mistress. Torn, Emilia comes up with a condition of her own: she will consent, but not until her portrait hangs among the famed Windsor Beauties, a series commissioned by the Duchess of York to showcase the fairest women in the royal retinue.For Henry Greenhill, ambitious assistant to the court painter, the opportunity to paint Emilias portrait is a chance to step out of his masters shadow. But his sitter proves as evasive as she is beautiful, and with barely a sketch to show for his efforts, Henrys career is on the line.As the kings patience wears thin, its clear that more than creative talent will be needed to capture this incomparable beauty on canvas ...From the bestselling author of The Lace Weavercomes this seductive story of rivalry, artistic passion and a woman bold enough to wield her beauty as a weapon.

ISBN: 9781760850241