Half-Indian Ahmad Malik happens to be the very tailor whose designs are sported by the Pretty Horsebreakers, and the notion of designing Evelyn’s wardrobe for an entire Season is a challenge that’s too tempting to resist. Doyle’s millinery shop looking for someone who can rival even the Pretty Horsebreakers – a team of former courtesans who have become the talk of Rotten Row with their outfits and daring moves on horseback – and falls to her destiny. Figuring that her riding skills and her love of fashion are her truest interests and believing both will land her a mate, she enters Mr. Evelyn, you see, is in want of a husband – the family estate has tumbled into bankruptcy and she struggles to enter into society in order to save her sister’s future from further ruin.
Not just any tailor, but the sort of person who can make her an outstanding, eye-catching riding habit – something that will bring her to the notice of every fellow in the vicinity as she shows off her formidable equestrian skills. The strong-willed, plain spoken country girl Miss Evelyn Maltravers is looking for a tailor. The beautiful romance and wonderfully drawn characters at play here effortlessly make this my favorite Matthews yet. Mimi Matthews tops herself with the first novel in what appears to be a fresh and brilliant new series with The Siren of Sussex, the tale of an independent horsewoman and the tailor who vows to make her the most talked about equestrienne in all of England – both of whom suddenly discover love in the most unexpected of places.
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