Talk Sweetly to Me

the long version

Nobody knows who Miss Rose Sweetly is, and she prefers it that way. Shes a shy, mathematically-minded shopkeepers daughter who dreams of the stars. Women like her only ever come to attention through scandal. Shell take obscurity, thank you very much.All of England knows who Stephen Shaughnessy is. Hes an infamous advice columnist and a known rake. When he moves into the house next door to Rose, she discovers that hes also wickedly funny, devilishly flirtatious, and heart-stoppingly handsome. But