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Twice Shy by Sophia Holloway

18 June 2026 By Editor

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After her heartbreaking first Season, Elizabeth Ashling resolved to avoid London Society – and matrimony – completely.

However, family obligations mean that Elizabeth is thrust back into society where she faces an overzealous poet, a bitter rival and, most awkwardly, the man who jilted her three years before.

Sir Lucius Radstock, dry, dashing and as devoted to horses as Elizabeth herself, is a welcome diversion.

But as their acquaintance deepens, Elizabeth begins to suspect she may have judged too hastily.

Although surely her second Season cannot rival the misfortunes of the first…

Twice Shy by Sophia Holloway is published on 18 June.

There’s much more new historical fiction in Historia’s list of over 160 books coming out this year.

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