Where Your Treasure Is

by M. C. Bunn

Overview

Winifred de la Coeur was not a traditional beauty, but she was one of a kind.

Winifred is a feisty, independent-minded heiress who bridles against the strict rules and conventions of Victorian London society. When she gets caught up in the chaos of a bungled bank robbery, she is thrust unwillingly into an encounter with Court Furor, a reluctant getaway driver and prizefighter.

Winifred and Court are two misfits in their own circumscribed worlds-the fashionable beau monde with its rigorously upheld rules, and the gritty demimonde, where survival often means life-or-death choices.

Despite their conflicting backgrounds, they fall desperately in love while acknowledging the impossibility of remaining together. Returning to their own worlds, they try to make peace with their lives until a moment of unrestrained honesty and defiance threatens to topple the deceptions they have carefully constructed to protect each other.

A story of the overlapping entanglements of Victorian London's social classes, the strength of family bonds and true friendship, and the power of love to heal a broken spirit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942209799
Publisher:	Bellastoria Press Llp
Publication date:	04/23/2021
Pages:	466
Sales rank:	1,061,424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.04(d)

Table of Contents

Part I

Chapter 1 A Spinster Reflects

Chapter 2 A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted

Chapter 3 To Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Chapter 4 Waiting, Games

Chapter 5 Does You Trust Me?

Chapter 6 Bottom and His Mistress Take Some Supper

Chapter 7 Cold Comfort

Chapter 8 A Day at the Races

Chapter 9 A Night at the Opera

Chapter 10 Hobson's Choice

Part II

Chapter 11 Night Thoughts

Chapter 12 My Kingdom for a Horse

Chapter 13 Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On

Chapter 14 Trout

Chapter 15 Worse and Worse

Chapter 16 Low Comedy

Chapter 17 The Ring

Chapter 18 Cut and Run

Part III

Chapter 19 Uncertain, but Resolved

Chapter 20 Wheels within Wheels

Chapter 21 Deus Ex Machina

Chapter 22 The Truth Will Out

Chapter 23 The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, O!

Chapter 24 Harvest

Editorial Reviews

2021-07-23
Bunn offers a historical romance about love in the midst of adversity.

It’s 1892, and Winifred de la Coeur is a London heiress with a strong will and an impressive fortune. She has more than enough wit to manage her affairs, but she languishes due to social conventions that limit her potential; people encourage her to get married for the sake of social advancement and define her value solely by her “virtue.” When criminals take her hostage in a bank robbery gone awry, she comes face to face with Court Furor, a rough, ribald man whose sincerity awakens within her a love she thought impossible—and one that traditional society would condemn. The pair soon surrender themselves to their attraction and are forever changed by a passionate night together. Winifred’s love awakens Court’s dormant sense of optimism, but emerging questions about her honor further limit her freedom—as does her agreement to marry George Broughton-Caruthers, who, though noble by birth, is dissolute in character. Later, Court returns to her life, seeking to protect her from danger that surrounds her, and they could both have to face the consequences of their forbidden love. Bunn’s thoroughly researched and brilliantly crafted novel is captivating from the first line (“Winifred de la Coeur was not a traditional beauty, but she was one of a kind”). The central love story is powerful enough to carry the work, but its subplots are equally compelling, featuring the struggles of other characters to sustain unconventional love amid societal scrutiny. One powerful example can be found in the narrative of Beryl Stuart, who’s forced into sex work to protect her lover, Rosie, but later finds a way to break the cycle of poverty and begin a new life. The story addresses issues of poverty, women’s rights, and homophobia directly, confronting hypocrisy and social stigma that can trap people in untenable circumstances. However, it also ultimately grants many of its characters the happy endings they so richly deserve, allowing love to prevail.

A compelling and rewarding story of hearts’ desires.

Kirkus Reviews