Breach Of Promise - Tapa dura

Chipping Campden is abuzz with gossip when the local honey merchant, Miss Susan Fairford, leases her former home to a mysterious young gentleman. Miss Fairford went from belle to beekeeper after her marriage to a cad who absconded - after just one day - with her pride, her fortune, and her faith in men... Her new tenant, Philip Stone, was similarly bereft when he caught his fiancee in an act of betrayal - on the very morning of their wedding! Philip's angry flight brings him to Fairford Manor, where he is captivated by his landlady's wit and beauty - despite his resolution to steer clear of all tempting females.

Fairchild, winner of the Romantic Times Best Regency Novel Award. She has a degree in advertising from North Texas State Uniersity, she worked ten years in advertising before turning to writing full-time.