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The Winter Companion

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"Fans of the 'Parish Orphans of Devon' series will adore this final installment, reuniting the orphans and their loves." -Library Journal, STARRED review
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She Needed to be Seen...

As a lady's companion, Clara Hartwright never receives much attention from anyone. And that's precisely how she likes it. With a stormy past, and an unconventional plan for her future, it's far safer to remain invisible. But when her new employer is invited to a month-long holiday at a remote coastal abbey, Clara discovers that she may not be as invisible as she'd hoped. At least, not as far as one gentleman is concerned.

He Wanted to be Heard...

Neville Cross has always been more comfortable with animals than people. An accident in his youth has left him with a brain injury that affects his speech. Forming the words to speak to his childhood friends is difficult enough. Finding the right things to say to a lovely young lady's companion seems downright impossible. But Miss Hartwright is no ordinary companion. In fact, there may not be anything ordinary about her at all.

During a bleak Devon winter, two sensitive souls forge an unexpected friendship. But when Clara needs him most, will Neville find the courage to face his fears? Or is saying goodbye to her the most heroic thing he can do?

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    • Library Journal

      February 7, 2020

      Clara Hartwright is a paid lady's companion who secretly studies natural science vicariously through her brother, who attends Cambridge. Neville Cross, who has a speech impediment from a head injury in his youth, avoids people at all costs, caring for horses on his friend's estate. Drawn together by an injured Dartmoor Pony during a holiday gathering, the pair see in each other what everyone else has dismissed. When a family emergency forces Clara to depart for Cambridge unexpectedly, Neville must decide whether to leave the safety of home to protect the woman he loves and bravely face the world that often unfairly correlates his slow speech with a slow mind. VERDICT Fans of the "Parish Orphans of Devon" series will adore this final installment, reuniting the orphans and their loves. Matthews (A Convenient Fiction) sensitively portrays a neuroatypical protagonist facing ingrained prejudices, even from friends, and how such preconceptions limits a person's potential.--Eve Stano, Ball State Univ. Muncie, IN

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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