![]() She has written many letters to him and mailed them thinking they would end up somewhere in a black hole. Her story is she met him in Bath, they fell in love and he headed to war. She named him Captain MacKenzie from Scotland. So, as a young lady of fifteen vacationing in Bath, she decided to make up a suitor. She has never learned to dance and eschews social events. REVIEW: Miss Madeline Gracechurch has always been a shy, retiring girl who would prefer to sketch anything and everything all day. ![]() ![]() He’s wounded, jaded, in possession of her letters… and ready to make good on every promise Maddie never expected to keep. ![]() The real Captain Logan MacKenzie arrives on her doorstep-handsome as anything, but not entirely honorable. Until years later, when this kilted Highland lover of her imaginings shows up in the flesh. Maddie poured her heart into writing the imaginary Captain MacKenzie letter after letter … and by pretending to be devastated when he was (not really) killed in battle, she managed to avoid the pressures of London society entirely. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart.Ī Scottish sweetheart. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. STORY: On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. ![]()
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