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Name: How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days
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SKU: 9780008696757
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By Sophie Irwin

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Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me – Taylor Jenkins Reid I simply couldn't put this book down. Joyous, hilarious and full of sparkling enemies-to-lovers tension, it has everything you could want in a regency romcom – Beth O’Leary,... Read More

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‘Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me’ Taylor Jenkins Reid

A hilarious new historical romantic comedy for 2025 from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me – Taylor Jenkins Reid

I simply couldn't put this book down. Joyous, hilarious and full of sparkling enemies-to-lovers tension, it has everything you could want in a regency romcom – Beth O’Leary, The Flat Share

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a delicious new romance…

He wants a wife. She wants to be jilted. This. Is. War.

Rich, handsome and titled Lord Ashford has every lady in England longing for his hand in marriage.

Everyone, that is, except Miss Lydia Hanworth – the only young woman Ashford wishes to marry.

Pressured into accepting Ashford’s proposal, the announcement must be kept secret for ten days. Can Lydia free herself from her obligations before the engagement is publicly announced, without ruining her reputation? You can achieve an awful lot in ten days, after all…

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ISBN: 9780008696757

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Sophie Irwin grew up in Dorset before moving to south London. She spent several years working as an assistant editor before going freelance. Sophie has spent years immersed in studying historical fiction, from a dissertation on how Georgette Heyer helped win World War Two, to time spent in dusty stacks and old tomes losing herself in Regency London researching this book. A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting was Sophie's debut novel and sold in twenty territories worldwide. Twitter @SophieHIrwin Instagram.com/sophie.irwin

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Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me. — Taylor Jenkins Reid A delicious Regency romp for fans of Bridgerton. — Red A lifetime of duty Widowed at just seven-and-twenty from her marriage of convenience, Eliza, now Countess of Somerset, is bequeathed a fortune, hers to keep — provided she can steer clear of...

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A new authorised novel from Georgette Heyer, the original Queen of Regency Romance - written by Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin. Henrietta is an absolute balm for the soul' Sarra Manning 'It has brought me so much happiness' Cressida McLaughlin Henrietta has secretly loved Arthur, Lord Allerton, since childhood. He is the only man who is interested in her...

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