From the author of Mills & Swoon comes another quartet of irresistible tales - brief enough for a coffee, deep enough to linger all day.
Each collection is paired with a poem - a literary encore in true Mills & Swoon fashion, by her Eminence The Marchioness of Dorchester with sharp and shocking rhymes of the heart.
The Marchioness of Dorchester (fl. 1660-1675) is the poetic alter ego of British author and artist Sarnia de la Maré FRSA. Conceived as a 17th-century noblewoman, salon hostess, and secret writer of romantic verse, the Marchioness represents the lost female voices of the Restoration - women whose passion and wit were confined to candlelight and secrecy.
Her works, rediscovered and re-imagined for the Mills & Swoon series, blend courtly elegance with modern irony, speaking across centuries of silk, scandal, and unrepentant desire.