Eleni Scheffal

The True Lady Eleni Scheffal

When a modern woman from the twenty-first century wakes up in a castle as a nineteenth-century governess named Sophie Horton, chaos is unleashed. The situation becomes even more complicated when an intense attraction develops between her and her employer, Edward Stanton, despite their efforts to fight it.

Trouble appears in the form of Miss Olivia Landon, a rich, beautiful, and well-educated young woman who desires to marry the equally rich, attractive, and mysterious Mr Stanton. A contest between Sophie Horton and Olivia Landon to determine which of the two women is "the true lady" ignites a battle that has only one winner: TRUE LOVE.

But is true love strong enough to destroy all the obstacles in its path? Or will Mr Stanton's darkest secrets crush any chances of happiness that he and Sophie Horton have?

"The author cleverly depicts Sophie's acclimation to a new world and tenderly portrays her blossoming attachments to both Edward and Alice. (...) Scheffäl conveys the tale from the first-person perspective of Sophie. The entire story is told in an informally friendly style, addressed to "my dear reader," which draws the audience close to the narrator's emotional experience.

A delightfully lighthearted love story, fablelike but intelligently conceived." - Kirkus Reviews