Beautiful Things: Deluxe Limited Edition - by Emily Rath (Paperback)

Product Description

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION FIRST PRINTING featuring stenciled edges,
designed chapter headers, full color inside covers, and front cover soft touch
with spot gloss—while supplies last!
Crashing a country house party in Regency England, an intrepid young woman
is drawn into the orbit of three delicious gentlemen in this slow burn, very
sexy, definitely-not-your-mother’s historical romance from internationally
bestselling author Emily Rath.
KENSINGTON JULY 2025
At twenty-two, Rosalie Harrow is unmarried and near destitute. She has two choices:
snag a wealthy gentleman, or take work as a governess. Neither option appeals to
headstrong Rosalie, who sees both futures as a kind of cage.
When Rosalie receives an invitation to Alcott Hall, she believes she’s there to meet the
Dowager Duchess of Norland, the mysterious childhood friend of her late mother.
Instead, Rosalie is thrust in the middle of a house party of eligible high society ladies
all desperate to win the hand of the new, conveniently single duke. Hilarity ensues as
Rosalie dodges the attentions of the officious duke, and weathers the censure of the
other guests, all while trying to unravel the mystery of her invitation.
And then there’s the gentlemen…
The more Rosalie tries to avoid the high society husband hunt, the more she finds
herself charmed by three very different men. There’s Lord James, the duke’s younger
brother, who is the secret duke in all but name. Lieutenant Renley, recently returned
from the West Indies, and begrudgingly looking for a wife of his own. And the
tempestuous Mr. Burke, who irks Rosalie to no end.
The clock ticks down the days to the Michaelmas ball, when the duke is set to
announce his bride. Marriage is a trap and Rosalie will not be easily snared…but that
doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy the chase while it lasts.

Product Highlights

• DELUXE LIMITED EDITION PAPERBACK including stenciled edges, 4-color
• character art insert, inside cover printing, designed chapter headers, and bonus
• content (exclusive playlist). Stenciled edges will be dropped on subsequent
• printings.
• FOR FANS OF sexy, boundary-pushing historical romances from authors like Cat
• Sebastian, Olivia Waite, and Alexis Hall; Regency romances by Sarah MacLean,
• Lisa Kleypas and Eloisa James; as well as authors of spicy Regency romances
• such as Sylvia Day, Sharon Page, and Kate Pearce.
• TABOOS & TROPES: Beautiful Things is a slow-burn, “why choose” romance
• told from multiple POVs. Other tropes include the country house party and forced
• proximity.
• LGBTQ REP: As a queer author, Emily Rath includes LGBTQ representation in all
• of her series and the Second Sons Trilogy is no exception.
• SECOND SONS TRILOGY ROLLOUT: Originally independently published in
• 2022, the Second Sons is a 3-book series that Kensington is repackaging and
• releasing to a wider audience in April 2025, November 2025, and May 2026.
• INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING BOOKTOK AUTHOR: Emily Rath is an
• internationally bestselling author with a ton of momentum on Tiktok. As of
• December 2024, she has more than 108.6k followers on the platform and more
• than 2 million likes, with an additional 50k followers on Instagram.
• “WHY CHOOSE” ROMANCE GOES REGENCY: A rising trend in contemporary
• romances, “Why Choose” in historical romances are few and far between. This
• series appeals to readers who seek out this trope as well as readers who enjoy a
• high level of spice.
• MASSIVE SALES POTENTIAL: Acquiring independently published novels that
• have built viral momentum on Tiktok has become an enormously successful
• model for traditional publishers and Kensington is no exception. Kensington’s
• USA Today bestselling edition of PUCKING AROUND (1/23/2024) has sold more
• than 180k print copies as of December 2024 and PUCKING SWEET has sold over
• 115k copies in its first 3 months on sale and was an Instant New York Times
• Bestseller!
• EASTER EGGS: Emily layers in Easter eggs everywhere across all her novels, so
• fans of her Jacksonville Rays books will catch references in her Second Sons
• novels.
• VERY VERY SPICY: The heat level in this book is off the charts!
• BONUS CONTENT INCLUDED: Kensington’s edition of this book includes an
• exclusive new playlist.
• CLIFFHANGER ENDING: This novel ends in a cliffhanger so readers will need to
• continue reading the series. This series is not to be read as standalones.
• KENSINGTON IS IN THE EMILY RATH BUSINESS: In addition to the Second
• Sons series, Kensington is publishing Rath’s Jacksonville Rays Hockey romances
• and her fantasy duology, the Tuonela Duet.