title: The Halved Soul: Retelling the Myths of Romantic Love
author:  Judith Pintar 
description: An ingenious critical re-evaluation of the myths of romantic love, offering both men and women new perspectives on love and relationships.
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  A Woman Scorned  
  After a being devastated when her engagement was broken two years before, Lady
  Madeline Reynolds has tried to hide, but the scandal of her former fiancé’s
  deceits still hangs over her head. When her aunt asks Maddie to come and
  attend to her in the country during the last months of a difficult
  confinement, Madeline jumps at the chance to leave gossipy London and avoid
  another humiliating Season. But a chance meeting with a man unlike any she’s
  ever known makes Madeline dare to believe in the possibility of love… but only
  if she can become someone else.  
  
  
    
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  Chapter One  
  1823  
  In the sparkling social sphere of the ton, some girls had been born to play
  piano for everyone else’s pleasure. To stand to the side of the dance floor
  and watch while others spun around, laughing flirtatiously. To observe the
  faces of gentlemen fall, ever so slightly, when they were assigned as