The Girl in the Blue Dress - Harlequin Romance Novel No. 1947 | Classic Love Story for Women | Perfect for Beach Reading & Book Club Discussions

4 1/2 Stars! ~ I've heard such lovely things about Mary Burchell's love stories and when I found this one in my TBR I thought this was a perfect time to enjoy a vintage Harlequin. This is a charming lovestory. Beverley is a young woman with a promising career as a dress designer and seamstress. When her father dies and her mother becomes ill, she moves back to the country. In taking on private work as a designer and seamstress she comes to work for a family in need of dresses for the eldest girl's wedding. Coincidence has it that the fiance is a man who purchased a painting that Beverley had once sat for as a teen. The story has many twists and turns that keep you reading on without stop. In vintage Harlequin style, the HEA brings a smile and a sigh :)The Girl in the Blue Dress by Mary Burchell~ Harlequin Romance #1947 ~ February 1976From the back cover....Can a man fall in love with a painting? The girl in the blue dress was in a portrait that Franklin Lowell had owned and admired for years.And when, at last, he met the original model for the picture, it seemed to be too late. Not only was she in love with the artist who had painted her, but Franklin himself was engaged to another woman.