A white marriage is no match for dark desires. Sir Percival Hanbury is prepared to pay almost any price to regain his family’s ancestral seat. Yet the demand of its current owner, the Earl of Stanville, sets his teeth on edge. Wycombe Oaks can be his-if he agrees to marry the earl’s disgraced daughter. With memories of his first marriage still tormenting him, Percy never intended to marry again. But if he refuses, the castle will be razed. Lady Letitia’s beauty and fortune proved no match for scandal, costing her a fiancé and her reputation. The last thing she wants is to instead marry a boorish country squire, but the alternative is even worse. In spite of himself, Percy finds his resistance melting in the face of Letitia, an accomplished artist who takes deep interest in his family pile. Until all that’s left is sizzling desire. And while the broad-shouldered, handsome baronet far exceeds Letitia’s grim expectations, he’s a harder challenge than his half-ruined castle. But to trust a woman again, Percy must face dark secrets from the past…and learn to trust himself, as well. Warning: Contains English country gossip, vengeful plots, a brooding, tormented baronet, and a feisty lady who refuses to let anything break her spirit.
Delightful Regency Romance! Debt of Honor is a delightful Regency romance filled with the uneasiness and uncertainty of two strangers coerced into a marriage of convenience. For years, Sir Percival Hanbury has sought to regain his ancestral home. Enter the villainous Earl of Stanville who proposes to return Wycombe Oaks if Percy will marry his scandalous daughter. The reasons for the marriage initially cast a cloud of mistrust over the rushed, private ceremony. Yet both Percy and Letitia grudgingly admit how surprisingly…
A Most Convenient Marriage This story of a true marriage of convenience – she’s been ruined by malicious gossip, he wants his ancestral home back – is a wonderful tale of honor, duty, broken loyalties and past troubles that won’t let go. Much though I love a good falling-in-love tale, I equally enjoy stories about living with marriage and this book handles both very well.I liked Lettie. Her upbringing hasn’t been brilliant and her father is awful, she hasn’t been given any…