A long-engaged couple is about to wed out of a sense of duty-but someone has other plans in a rollicking Regency by the New York Times-bestselling author.
Mary and the earl have been promised to each other for a decade-and after a long separation the time has finally come for them to go through with it, in spite of the fact that their ardor has cooled. Anything else would be dishonorable ...
But Mary's sister, Emily, believes the marriage would be a mistake-and concocts an outrageous wedding-day scheme that will cause trouble for everyone involved-in this entertaining Regency romance originally published under the name Marion Chesney.
"Light as a powderpuff." -Pubishers Weekly
"The best of the Regency writers." -Kirkus Reviews
Autorentext
M. C. Beaton is the pen name of bestselling novelist Marion Chesney. She is a prolific writer of historical romances and small village mysteries. Born in Scotland, the author began her writing career as a fiction buyer for a Glasgow bookstore and has worked as a theater critic, newspaper reporter, and editor. The author has written under various names, most notably as M. C. Beaton for her Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series. She also has written under the names Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Marion Gibbons, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward. The author lived in the United States, but now splits her time between the Cotswolds, England and Paris, France.
Zusammenfassung
"I have my pride. I have sworn to marry the girl, and marry her I will."After ten long years, the Earl of Devenham had returned to wed Mary Anstey, only to find that their feelings for each other had cooled off considerably. Nevertheless, they both put on bright faces for the benefit of family and friends.But Mary's younger sister Emily saw through their masquerade. She would sacrifice anything rather than see her retiring sister married to the now haughty earl.Desperate measure were called for a sleeping draught in Mary's wedding-morning chocolate and Emily could don the veil and force an annulment with the trick was discovered.It was the kind of plot that could and would get young Emily into trouble.