Lord Wraybourne's Bethrothed: A Romance of Regency England (Renfrew / Kyle 02)
From The New York Times bestselling author of A Lady?s Secret, a classic Regency romance back in print and in trade for the first time.Even if the handsome, debonair Lord Wraybourne is only marrying Jane Sandiford for her fortune?as she suspects?that does not diminish the powerful sway her...
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From The New York Times bestselling author of A Lady?s Secret, a classic Regency romance back in print and in trade for the first time.Even if the handsome, debonair Lord Wraybourne is only marrying Jane Sandiford for her fortune?as she suspects?that does not diminish the powerful sway her betrothed seems to hold over her. The Sandiford Heiress has lived a sheltered life and is known for being stuffy, so her passionate responses to her fiancé?s attentions catch her by surprise.As confused and mortified as she is by her own emotions, Jane is even more scandalized when the dread Whisperer, the scourge of polite Society, rasps unspeakable vileness into her ear. And she is troubled by the news that someone is assaulting young women ?of the middling class? in the streets of London. Yet she remains unaware that an adversary closer to home schemes to sabotage the relationship between Lord Wraybourne and his betrothed?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451228338 (0451228332)
ASIN: 451228332
Publish date: October 6th 2009
Publisher: NAL Trade
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Lovers and Ladies (#2)
Respectable debut novel, though I would have preferred spending a bit more time in the company of Lord Wraybourne - half the fun of reading romance novels is getting the hero's perspective and I felt just a wee bit cheated of that pleasure this time around. Overall an enjoyable read.
The betrothal of David, Lord Wraybourne and the Honorable Jane Sandiford is so suitable and appropriate as to be positively boring: "What was there to say about two such eminently correct people?" What is less apparent to the proper world is that Lord Wraybourne's choice of a very proper, very weal...