To celebrate the release of the House
of Haverstock trilogy, fabulous author Cheryl
Bolen, is offering you a chance to win the first four
books (autographed, of course) in her award-winning Brides
of Bath series, Regency-set historical novels.
To extricate himself from financial
difficulties, John Beauclerc, the Earl of Finchley,
concocts a scheme to marry a stranger who's answered his
advertisement.
He'll show his grandmother! That
lady’s withholding money until he can demonstrate more
maturity and less scandalous behavior. At six and twenty,
the last thing he wants is to settle down. He goes to the
church at St. George's Hanover Square to wed Miss
Margaret Ponsby of Windsor, send her on her way with
£100, and continue to pursue wine, women and faro with
his fun-seeking friends.
After the ceremony, he
realizes he's married the wrong woman. Miss Margaret
Ponsby of Windsor obviously thought the wedding was to
occur at St. George's Chapel in Windsor. Lady Margaret
Ponsby was at St. George's in London. How can he
extricate himself from this wretched marriage—a marriage
over which his grandmother is ecstatic? If only Lady
Margaret Ponsby weren't so shy.
When the lanky
young (though most disreputable) earl she's worshipped
from afar for as long as she could remember asks her to
move to the church's altar with him, she's powerless to
decline. Even after a wedding ceremony begins, she still
remains mute. She must be standing in for Lord Finchley's
true bride. But once she realizes she really is married
to Lord Finchley, she determines to do everything in her
power to make this a dream marriage. Even if it means
imitating her clever, talkative sister.