RELUCTANT BRIDES? When love is the key and dowry the bait, who can predict what a woman might do?
Reluctant Brides #1
Author Self-Published
May 2014
On Sale: April 22, 2014
Featuring: James Talbot; Rose Ralston
219 pages ISBN: 1497327652 EAN: 9781483527178 Kindle: B00JVV3WJ0 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
New York Times bestselling author, CHERYL HOLT, delights
readers once again with the first sizzling story in her new
“Reluctant Brides” trilogy…
Rose Ralston has spent her life at Miss Peabody’s School for
Girls—first as a student, then as a teacher. But with Miss
Peabody’s passing, the school has been closed, the students
sent away, and Rose is facing an uncertain future. As Miss
Peabody’s will is read, Rose had been told to expect a small
bequest, but she’s stunned to discover that her inheritance
is a dowry that’s already been paid to an elderly widower.
The man is in quick need of an heir, and Rose can agree to
wed or she’ll get nothing and will have no money and nowhere
to go. She’s never lived on her own, and without family or
friends to assist her, she’s out of options. Reluctantly,
she agrees to the marriage and heads off to the man’s
Summerfield estate.
James Talbot grew up at Summerfield. But as an orphan, his
position was never exactly clear. The owner, Stanley Oswald,
constantly tormented James with the secrets of his
parentage. Rumors abound that he’s Stanley’s natural-born
son, but the truth has been impossible to unravel. Needing
to escape Stanley’s manipulations, James has spent the past
decade in the army. But Stanley has lured him home, and when
James learns of Stanley’s pending marriage, he can’t help
but be intrigued. He’s eager to engage in a little mischief,
and nothing would give him greater pleasure than to ruin the
match before it begins.
Rose is fascinated by handsome, virile James, but bound to
wed elderly, decrepit Stanley. As Stanley woos her and James
interferes, any wild ending seems possible. For Rose—who
only ever wanted a home of her own—she just might end up
with more than she ever dreamed.
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