RELUCTANT BRIDES? When love is the key and dowry the bait, who can predict what a woman might do?
Reluctant Brides #2
Author Self-Published
June 2014
On Sale: May 27, 2014
Featuring: Amelia Hubbard; Lucas Drake
252 pages Kindle: B00KLP677E e-Book Add to Wish List
CHERYL HOLT delivers another sassy, sexy romp in the second book of her βReluctant Bridesβ trilogyβ¦
Amelia Hubbard has always lived at Miss Peabodyβs School for Girls, first as a student, then as a teacher. She enjoyed her position and the independence it brought. But Miss Peabody has died, the school is closing, and Amelia has no money and nowhere to go. When Fate intervenes and hands her a dowry and a handsome husband already purchased with the money, Amelia is nervous but resigned. She reluctantly agrees to wed a man sheβs never met.
Lucas Drake has never been anything but a wastrel and scapegrace. As the second son of an earl, and with an older brother whoβs perfect in every way, stellar behavior seems impossible. Heβs always been happy to live down to his stern fatherβs low expectations. But when Amelia arrives and Lucas discovers that his father has engaged him to her, his bachelor tendencies surge to the fore. Heβs vehemently certain that no wedding will ever occur.
When Amelia agreed to the match, she never imagined that Lucas might not want to get married. Her prior situation has ended, and without marriage, the future is bleak. Whatβs a spinster to do?
Wanton seduction seems the only path, but first, sheβll need a few lessons in how to use her feminine wiles. Once she figures out what Lucas really needs, the poor man doesnβt stand a chance.
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