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 ISBN: Kindle: B00KLP677E e-Book Add to Wish List
CHERYL HOLT delivers another sassy, sexy romp in the second
book of her “Reluctant Brides” trilogy…
Amelia Hubbard has always lived at Miss Peabody’s 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 she’s 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 who’s perfect in every way, stellar behavior seems
impossible. He’s always been happy to live down to his stern
father’s low expectations. But when Amelia arrives and Lucas
discovers that his father has engaged him to her, his
bachelor tendencies surge to the fore. He’s 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. What’s a
spinster to do?
Wanton seduction seems the only path, but first, she’ll need
a few lessons in how to use her feminine wiles. Once she
figures out what Lucas really needs, the poor man doesn’t
stand a chance.