House of Haverstock #3
Harper & Appleton
July 2015
On Sale: July 7, 2015
Featuring: Lady Margaret Ponsby; John Beauclerc
276 pages ISBN: 193960236X EAN: 2940151246194 Kindle: B00YTISP60 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
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.
I enjoy quite a bit of tropes... some of my favs are fairytale types, secret baby, mistaken identity, etc... (Colleen Conklin 12:52pm July 8, 2015)
I enjoy books about princesses, heiresses, brides, everyday people, nurses, mysteries especially the cozy ones with recipes. (Alyson Widen 8:03pm July 8, 2015)
mistaken identity - characters who re-connect - loving from afar and then the hero realizing the heroine who loved him from afar is REALLY the right person for him! (Felicia Ciaudelli 8:19am July 9, 2015)
I like topes where the hero goes after the heroine right from the start..she can protest but he knows she's his. Also, a little comedy, or mystery, or spooks. I enjoy your books, but I haven't read this one yet. (Sharon Shearouse 10:56am July 10, 2015)
I enjoy tropes - mistaken identity or marriage of convenience. Thanks. (Dianne McVetty 11:11am July 11, 2015)
Cheryl, I love your books! (Mary Hay 11:21am July 11, 2015)
Wow! What a situation! I'll bet there are a lot of exciting events in A Marriage of Convenience. (Anna Speed 12:04pm July 11, 2015)
Of the many I like, friends to lovers are my favorite. (Nancy Luebke 3:34pm July 11, 2015)
I love mysteries! (Denise Austin 4:31pm July 11, 2015)
I like a variety. Marriage of convience and books with kids (they can be so funny) are among my favorites. (Laura Gullickson 11:45pm July 11, 2015)
Thank you, Mary Hay and Sharon Shearouse. (Cheryl Bolen 10:42pm July 20, 2015)
I love romantic suspense and historicals (Vicki Clevinger 8:55pm July 29, 2015)
Thanks, Auriette, for a lovely review. (Cheryl Bolen 11:10pm October 12, 2015)
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