Four Hundred
Avon
October 2018
On Sale: September 25, 2018
384 pages ISBN: 0062678949 EAN: 9780062678942 Kindle: B075JCKQKR Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Joanna Shupe returns to New York City’s Gilded Age,
where fortunes and reputations are gained and lost with
ease—and love can blossom from the most unlikely
charade
With the fate of her disgraced family
resting on her shoulders, Lady Christina Barclay has arrived
in New York City from London to quickly secure a wealthy
husband. But when her parents settle on an intolerable
suitor, Christina turns to her reclusive neighbor, a darkly
handsome and utterly compelling inventor, for
help.
Oliver Hawkes reluctantly agrees to a platonic
marriage . . . with his own condition: The marriage must end
after one year. Not only does Oliver face challenges
that are certain to make life as his wife
difficult, but more importantly, he refuses
to be distracted from his
life’s work—the development of a revolutionary
device that could transform thousands of lives, including
his own.
Much to his surprise, his bride is more
beguiling than he imagined. When temptation burns hot
between them, they realize they must overcome their own
secrets and doubts, and every effort to undermine their
marriage, because one year can never be enough.