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Featuring: Penelope Rose; Duke of Marchford
416 pages ISBN: 1402271840 EAN: 9781402271847 Kindle: B00KLJHIYQ Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
One would think being very handsome and rich would be a
blessing and not a trial, but being the target of every
mother with a marriageable daughter in England's ton did
not
make James Lockton, the Duke of Marchford a very happy
man.
He wants to spend his time doing his work for the Foreign
Office, helping King and country and not spending all of
it
avoiding the obsessive lurking of females out to trap him
in
insipid conversations.
Coming up with a solution, the Duke decides that if he
had a
sensible fiancée, one able to stand up to his formidable
grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Marchford, he could
be
left in peace to do his sleuthing at the various Balls in
London instead of peeling off the clinging arms of
incessant
female attention. Where is Madame X, the Matchmaker,
when
he needs her?
As he vents his frustration to Penelope Rose, the
companion
to his outspoken Grandmother, it suddenly occurs to him
that
Penelope is just what he needs. He asks her the
unthinkable
-- her very dream - but she cannot accept. Surely, it
is
unkind of him to tease her so. Penelope offers a
different
plan.
Still, the question remains between them. Meanwhile,
Marchford worries about clues left that point to an enemy
plot. Being a trusted member of the household, Penelope
is
aware of the Duke's activities and offers her help. Yet,
when danger threatens them, will fate allow her to be
with
the one she is afraid to admit she loves the most?
Set in the winter of 1810, A WINTER WEDDING is the third
wedding related story in Amanda Forester's A Love for
All
Seasons series. Famous for her historical and
Scottish
medieval romances, Forester has expertly crafted a
suspenseful and romantic novel with unexpected plot
twists
of two people both willing and unwilling to admit they
are a
match for the other!
Forester has a gift for pulling the reader right into the
sights, sounds and smells of the times with authentic
historical reality and realistic character development. A
WINTER WEDDING is a delightful treat with its witty
dialogues, description of festive balls and the
underlying
threat of Napoleonic spies. I love the interplay between
Penelope and the Duke as well as the blossoming romance
of
the Dowager Duchess and her advice to Penelope. You
definitely will not be able to stop smiling or laughing
out
loud when you read Forester's apt descriptions of
Marchford's attempts to capture Penelope's heart through
his unique strategy and interpretations of celebrating
country Christmas traditions. A WINTER WEDDING is very
merry and entertaining read with enough ups and downs and
changes in circumstance that is sure to make many more
fans
for this creative and talented historical romance writer!
Enjoy!
This adventurous duke...
The Duke of Marchford requires a suitable bride, but
catching spies for the Foreign Office takes up most of his
time. Not wanting to face another London season as an
eligible man, he employs the notorious Madame X to find him
a match.
Has met his match
Miss Penelope Rose knows the rules of marriage among members
of the ton better than most. Her own unsuccessful attempts
at matrimony did not stop her from becoming London's most
exclusive matchmaker. Marchford proves to be a difficult
client, but as he draws on her social expertise to help him
flush out a dangerous traitor, they find that falling in
love may be the riskiest adventure of all.
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