Download or read book The Convenient Marriage written by Georgette Heyer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER '[My] generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton 'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS _____________ Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family debts, young and headstrong Horry proposes to marry him in her sister's place. As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry begins to feel increasingly unhappy. Then she meets the attractive and dangerous Lord Lethbridge and her days suddenly become more exciting. But there is bad blood between Horry's husband and her new acquaitnance, and as complications and deceptions mount, the social tangle grows ever trickier to unpick. Will Horry's gamble cost her everything she holds most dear? _____________ 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE 'Utterly delightful' GUARDIAN 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS _____________ Readers love The Convenient Marriage . . . ***** 'Another good read from Heyer!!! I absolutely loved the characters!!!' ***** 'Heyer's characterizations just sparkle and shine.' ***** 'Absolutely delightful. As expected, really.' ***** 'I enjoyed this historical romance very much.' ***** 'Splendid comedy, with a charming romance.'

Download or read book A Convenient Marriage written by Jeevani Charika and published by Hera books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An arranged marriage becomes inconvenient for two Sri Lankan Brits in this novel of love, family, and living your truth. Chaya is a young woman torn between her duty to family and her life in the UK. While her traditional Sri Lankan parents want her to settle down into marriage, they don’t know that Chaya, terrified of their disapproval, has turned away the one true love of her life, Noah. Gimhana is hiding his sexuality from his family. It’s easy enough to pretend he’s straight when he lives half a world away in the UK. But it’s getting harder and harder to turn down the potential brides his parents keep finding for him. When Chaya and Gimhana meet, a marriage of convenience seems like the perfect solution to their problems. Together they have everything – friendship, stability and their parents’ approval. But when both Chaya and Gimhana find themselves falling in love outside of their marriage, they’re left with an impossible decision – risk everything they’ve built together, or finally follow their heart? Will they choose love, or carry on living a lie? Perfect for fans of Amanda Prowse, Ayisha Malik, and Susan Lewis.

Download or read book The Convenient Marriage written by Georgette Heyer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Regency romance writer all your favorite authors adore: "You're in for a treat." —NORA ROBERTS "One of the great protagonists of the historical novel." —PHILIPPA GREGORY "She's the original." —JULIA QUINN "Georgette Heyer created a genre so rich that thousands of us have been mining it ever since."—LORETTA CHASE "No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit."—LISA KLEYPAS "Georgette Heyer's legacy is a gift to all of us who love the Regency period."—LORRAINE HEATH "Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are my perennial favorites!"—LENORA BELL Horatia Winwood is simply helping her family. When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself and tell a few convenient lies for her family's happiness. Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll do her best to keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. And then the Earl's archenemy, Sir Robert, sets out to ruin her reputation... The Earl of Rule has found just the wife he wants. Unbeknownst to Horatia, the Earl is enchanted by her. There's simply no way he's going to let her get into trouble. Overcoming some misguided help from Horatia's harebrained brother and a hired highwayman, the Earl routs his old enemy, and wins over his young wife—proving theirs was no accidental marriage and gifting her with a love that she never thought she could expect.

Download or read book Marry in Scarlet written by Anne Gracie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marriage born of passion and scandal turns into something more from the bestselling author of Marry in Secret. When a duke denied . . . The proud and arrogant Duke of Everingham is determined to secure a marriage of convenience with heiress, Lady Georgiana Rutherford. He's the biggest prize on the London marriage mart, pursued by young unmarried ladies and their match-making mamas, as well as married women with a wandering eye. He can have any woman he wants. Or so he thinks. . . ...Hunts an independent lady . . . Lady Georgiana Rutherford--irreverent and unconventional--has no plans to marry. Having grown up poor, Lady George has no intention of giving up her fortune to become dependent on the dubious and unreliable goodwill of a man. Especially a man as insufferable as the Duke of Everingham, whose kisses stirs unwelcome and unsettling emotions . . . ...Sparks are sure to fly The more she defies him, the more the duke wants her, until an argument at a ball spirals into a passionate embrace. Caught in a compromising position, the duke announces their betrothal. George is furious and when gossip claims she deliberately entrapped the duke--when she was the one who was trapped--she marches down the aisle in a scarlet wedding dress. But the unlikely bride and groom may have found love in the most improbable of places--a marriage of convenience.

Download or read book The Governess s Convenient Marriage written by Amanda McCabe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortune smiles on a former lady turned French governess when she reunites with an ambitious young man from her past in this Victorian romance. When Lady Alexandra Mannerly last saw Malcolm Gordston, he was a poor crofter’s son—someone a sheltered duke’s daughter would never be allowed to marry. But after scandal rocked her arrogant family, Alex’s prospects changed dramatically. Now she leads a quiet life as a governess in Paris—where she meets Malcolm again! Though Alex is embarrassed by her predicament, Malcolm is delighted to see her again. The humble young man has grown up to be a wealthy and powerful department store owner. All he lacks is the woman he never forgot . . .

Download or read book HIS CONVENIENT MARRIAGE written by Sara Craven and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2019-02-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chessie’s father committed a crime to protect his family, but then he died. She was at a loss as to what to do after selling their manor, but Miles Hunter, a mystery novel author, gave her an option. He’d let her and her sister stay on at the manor as servants. But Chessie was unused to housework, and her hands soon became rough and her cheap clothes made her a source of gossip in town. Then Miles invited her out to dinner. He had been kind to her lately, so Chessie had started opening up to him. But his words at dinner surprised her. He has a proposal for her and she must make her decision on the spot!

Download or read book A Convenient Marriage written by Maggie Cox and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wife for six months? On their third date, millionaire Argentinean Javier D'Alessandroknocked Sabrina Kendricks off her feet when he asked her to marry him!But this was no whirlwind romance—Javier needed a British wife toadopt his orphaned niece. Sabrina knew it was only a convenientarrangement—even though the passion that burned in Javier's eyessuggested they could have so much more….

Download or read book Marry in Haste written by Anne Gracie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The Summer Bride comes the first in a charming new historical romance series where marriages of convenience turn into true love matches. Major Calbourne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he’s become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing. When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls’ former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience. But strong-minded and independent Emm is neither as compliant nor as proper as he expected, and Cal finds himself most inconveniently seduced by his convenient wife. Emm knows they didn’t marry for love, yet beneath her husband’s austere facade, she catches glimpses of a man who takes her breath away. As pride, duty and passion clash, will these two stubborn hearts find more than they ever dreamed of?

Download or read book Marry in Scandal written by Anne Gracie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shy heiress and a well-known rake face a scandal-forced marriage that might be true love in the latest irresistible romance from the national bestselling author of Marry in Haste. Shy young heiress, Lady Lily Rutherford, is in no hurry to marry. She dreams of true love and a real courtship. But when disaster strikes, she finds herself facing a scandal-forced marriage to her rescuer, Edward Galbraith, a well known rake. Despite his reputation Lily is drawn to the handsome Galbraith. In the gamble of her life, she agrees to marry him, hoping to turn a convenient marriage into a love match. As heir to a title, Galbraith knows he must wed, so a convenient marriage suits him perfectly. But there is a darkness in his past, and secrets he refuses to share with his tender-hearted young bride. All Lily's efforts to get close to him fall on stony ground, and in desperation she retreats to his childhood home--the place he's avoided for nearly a decade. Must Lily reconcile herself to a marriage without love? Or will Galbraith realize that this warm-hearted, loving girl is the key to healing the wounds of his past--and his heart?

Download or read book The Cowboy s Convenient Marriage written by Jessie Gussman and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was supposed to be simple.Marry the tall Texan. Her children get a father. They save the ranch.A business transaction, nothing more. She definitely wasn't going to fall in love. After her husband ran off with her little sister, she was no longer susceptible to cowboy charm.Except, the North Dakota girl had never met a Texas cowboy.He married her for the ranch.A former champion bull rider needs a spread to call home, even if it is in North Dakota.Even if it comes with four little kids.And a big, black, slobbering dog.Especially if it comes with a woman with enough sweetness and enough toughness to rope his heart and heal it.The cowboy's not afraid of anything...except losing his heart again.

Download or read book The Texan s Convenient Marriage written by Peggy Moreland and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mack McGruder was there to pay her off...another one of his ne'er-do-well brother's women, claiming paternity. But Addy truly was having a McGruder heir...at that exact moment. At her side during the birth, Mack knew he couldn't just abandon her. So he offered Addy a name for her baby and a hands-off marriage, though secretly he desired her. Together in his grand Texas home, the temptation was unbearable. If Mack took what he truly wanted, would having Addy be worth the price he'd have to pay?

Download or read book A Too Convenient Marriage written by Georgie Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret carried down the aisle! Late one night, Susanna Lambert, the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Rockland, bursts uninvited into a stranger's carriage, turning both their worlds upside down. Suddenly, fun-loving Justin Connor finds himself forced to consider marriage! For Susanna, marrying Justin is a chance to finally escape her cruel stepmother and forget about the rake who ruined her. But as wedding bells begin to chime, Susanna discovers she's carrying a huge secret...one that could turn to dust all promises of happiness as Justin's wife!

Download or read book The Bodyguard s Convenient Marriage written by M. L. Tompsett and published by M L Tompsett; Tompsett Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary second chance at love What does an independent, strong-minded ex-FBI woman have in common with a wealthy businessman-playboy? A marriage of convenience. What could go wrong? ✓ Action ✓ Drama ✓ Passion ✓ Action Fight scenes ✓ Love ✓ The need to strangle your brother-in-law with your bare hands... Too busy for love. A woman scorned is deadly. Three rules to stand by: Don’t mix business and pleasure. Don’t get involved with a client. Don’t get married. Never one for relationships, hard-working retired-FBI agent Essy Raiker has made it her mission to be the best bodyguard in the business. Complete the contract. Don’t get attached. Don’t fall in love. Rules to live by for a kid starved of love and abandoned into foster care. That is, until the day Declyn Bianchi hired her, changing her life forever. Who is going to protect Essy from falling hard and fast for Declyn Bianchi? More than bullets fly hot and fast when Essy faces her estranged husband. Declyn Bianchi is fed up with his high society family controlling his life and the reckless antics of his trouble-seeking identical twin. Dekk’s prayers are answered in the form of a sinful-looking body—his new bodyguard, Essy Raiker. Family is everything to Dekk. So, when their safety is threatened, he risks danger to save them. Then the family he thought he could trust betrays him, and he turns to his estranged wife for help. With Dekk's heart on the line will he reveal his feelings and prevent his heart from breaking again? Who is behind the attacks against the Bianchi family? And can they be stopped before everything Essy and Dekk value is lost? Not all secrets remain dead and buried. Some lurk beneath the surface, waiting for the right moment to strike. Passions burn deep in this second chance at love. HEA is included, but, make sure to have the tissues handy. The 2nd book in the Second Chance At Love, series. All standalone books. Insta Bride. The Bodyguard's Convenient Marriage. Ghost of a chance in love

Download or read book More Than a Convenient Marriage written by Dani Collins and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a Convenient Marriage? It started with a signature Rich, powerful, with a beautiful wife, Greek shipping magnate Gideon Vozaras has it all. Except, his perfect life is a facade.... Gideon can't afford the public scrutiny of divorce, but if his past has taught him anything it's to fight dirty to keep what's his! No Longer Forbidden? The limits of his control Rowan O'Brien is the only woman ever to have tempted Nicodemus Marcussen's steely control--but she was always forbidden. Years later, tragedy brings Rowan back into Nic's life--and when deeply buried secrets begin to surface, they are forced to confront their darkest desires!

Download or read book Convenient Marriage Surprise Twins written by Amy Ruttan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One wedding night… When Lana Haole reluctantly agrees to a marriage of convenience to help persuasive and all too tempting Dr. Andrew Tremblay stay in the country, the last thing she expects is to fall for the arrogant playboy’s charms on their wedding night… Twin consequences! Lana and Andrew agree it was a one time only deal… until they discover that Lana is pregnant with twins. Andrew won’t walk away from his babies, or his beautiful bride, so he has eight months to convince Lana to stay his wife forever!

Download or read book Not Just a Convenient Marriage written by Lucy Gordon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting again is meant to be the purpose of Sally Franklin's trip to Venice. Not finding herself spontaneously married to enigmatically handsome Damiano Ferrone! Maybe it was the magic of Venice or simply Damiano's captivating good looks that made his proposal impossible to resist!

Download or read book The Honorable Cowboy s Convenient Marriage A Cowboy Sweet and Clean Romance written by Melody Archer and published by Create A Story You Love. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was so innocent, lovely and gentle — and the one woman that stirred his heart towards love. But he’d hurt her. Would he get a second chance to right old wrongs? The day Dakota Callahan left their small town, Sarah was glad. He was the man she had secretly loved for years. He saved her from the horrible man who tried to kidnap her as a teenager. But the last time she saw him, Dakota had been facing so much grief, loss and pain that he had overstepped his boundaries with her. It had shaken Sarah to her core. Now two years later, Dakota was back. To her, this man was larger than life and twice as dangerous. Sarah was worried that she would fall for him a second time. This time she feared, the heartache would be more than she could bear. Dakota couldn’t believe he was back home. As he followed the trail of a missing child and her kidnapper, it led him straight to his home town. Worse, now he found himself on the mountain, hurt and in pain. As a former FBI agent, he was used to tracking criminals and finding missing persons. Being weak and vulnerable was something he hated. So, when the beautiful Sarah MacDonald finds him limping and in pain, trying to walk down the mountain, he chafes at having to depend on her for help. Sarah insisted Dakota come to stay with her grandfather Angus MacDonald and her in their small cabin until he was fully healed. When an angry man — a neighbor on the mountain — tries to force Sarah to marry him, Dakota steps in and offers the unthinkable… a marriage of convenience. Trouble comes their way and Dakota has to use all his skills to keep Sarah close to protect her, while still protecting his heart. Will being forced together tear Dakota and Sarah apart, or throw them towards true love?