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Anyone can arrange a marriage-but only the heavens can decree true love!
Her grandson, the Earl of Bradleigh, had just announced his engagement to a thoroughly unlikeable chit -- and Lady Bradleigh was determined to do something about it. Why, just about anyone would make a more suitable... read more
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Characters edit
- Dowager Countess Bradleigh: A kind older woman who hires Emily as a companion. She is the Earl of Bradleigh's grandmother.
- Emily Townsend: young woman employed as a companion
- Robert Cameron, Earl of Bradleigh: grandson of Lady Bradleigh
- Augusta Windhurst: young woman engaged to the Earl of Bradleigh
- Colin Herriot, Viscount Sedgewick: a friend of the Earl of Bradleigh
- Lady Gwendolyn: Emily's mother
- Walter Townsend: Emily's mother
- Mrs. Dougherty: Lady Bradleigh's housekeeper
- Barnes: the butler
- Monsieur Anatole: Lady Bradleigh's volatile French chef
- Luckett: the Earl's valet
- Lady Fitzhugh: Emily's prior employer
- Sir Percy whittaker: friend of Lady Bradleigh and of Emily. Author of gothic romances
- Lady Mary Haviland: a friend of Emily's
- Lottie: housemaid
- Louisa, Viscountess of Lavenham: the Earl's sister
- Earl of Pentwick: Emily's uncle
- Hugh, Viscount Faversham: Emily's cousin
- Mrs. Dawson: the Earl's cook
First Sentence edit
"Whose is it?" the Countess Pentwick asked for probably the hundredth time.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Regency Rakes. (standard series)
Followed by A Change of Heart.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Candice Hern (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Jove
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0515115266
Page Count: 342
Publisher: Berkley Jove
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0515115266
Page Count: 342
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( H ) › Hern, Candice
- Books › Romance › Regency
- Books › Romance › Historical
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