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The Earl Takes A Wife - A de Courtenay Novella #2 - cover

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The Earl Takes A Wife - A de Courtenay Novella #2

Sherry Ewing

Publisher: Kingsburg Press

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Summary

It began with a memory, etched in the heart. 
Lady Celia Lacey is too young for a husband, especially man-about-town Lord Adrian de Courtenay. But when she meets him at a house party, she falls in love and cannot get him out of her mind. Will he ever think she is old enough to become his wife? 
Adrian finds appealing innocent Lady Celia Lacey impossible to forget, though she is barely out of the schoolroom and a relative by marriage. If they are constantly in each other's company, then how can he move on without her? 
His sister's deceptions bring them together but destroys their happiness. Can they reach past the hurt to the love that still burns? 
This novella first appeared in the Bluestocking Belles' 2019 boxset Valentines From Bath. The Earl Takes A Wife is now available for individual sale.
Available since: 10/29/2019.

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