From Publishers Weekly
Lady Marjorie Entwhistle wants to be left alone to live with her grandmother and to be postmistress in 1730s Bath. However her father, determined to find her a husband, resorts to blackmail, convincing a high-born rake that marrying Marjorie is the only way to skirt scandal. Having avoided marriage six times, Marjorie finds herself unwillingly engaged to Lord Blake Chesterfield. Wise to her father's ways, Marjorie wants out and wants to know why Blake is being blackmailed, but he refuses to say and insists on the marriage. Lamb ( Highland Rogue ) hints darkly at Blake's secret for almost 350 pages, then blithely and quickly disposes of the problem, a blunt reminder that Blake and Marjorie's romance is sustained by gimmick rather than plot and character. Blake's secret is, of course, not a moral stain on his character; in fact, he's a loving man who believes Marjorie will make a great wife and mother, helps her solve a postal problem and aids her realization that her independence is little more than a sham, the result of manipulation by her older relatives.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Product Description
BLACKMAIL BROUGHT THEM TOGETHERIn 1739, Blake Chesterfield stormed into Bath, England's most notorious playground, to claim the most beautiful woman who had ever adorned it. But Marjorie Entwhistle wanted no part of the dark, secretive nobleman....
BETRAYAL TORE THEM APART
Locked in a contest of wills and bound by a blazing passion, Marjorie sought to discover the dangerous secret that imprisoned Blake's soul...
THE BETROTHAL SEALED THEIR FATE
Amidst the splendor and decadence of Bath, Marjorie and Blake wager all their tomorrows to foster a love born against all odds...