My new book tells the story of the penniless Miss Henrietta Ballinger. She has travelled deep into the Yorkshire moors to attend the wedding of her dear friend.
Yet upon her arrival, there is no sign of the bride anywhere.
When Henrietta enters the bedchamber of her eloped friend, she discovers something left behind.
A bridal gown, abandoned on the bed.
What would you have done in her place? Would you, too, have given in to temptation and slipped into that beautiful dress?
Unfortunately, she’s discovered by the last man she ever wished to see her in it.
The Duke of Blackburrow, a man she thoroughly detests.
To him, the solution is obvious.
A scandal must be avoided. A wedding must take place. And if the original bride has fled, then Henrietta will do very nicely indeed.
No one is more shocked than Henrietta herself when she accepts his gruff, practical, and decidedly unromantic proposal (if it can even be called that). But as a ruined young woman without fortune, she has little choice. Less than half an hour later, she is the Duchess of Blackburrow and married to a man who is as grim as he is determined.
There’s only one thing she must make very clear to her dark and irritable husband: She cannot give him children, not now, not ever, even if he insists on visiting her bedchamber every night. Yes, every single night…
Is it truly still three months until publication? April 28 feels an age away. I fear I must distract myself, or my impatience may get the better of me. giggle
You can preorder “Duchess Out Of Nowhere” now at a special pre-release price on Amazon.