“It being not quite the thing to advertise in the London papers for a wife, Anthony Earheart, Marquess of Staunton, eldest son and heir of the Duke of Withingsby, advertised instead for a governess.” What a great way to start a book about a marriage of convenience! And the book continues to deliver. The heroine, […]
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An Affair of the Heart By Joan Smith
This is Joan Smith’s first book (Dec 1976) and you can see that she is just getting started in her trademark style – there’s the banter between the main characters; the slightly dim male friend; the independent heroine. From the book blurb on Amazon: The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of […]
A Bachelor Establishment by Isabella Barclay
The blurb: Elinor Bascombe, widowed and tied to an impoverished estate, has learned to ask little of life. With no hope of leaving, the years have passed her by. Lord Ryde, exiled abroad after a scandal, has returned to strip his estate and make a new start in America. A chance encounter changes their plans, […]
Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds by Joan Smith
The blurb: Claudia Milmont has lived most of her joyless life with her grandparents, though her mother enjoys the fringes of society in London. When Claudia’s Aunt Sophie dies, a whole new world opens up for her. Cantankerous Sophie has instructed that her diamonds be buried with her—and Claudia is determined to help her cousin […]