Posts Tagged ‘historical romance’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Avery Sterling’s Precious Burdens Virtual Book Publicity Tour #HistoricalRomance

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Avery Sterling’s A Divisive Storm Virtual Book Tour August 21 – September 21. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Precious Burdens Author: Avery Sterling Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 324 Genre: Historical Romance Sarafina di Ramonicci sets sail for America as the promised bride in an arranged political marriage.        Taken prisoner at sea, she clashes with her captor and demands freedom, only to discover he is planning her future husband’s demise, with her as a pawn in their deadly feud. The challenge of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents They Called Him Marvin Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway #HistoricalRomance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Roger Stark’s THEY CALLED HIM MARVIN: A HISTORY OF LOVE, WAR AND FAMILY Virtual Book Tour April 4 – June 30. Inside the Book Title: THEY CALLED HIM MARVIN Author: Roger Stark Publisher: Silver Star Publishing Genre: Historical Romance/WW2/Family Saga BOOK BLURB: 18-year-old Pvt Dean Sherman goes to church with a friend in Salt Lake City. He meets 16-year-old Connie that will become his wife. After Pearl Harbor Dean applies for pilot training and is accepted. Dean joins Connie’s Mormon Church and they secretly become engaged. By the time Dean has commissioned a pilot, Connie is 18 and they marry and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE WICKED SISTER Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Historical #Romance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Virginia Barlow’s THE WICKED SISTER Virtual Book Tour February 1 – 26. Title: THE WICKED SISTER Author: Virginia Barlow Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 328 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: With her stepfather’s sudden death, Lady Anastasia Covington goes from living a privileged lifestyle to selling vegetables in the village marketplace in the blink of an eye. Alone and at the mercy of her nefarious stepsister, she yearns for love and acceptance. Disguised as a simple soldier, Prince Percival catches a dark-haired emerald-eyed beauty in his arms. He is bewitched. The more he sees her, the more intrigued he
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents MISLEADING A DUKE Virtual Book Publicity Tour #historicalromance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A.S. Fenichel’s MISLEADING A DUKE Virtual Book Tour September 29 – October 30! Inside the Book Title: MISLEADING A DUKE Author: A.S. Fenichel Publisher: Kensington/Lyrical Press Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: Finishing school failed to turn them into proper society ladies. Now these four friends vow to remain single until they find suitors worthy of their love and devotion… Betrothed to a man she has barely met, Lady Faith Landon calls upon her three best friends—the self-proclaimed Wallflowers of West Lane—to help uncover the secrets of her mysterious fiancé. Her suspicions are aroused when she learns that he
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Lord Shallow Virtual Book Tour #HistoricalRomance #RegencyRomance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eileen Putman’s LORD SHALLOW Virtual Book Tour September 1 – 30! Inside the book Title: LORD SHALLOW (Maitland’s Rogues Book 2) Author: Eileen Putman Publisher: Anglesey Press Pages: 364 Genre: Regency Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: To all of London, Sebastian Traherne is a pretentious fop who prizes his tailor over his dukedom. In truth, he’s an obsessively rational fellow protecting a secret marriage. When a prickly Welsh miss arrives at his crumbling castle one gloomy night, she upends his world—and every principle he holds dear. Worse, she believes in a silly fairy tale known as True Love. Gwynna Owen might
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Brazen in Blue Virtual Book Tour #HistoricalRomance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rachael Miles’ BRAZEN IN BLUE Virtual Book Tour August 25 – September 25! Inside the book Title: BRAZEN IN BLUE Author: Rachael Miles Publisher: Kensington Zebra Pages: 360 Genre: Regency Romance BOOK BLURB: Lady Emmeline Hartley has overcome every obstacle life has thrown her way. A spinster, disappointed in love, Em is on the brink of a marriage of convenience, when the man who rejected her heart reappears in need of her help. It gives Em a chance to escape, put to use one of her most unusual talents–and perhaps convince him once and for all to risk his heart…
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Sleeping With The Enemy Virtual Book Tour #HistoricalRomance #Regency

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jackie Barbosa’s SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY Virtual Book Tour September 1 – 30! Inside the book Title: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY Author: Jackie Barbosa Publisher: Circle Press Pages: 244 Genre: Historical Romance (Regency Era) BOOK BLURB: When Mrs. Laura Farnsworth discovers the blood-stained body of a man wearing the distinctive red coat of the British army, her first instinct is to let dead dogs lie. It has, after all, been just two days since the Battle of Plattsburgh, and the disposition of enemy corpses is hardly her purview. But then the man proves himself to be very much alive by
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Lady’s Past Virtual Book Publicity / Blog Tour #Historical #Romance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A.S. Fenichel’s A LADY’S PAST Virtual Book Tour November 19 – December 20! Inside the Book Title: A LADY’S PAST Author: A.S. Fenichel Publisher: Kensington Books/Lyrical Press Pages: 223 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: The greatest risk—for the sweetest reward… His fiancée’s betrayal nearly cost Jacques Laurent everything. Despite his resolve not to trust anyone again, he can’t abandon the young woman he finds alone on the road to London. In the brief hours they spend together, the enigmatic Diana touches his heart in a way he can’t explain. Even after bringing her to the Everton Domestic Society for safekeeping,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Searching for Gertrude Virtual Book Publicity Tour @dehaggerty

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.E. Haggerty’s SEARCHING FOR GERTRUDE Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: SEARCHING FOR GERTRUDE Author: D.E. Haggerty Publisher: Independent Pages: 250 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: While growing up in Germany in the 1930s, Rudolf falls in love with the girl next door, Gertrude. He doesn’t care what religion Gertrude practices, but the Nazis do. When the first antisemitic laws are enacted by the Nazi government, Gertrude’s father loses his job at the local university. Unable to find employment in Germany, he accepts a position at Istanbul University and moves the family to Turkey. Rudolf,
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📢 {Historical Romance} King of Hearts Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for KING OF HEARTS. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than November 21, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: KING OF HEARTS Author: Eileen Putman Publisher: Independent Pages: 358 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: Not for nothing is Gabriel Sinclair known as the King of Hearts. His wit beguiles, his charm seduces, and he’s never
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  • July 3, 2017
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First Chapter Feature: Night in Jerusalem by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy

Title: NIGHT IN JERUSALEM Author: Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy Publisher: PKZ Inc. Pages: 246 Genre: Historical Romance A bewitching love story that is also an extraordinary portrait of Jerusalem, its faith, spirituality, identity, and kaleidoscope of clashing beliefs, Night in Jerusalem is a novel of mystery, beauty, historical insight, and sexual passion. David Bennett is invited to Jerusalem in 1967 by his cousin who, to the alarm of his aristocratic British family, has embraced Judaism. He introduces David to his mentor, Reb Eli, a revered sage in the orthodox community. Despite his resistance to religious teaching, David becomes enthralled by the rabbi’s wisdom and compassionate presence. When David discloses a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Highland Ruby Virtual Book Publicity Tour

We invite you to Brenda B. Taylor’s A HIGHLAND RUBY Virtual Book Tour February 6 – 28! Inside the Book: Title: A HIGHLAND RUBY Author: Brenda B. Taylor Publisher: Bethabara Press Pages: 207 Genre: Historical Romance She must choose between a life of adventure with the man she loves or a settled, secure life with her betrothed. Flora Vass forced Gavin Munro out of her heart and mind until he returned to Scotland after an adventurous five years in the New World. Gavin leaves no doubt he returned to make the bonnie Flora his own and intends to fight for her. Flora’s betrothed, Iain MacKay, and Gavin’s brother, Chief
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Forbidden Knight Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents Diana Cosby’s FORBIDDEN KNIGHT Cover Reveal November 22, 2016 Inside the Book:   Title: Forbidden Knight Author: Diana Cosby Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    “Diana Cosby is superbly talented.” —Cathy Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author Deep within Scotland, a healer and a warrior join forces to protect Scotland’s future . . . There is an intruder in the woods near King Robert Bruce’s camp, but when Sir Thomas MacKelloch comes face-to-face with the interloper, he is shocked to discover his assailant is a woman. The fair lady is skilled with a bow and arrow and defiant in her responses. The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Knight Secrets Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents C.C. Wiley’s KNIGHT SECRETS Cover Reveal November 9, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Knight Secrets Author: C.C. Wiley Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Sworn to protect the crown, a Knight of the Swan must never surrender—not even to love . . . England, 1415. Ordered never to leave the lonely tower on her family estate, Lady Clarice Margrave is suddenly set free when her home is plundered. Now she is determined to discover the truth behind her father’s alleged treason. But an act of daring only propels her into a new prison, with the very knight who destroyed her home as
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{Historical Romance} I, Mary Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Mike Hartner’s historical romance, I, MARY. This is a review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than February 16, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.), PDF, mobi or ePub format. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: I, Mary Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsickle Publishing Pages: 266 Genre: Historical Romance A girl with something to prove. A ship with endless challenges. Will a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Gold Rush Bride Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Shirley Kennedy’s GOLD RUSH BRIDE Cover Reveal September 16, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Gold Rush Bride Author: Shirley Kennedy Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Letitia Tinsley’s well-ordered spinster life is thrown into chaos when she learns her beloved brother has mysteriously disappeared from his gold mining claim in California. Determined to discover the truth, Letty sets out on the treacherous journey west. But there’s only one thing more perilous than a single lady traveling alone into the rugged frontier—and that is sharing the passage with Garth Morgan. The wealthy bachelor is astoundingly arrogant—and dangerously handsome. Worse, Letty is forced
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  • September 6, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Within a Captain’s Power Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book Presents Lisa Olech’s WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S POWER Cover Reveal September 12, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Within a Captain’s Power Author: Lisa Olech Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Never underestimate the power of a pirate . . . Captain James Steele is duty bound to capture the privateer Scarlet Night and bring her rebellious crew to England to hang. Then he will leave his majesty’s service, make an upstanding marriage, and join the landed gentry. But the winds of fate are blowing the straitlaced commander utterly off course. Once aboard, James comes face to face with a pirate boy who is in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wild Lavender Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents Lynne Connolly’s WILD LAVENDER Cover Reveal August 24, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Wild Lavender Author: Lynne Connolly Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    A riotous passion and a forbidden love jeopardize the future of the Emperors of London . . . Ravishingly beautiful and accomplished, Helena has her pick of suitable bachelors—and because she is the only daughter of a powerful duke, her mother is determined she makes a good marriage. But Helena won’t marry any of them, because she is in love with the son of her family’s most dangerous enemy. Though she has now been rebuffed by her beloved, she is resolved to win him back—no matter
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  • August 13, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Schooling the Viscount Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maggie Robinson’s SCHOOLING THE VISCOUNT Cover Reveal August 16! Inside the Book: Title: Schooling the Viscount Author: Maggie Robinson Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Welcome to Puddling‑on‑the‑Wold, where the sons and daughters of Victorian nobility come for a little rest, recuperation, and “rehab,” in this brand-new series of rebellious romance from Maggie Robinson. After a harrowing tour of duty abroad, Captain Lord Henry Challoner fought to keep his memories at bay with two of his preferred vices: liquor and ladies. But the gin did more harm than good–as did Henry’s romantic entanglements, since he was supposed to be
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lord of the Mountains Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sabrina Jerema’s novel LORD OF THE MOUNTAINS Cover Reveal on July 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Lord of the Mountains Author: Sabrina Jarema Release Date: March 14, 2017 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook   Amid the glittering fjords and majestic mountains of Norway, this stunning series delves into the loves, battles, and dreams of the Viking clans—powerful men and women who believed in the call of the flesh as well as the soul… It was said that the man who could look into Silvi Ivarsdottir’s eyes would be meant for her. Powerful jarl Magnus Sigrundson knows he is that
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{Historical Romance} Sense of Touch Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Rozsa Gaston’s SENSE OF TOUCH. This is a review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than September 27. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S), and PDF formats. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: SENSE OF TOUCH Author: Rozsa Gaston Publisher: Renaissance Editions Pages: 324 Genre: Historical Romance “Readers who love their romantic fiction intertwined with real-life figures from history will find Sense of Touch a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lady Who Drew Me In Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thomasine Rappold’s THE LADY WHO DREW ME IN Cover Reveal May 10! Inside the Book: Title: The Lady Who Drew Me In Author: Thomasine Rappold Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Format: Ecopy   Daisy Lansing’s ability to transfer images from people’s thoughts onto paper was a novelty she used to trot out to amuse her friends. But when her “entranced drawing” begins to cause serious trouble for her guardians, she is banished to the country and forced to marry a man twice her age. After the joyless wedding, Daisy is determined to bury forever the strange skill that upended
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Roger’s Bride Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s ROGER’S BRIDE Cover Reveal May 6! Inside the Book: Title: Roger’s Bride Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   A battle of wills . . . As the oldest son and heir to Anglesea, it is Roger’s duty to stand tall and strong. But his tough exterior belies the heart of a true romantic, a devoted son who yearns for the deep love he has witnessed between his parents and his sisters and their husbands. However, with the Anglesea family jockeying for a more advantageous position, Roger must marry judiciously. A fight for the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Tempt An Heiress Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susanna Craig’s TO TEMPT AN HEIRESS Cover Reveal April 14! Inside the Book: Title: To Tempt An Heiress Author: Susanna Craig Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   Susanna Craig’s dazzling series set in Georgian England sails to the Caribbean—where a willful young woman and a worldly man do their best to run every which way but towards each other… After her beloved father dies, Tempest Holderin wants nothing more than to fulfill his wish to free the slaves on their Antiguan sugar plantation. But the now wealthy woman finds herself pursued by a pack of unsavory suitors with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dilemma in Yellow Silk Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lynne Connelly’s Dilemma in Yellow Silk virtual book tour April 12 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Dilemma in Yellow Silk: The Emperors of London Author: Lynne Connolly Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook   Ever ready to do the right thing, The Emperors of London act bravely—and when it comes to matters of the heart, impetuously…   Despite her cover as the daughter of the land steward for Lord Malton, Marcus Aurelius, spirited Viola Gates is tied by birth to the treacherous Jacobite legacy. Not that this keeps her from falling for
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ten Days In August Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you TEN DAYS IN AUGUST virtual book tour March 29- April 22!   Inside the Book: Title: Ten Days in August Author: Kate McMurray Release Date: March 29, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook   From the Lower East Side to uptown Manhattan, a curious detective searches for clues on the sidewalks of New York—and finds a secret world of forbidden love that’s too hot to handle… New York City, 1896. As the temperatures rise, so does the crime rate. At the peak of this sizzling heat wave, police inspector Hank Brandt is called to investigate the scandalous murder of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Vicar’s Frozen Heart, Lions in the Garden and Her One True Love Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you THE VICAR’S FROZEN HEART, LIONS IN THE GARDEN and HER ONE TRUE LOVE virtual book tour March 15 – April 15!   Inside the Book: Title: The Vicar’s Frozen Heart Author: Karyn Gerrard Release Date: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook His heart begins to heal… He gave her shelter from the storm, nursed her back to health, just as any good man might do for a damsel in distress. But Tremain Colson is more than just a small town vicar performing a gallant duty. He’s an ex-soldier whose spirit has been ravaged by war, a nobleman hiding
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lady Lost Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jane Goodger’s LADY LOST Cover Reveal March 16! Inside the Book: Title: Lady Lost Author: Jane Goodger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Seek, and love will find… All Marcus Granton wants is to be left alone to lick his wounds after the humiliating scandal of his wife’s death in another man’s bed. Secluded in his moldering seaside estate on the cliffs of the Black Sea, he suddenly finds himself host to Lady Lilian Martin, one small child, and an annoying cache of servants all bent on ruining his solitude. Seems the lady got herself into a bit of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Kiss a Thief Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susanna Craig’s TO KISS A THIEF Cover Reveal March 7! Inside the Book: Title: To Kiss a Thief Author: Susanna Craig Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy “A stunning, sensual storyteller, Susanna Craig is an author to watch!”—New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston In this captivating new series set in Georgian England, a disgraced woman hides from her marriage—for better or worse… Sarah Pevensey had hoped her arranged marriage to St. John Sutliffe, Viscount Fairfax, could become something more. But almost before it began, it ended in a scandal that shocked London society. Accused of being a jewel
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  • February 21, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Charlotte and Loving Lies Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you CHARLOTTE and LOVING LIES virtual book tour February 22 – March 18, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: Charlotte Author: Virginia Taylor Release Date: February 2, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook A marriage most inconvenient… After losing his first love in childbirth, Nicholas Alden knows with a great certainty that he must never be a father. But to be a husband is a very different matter—mandated by South Australian society, necessary for his family name. So when he meets beautiful social climber Charlotte, he believes he has found a wife he can keep at arm’s length. He is terribly
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