The Price of Passion

By Martha Farabee
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Published: May 21, 2012
Words: 101,000 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476394244

Short description

Her profligate progenitors wasted their substance, leaving plain, skinny Damaris with no dowry. Never expecting to find a husband at twenty-five, she's stunned when her grandfather arranges a marriage with wealthy, handsome Edmund Lateleur. Why has he chosen her? The answers she discovers cause her to lose her virtue, break her heart and nearly endanger her life.

Extended description

A husband! That was the last thing Damaris wanted. her previous experience in husband-hunting had left a bad taste in her mouth, and since then she's been too busy nursing her grandfather, worrying over her step-brother's failing heart and trying to keep the manor from falling abouttheir ears to consider the matter. if her profligate progenitors hadn't wasted their substance, plain skinny Damaris might had had a decent dowry. She hasn't--and she's stunned when her grandfather and her great-aunt arrange a marriage with wealthy, handsome, Edmund Lateleur, a nearby landowner and industrialist. Why on earth has he chosen her? When she meets the gentleman, she feels twinges of desire, and he encourages her feelings for reasons of his own. Edmund intends to keep those reasons secret until he's wooed and won her. But he becomes suspicious of Damaris' affection for her beautiful step-brother. Believing she's in love with him, Edmund treats her cruelly on their wedding night. Despite that o.. (Read more) A husband! That was the last thing Damaris wanted. her previous experience in husband-hunting had left a bad taste in her mouth, and since then she's been too busy nursing her grandfather, worrying over her step-brother's failing heart and trying to keep the manor from falling abouttheir ears to consider the matter. if her profligate progenitors hadn't wasted their substance, plain skinny Damaris might had had a decent dowry. She hasn't--and she's stunned when her grandfather and her great-aunt arrange a marriage with wealthy, handsome, Edmund Lateleur, a nearby landowner and industrialist. Why on earth has he chosen her? When she meets the gentleman, she feels twinges of desire, and he encourages her feelings for reasons of his own. Edmund intends to keep those reasons secret until he's wooed and won her. But he becomes suspicious of Damaris' affection for her beautiful step-brother. Believing she's in love with him, Edmund treats her cruelly on their wedding night. Despite that ordeal, Damaris gradually settles into a marriage of convenience, finding satisfaction and even passion in it,especially after she convinces she loves her step-brother only as a brother. But when her husband's real motives come to light, her heart is shatter. She returns to her old hame for her grandfather's funeral and falls into th clutches of an old enemy. Can she save herself, or will a repentant Edmund arrive in time fo rescue her?
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early georgian, marriage of convenience tale

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