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An unsuitable bride : the BlackwaterBrides / Jane Feather.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwater brides ; bk. 3 | Thorndike Press large print romance seriesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Large Print editionDescription: 563 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1410471756 (large print : hardcover)
  • 9781410471758 (large print : hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: The headstrong and beautiful Alexandra Douglas is summoned to London from the seminary for young ladies upon the death of her father, Sir Arthur Douglas. There, the family lawyer explains to her that she and her invalid sister, Sylvia, have been left penniless, disinherited, delegitimized. Her father had divorced her mother on the grounds of insanity, making the children of the marriage illegitimate, but still allowing him to remarry. On Sir Arthur's death, his considerable wealth and estates passed to a distant relative, while his widowed second wife and stepson received handsome inheritances. Alex is determined to get the inheritance that she and her sister are due. When she sees an advertisement for a librarian at her former family home, she applies in the guise of an impoverished middle-aged spinster with experience as a school librarian. But when The Honorable Peregrine Sullivan arrives for a weekend of hunting with Alex's stepbrother and immediately notices that the librarian is not who she appears to be, she finds it impossible to keep her distance. With her elaborate scheme unraveling and her future in jeopardy, Alex must rely on her wits -- and her new love -- to make sure justice is served.
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A New York Times BestsellerViscount Bradley's three nephews can split his fortune, but only if each marries a fallen woman. Now all depends on the youngest, Peregrine Sullivan. . . . When the inheritance promised to Alexandra Douglas and her sister falls into the hands of their greedy cousin, she embarks on a charade to enter Combe Abbey, her ancestral home, and take the money back. Visiting the Abbey, Perry is intrigued by this middle-aged spinster with a young woman's eyes.

The headstrong and beautiful Alexandra Douglas is summoned to London from the seminary for young ladies upon the death of her father, Sir Arthur Douglas. There, the family lawyer explains to her that she and her invalid sister, Sylvia, have been left penniless, disinherited, delegitimized. Her father had divorced her mother on the grounds of insanity, making the children of the marriage illegitimate, but still allowing him to remarry. On Sir Arthur's death, his considerable wealth and estates passed to a distant relative, while his widowed second wife and stepson received handsome inheritances. Alex is determined to get the inheritance that she and her sister are due. When she sees an advertisement for a librarian at her former family home, she applies in the guise of an impoverished middle-aged spinster with experience as a school librarian. But when The Honorable Peregrine Sullivan arrives for a weekend of hunting with Alex's stepbrother and immediately notices that the librarian is not who she appears to be, she finds it impossible to keep her distance. With her elaborate scheme unraveling and her future in jeopardy, Alex must rely on her wits -- and her new love -- to make sure justice is served.

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