The Bride Who Loved A Marriage of Convenience Regency Romance

Lady Marion Bell, frustrated with her second husband’s long trips to India, begins an affair with her neighbor Adam. They meet in the hills, on the beach, even in her bed. After her husband died suddenly, she even thinks of marrying him.But when Lord Bell’s cousin Hamilton comes to claim the estate that is rightfully his, Lady Bell makes him a desperate offer of marriage. He needs her money to pay off some scandalous debts. She needs his claim on his estate, the best means of supporting herself and her three daughters. Later, she reasons, once Adam has saved enough money, she can annul her marriage with Lord Bell.Almost as soon as she is married, she realizes that her life may not go according to plan. Adam appears ready to sacrifice her family for his, and her daughters end up in graver danger than she had ever anticipated. The only person who can save them is none other than Lord Hamilton Bell. And the husband that she took on merely as a companion has begun to look to her for counsel, entertainment, and perhaps even love.