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The Matrimonial Advertisement
Romance
The Matrimonial Advertisement
Book 1 of the Parish Orphans of Devon series
348 pages · First published 2018
Desperate to escape danger in London, Helena Reynolds answers a matrimonial advertisement and travels to a remote estate on the North Devon coast to marry a complete stranger. Former army captain Justin Thornhill wants a wife largely for practical reasons after years spent building a fortune and surviving imprisonment and torture in India. Their marriage begins as an arrangement offering Helena sanctuary and Justin social respectability, but genuine attachment grows inside a household filled with secrets from both their pasts. This Victorian marriage-of-convenience romance pairs a frightened woman seeking safety with a brooding man whose own need for redemption makes protecting her increasingly personal.
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Torture · Kidnapping/captivity · Violence, weapons, and peril · Mild romantic content, including kissing
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