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Beatrice


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It would be hard to find two people less likely to marry than gently-born Beatrice Cressingham and George, Marquess of Levington – the Duke of Ellonby’s heir.

Beatrice is alone in the world. Since her poet husband, and love of her life, died a year ago she has existed on the funds from his published poems. Now they are running out. Too proud to beg her disapproving family for help, she hires herself as companion to the irritable Lady Mundesley. The notion of marrying again would horrify her.

George, severely wounded in the Peninsular War, is frustrated to find himself too incapacitated to return to the army. His father, concerned for his own failing health, orders him to marry and set up his nursery. The idea of entering the Marriage Mart as an object of pity disgusts George and deeply offends his pride.

But the charming Sylvia, Duchess of Ellonby thinks the pair are well suited. She makes her plans. Will George be persuaded to offer for Beatrice? Will she accept?
How could two such reluctant people ever find happiness?

Beatrice is the fourth novel in the popular Regency Belle series 

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  • About
    • Terms of Business
  • Contact
  • How to Submit
    • Books We Like
    • SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
  • Clients A - L
    • Caroline Ashton
    • The Regency Belles Series >
      • Rowena >
        • Araminta
        • Harriette
        • Beatrice
        • Imogene
        • Louise
        • Rosalind
    • The Lime Tree Murders
    • Pulling Up The Weeds
    • Follow Me
    • Regency Short Stories
    • Amanda Austen >
      • Diminishing Returns
    • Hugo Barnacle >
      • Promise >
        • Day One
    • Leila Berg >
      • Flickerbook
    • Stephen Buck >
      • Films I Saw With My Father
    • Jane Gordon-Cumming
    • Iestyn Edwards >
      • My Tutu Went AWOL
    • Ralph Fevre
    • Gray Freeman
    • Sam Giles >
      • A Very English Doctor
  • Clients M - Y
    • R P Marshall >
      • Antisense
    • Carol McGrath >
      • Mistress Cromwell
      • The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy >
        • The Silken Rose
        • The Damask Rose
        • The Stolen Crown
    • Sophie Parkin >
      • The Colony Room Club 1948-2008
    • Robert Ross >
      • Forgotten Heroes of Comedy
    • Lakshmi Raj Sharma >
      • Intriguing Women
      • Marriages Are Made in India >
        • The Tailor's Needle
    • Tony Slattery
    • Jonathan Socrates
    • Adrienne Vaughan
    • Grace Wynne-Jones >
      • Ordinary Miracles >
        • Wise Follies
        • Ready or Not >
          • The Truth Club
  • News
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  • Books by Friends
    • After All These Years
    • What a Hazard a Letter Is