Alverstone: A Regency Family Saga of Love and War (The Alverstones Book 1)
(By Beatrice Knight)
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A man in possession of £12,000 a year and his own teeth is not to be sneered at. After five failed London Seasons, Charlotte Winford is past being picky. She has enraptured a gouty squire with a pig-farming empire. Admittedly, he is no Adonis and has a horror of educated women, but it’s not raining suitors in the ballrooms of 1813.
Only duty would induce war-hardened Jasper Alverstone to attend an Almack’s ball. The most hunted matrimonial prize in England, he is not above skulking in dark corners to avoid ambitious mamas. But he is now head of his illustrious family and must honor his father’s will, even if it means marrying an insufferable heiress who loathes him. No sooner has that lady thrown his dance offer in his face when he overhears some sapskull making the world’s worst marriage proposal. Coming face-to-face with its fleeing recipient, he recognizes a country damsel he saved from ruin seven years ago--gallantry that almost cost him his life.
With old scores to settle and secrets to hide, Jasper and Charlotte form an uneasy alliance that will alter their lives forever.
Alverstone is a sweeping historical saga in the tradition of Belva Plain, Rosamunde Pilcher and other great storytellers.”
