A Widow for the Marquess
(2021)(The second book in the Boxwood Regency Romance series)
A Novella by Patricia Lyn Bradt
She has no desire for another husband. He is hiding from his responsibility to find a wife. What will it take to change each other’s minds?
The Marquess of Boxwood needs an heir, and therefore a wife. After his first attempt at marriage ends before he ever sets foot in a church, what he needs more than anything is a respite. He craves time away from matchmaking mamas, giggling debutantes, and society in general. When his mother invites him to accompany her to a house party, Boxwood decides that a country house filled with silver-haired peers and dowagers sounds like the perfect place to hide in plain sight.
Everything is going according to plan, until he is introduced to a young widow with captivating eyes and a quick wit.
Grace Hayward, the Dowager Lady Fillmore, has no desire for another husband. Truth be told, she never wanted the first one. As far as she is concerned, being a widow is the best thing to ever happen to her. She would rather live in poverty than tie herself to a man. Or, worse, rejoin the ranks of the nobility.
When her aunt convinces her to come out of hiding to join a house party, Grace expects to find nothing but abject boredom. Little does she know that a marquess is about to make her question everything she thinks she knows about the nobility, and men…
This Clean & Wholesome Regency Romance novella is sure to touch your heart and make you laugh.
Genre: Historical Romance
The Marquess of Boxwood needs an heir, and therefore a wife. After his first attempt at marriage ends before he ever sets foot in a church, what he needs more than anything is a respite. He craves time away from matchmaking mamas, giggling debutantes, and society in general. When his mother invites him to accompany her to a house party, Boxwood decides that a country house filled with silver-haired peers and dowagers sounds like the perfect place to hide in plain sight.
Everything is going according to plan, until he is introduced to a young widow with captivating eyes and a quick wit.
Grace Hayward, the Dowager Lady Fillmore, has no desire for another husband. Truth be told, she never wanted the first one. As far as she is concerned, being a widow is the best thing to ever happen to her. She would rather live in poverty than tie herself to a man. Or, worse, rejoin the ranks of the nobility.
When her aunt convinces her to come out of hiding to join a house party, Grace expects to find nothing but abject boredom. Little does she know that a marquess is about to make her question everything she thinks she knows about the nobility, and men…
This Clean & Wholesome Regency Romance novella is sure to touch your heart and make you laugh.
Genre: Historical Romance
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