Noreen Claremont’s heart bled for Anne Elliot.
Like Anne, Noreen was a spinster.
She didn’t sit in corners at house parties, but she always slid into the same booth at the diner. Alone.
She didn’t have a spendthrift father, but she did have a father who was forced to sell their house when he couldn’t pay his bookie.
She didn’t have a hypochondriac sister who insisted she needed Noreen’s help before her children drove her mad, but she did have a sister who insisted Noreen was the only person who could potty-train her offspring.
And Noreen too had turned down a perfectly viable marriage proposal because she received it from a man who possessed prospects rather than assets.
Like Wentworth, he’d been devastated by her refusal. When she said no, his gaze turned desolate and his mouth flattened into a grim line more ominous than the one China erected a thousand years ago against the barbarian horde.
So when Noreen finished flicking stray dog hairs from the sleeve of her sweater and looked up, she was surprised to see her rejected suitor.
Genre: Romance
Like Anne, Noreen was a spinster.
She didn’t sit in corners at house parties, but she always slid into the same booth at the diner. Alone.
She didn’t have a spendthrift father, but she did have a father who was forced to sell their house when he couldn’t pay his bookie.
She didn’t have a hypochondriac sister who insisted she needed Noreen’s help before her children drove her mad, but she did have a sister who insisted Noreen was the only person who could potty-train her offspring.
And Noreen too had turned down a perfectly viable marriage proposal because she received it from a man who possessed prospects rather than assets.
Like Wentworth, he’d been devastated by her refusal. When she said no, his gaze turned desolate and his mouth flattened into a grim line more ominous than the one China erected a thousand years ago against the barbarian horde.
So when Noreen finished flicking stray dog hairs from the sleeve of her sweater and looked up, she was surprised to see her rejected suitor.
Genre: Romance