The Matrimonial Advertisement (Parish Orphans of Devon #1)
Mimi Matthews
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 83 ratings · 386 pages · Published: 04 Sep 2018
Helena Reynolds will do anything to escape her life in London, even if that means traveling to a remote cliffside estate on the North Devon coast and marrying a complete stranger. But Greyfriar's Abbey isn't the sort of refuge she imagined. And ex-army captain Justin Thornhill--though he may be tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome--is anything but a romantic hero.
He Needed Redemption...
Justin has spent the last two decades making his fortune, settling scores, and suffering a prolonged period of torture in an Indian prison. Now, he needs someone to smooth the way for him with the villagers. Someone to manage his household--and warm his bed on occasion. What he needs, in short, is a wife and a matrimonial advertisement seems the perfect way to acquire one.
Their marriage was meant to be a business arrangement and nothing more. A dispassionate union free from the entanglements of love and affection. But when Helena's past threatens, will Justin's burgeoning feelings for his new bride compel him to come to her rescue? Or will dark secrets of his own force him to let her go?
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Tagged as:
- historical 12
- victorian 11
- marriage of convenience 10
- class difference 8
- aristo/royal heroine 6
- disabilities & scars 6
- caretaking 5
- tortured heroine 5
- grumpy/cold hero 5
- rich heroine 4
- height difference 4
- hurt/comfort 4
- virgin heroine 4
- alpha male 4
- tortured hero 4
- possessive hero 3
- working class hero 3
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- angst 2
- m-f romance 2
- suspense 1
- age gap 1
- insta-love 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party abuse 6
- past abuse 6
- abuse 3
- suicide / ideation 3
- torture of mcs 2
- past child neglect 1
- third party sexual assault 1
- child sexual abuse 1
- geography
- united kingdom 3
- england 3
- british isles 2
- europe 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 3
romance tags
The 'Parish Orphans of Devon' series
4.03 · 207 ratings
historical · audiobook · victorian · sweet-hero · england · united-kingdom · behind-doors · dual-pov · europe · child-sexual-abuse · length-medium · marriage of convenience · height-difference · alpha male · m-f · poor heroine · virgin heroine · possessive hero · british-isles · working class hero
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