The Matrimonial Advertisement (Parish Orphans of Devon #1)
Mimi Matthews
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
4.08
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 72 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 10
- victorian 10
- marriage of convenience 8
- class difference 6
- aristo/royal heroine 4
- disabilities & scars 4
- grumpy/cold hero 4
- rich heroine 3
- caretaking 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 3
- virgin heroine 3
- tortured heroine 3
- alpha male 3
- possessive hero 3
- tortured hero 3
- height difference 2
- working class hero 2
- m-f romance 2
- suspense 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- angst 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party abuse 3
- past abuse 3
- abuse 2
- past child neglect 1
- torture of mcs 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- geography
- united kingdom 2
- england 2
- british isles 1
- europe 1
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The 'Parish Orphans of Devon' series
4.07 · 187 ratings
historical · victorian · dual-pov · england · behind-doors · united-kingdom · sweet-hero · working class hero · virgin heroine · alpha male · possessive hero · m-f · poor heroine · length-medium · europe · british-isles · suicide · marriage of convenience · tortured hero · height-difference
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