The Warwycks Series by Rosalind Laker

THE BOUGHT BEAUTY Young Kate Farringdon was the girl-for-sale on the auction block in an English market town, when she first saw Daniel Warwyck. According to popular law, Kate went to the highest bidder -- and Warwyck, England's most brilliant prizefighter, claimed her as the wife he needed to regain his lost legacy... moreTHE BOUGHT BEAUTY Young Kate Farringdon was the girl-for-sale on the auction block in an English market town, when she first saw Daniel Warwyck. According to popular law, Kate went to the highest bidder -- and Warwyck, England's most brilliant prizefighter, claimed her as the wife he needed to regain his lost legacy. Kate was now the property of this handsome, powerful, hot-blooded man, but neither of them dreamed of what lay before them -- as danger and intrigue in the form of a dazzling young heiress threatened to bridle a woman's burning desire and a man's driving ambition... less

It is March 1850 and Lucy di Castelloni, a beautiful young Italian widow, settles in the English resort of Easthampton. This is the second volume of a trilogy; the other volumes being "Warwyck's Wife" and "The Warwycks of Easthampton". Other books by the author include "To Dance With Kings".

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