Desperate Measures

by Beth Henderson

What is a young woman to do when the family wants to marry her off? Miss Emily Vale began to picture herself as the woe begotten heroine in a tragic folk tale when her stepmother calmly announced that she had invited a titled but destitute half-French nobleman to sue for Emily’s hand…oh, and her fortune as well. And so it was, when a dashing smuggler stepped into the narrow quarters wherein she had elected to hide, Emily threw caution to the winds. To escape an arranged marriage, she was quite willing the resort to Desperate Measures. Multi-published novelist Beth Henderson steps away from book length stories of romantic adventure in the American Old West to stir a bit of romantic comedy into Regency era Britain with delightful results in this rollicking novella. Visit her at www.4TaleTellers.com for further reading treats. Follow her on Twitter at @Beth__Henderson or on Facebook through

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 5, 2010

About the author

Beth Henderson's first book was published in 1990. She has also written as Lisa Dane, Beth Cruise and Elizabeth Daniels. And currently as J.B. Dane and Nied Darnell as well.