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Changing Fortunes #3
The Marquis Takes a Bride
Miss Jennie Bemyss is in a position that any intelligent young lady would envy. The wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington has proposed a marriage of convenience that will leave him free to pursue his pleasures and leave Jennie free of his undoubtedly depraved desires. At the same time, handsome, charming Guy Chalmers, whom Jennie has loved since childhood, proposes to aid her in enjoying her freedom to the fullest.
Jennie should feel happy to be ignored by a man whom she properly should despise. She should feel even happier to be courted by a man whom she has so long adored.
Why, then, does Jennie feel so confused?
Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
Jennie should feel happy to be ignored by a man whom she properly should despise. She should feel even happier to be courted by a man whom she has so long adored.
Why, then, does Jennie feel so confused?
Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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First published June 1, 1980
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Helen Crampton
2 books20 followersMarion Chesney Gibbons
aka: Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Marion Chesney, Charlotte Ward, M.C. Beaton, Sarah Chester.
Marion Gibbons (née Chesney) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels. Marion wrote her historical romances under her maiden name, Marion Chesney, as well as several pseudonyms ( Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward). Using the pseudonym M.C. Beaton she also wrote many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. Both of these book series have been adapted for TV. Because of her great success with mystery novels her publishers both in the U.S. and abroad began using the M.C. Beaton pseudonym for all of her novels.
aka: Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Marion Chesney, Charlotte Ward, M.C. Beaton, Sarah Chester.
Marion Gibbons (née Chesney) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels. Marion wrote her historical romances under her maiden name, Marion Chesney, as well as several pseudonyms ( Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward). Using the pseudonym M.C. Beaton she also wrote many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. Both of these book series have been adapted for TV. Because of her great success with mystery novels her publishers both in the U.S. and abroad began using the M.C. Beaton pseudonym for all of her novels.
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April 25, 2019
Rating: 4 stars
What a ruckus! This novel was Taming of the Shrew meets The Scarlet Pimpernel! How could I not love it? Everything was fun from beginning to end. If there were moments that irritated there was always a humorous scene that had me laughing out loud. Unlike the first book where there is menace and a "fill in the blanks" ending, this one was wrapped up neatly.
What a ruckus! This novel was Taming of the Shrew meets The Scarlet Pimpernel! How could I not love it? Everything was fun from beginning to end. If there were moments that irritated there was always a humorous scene that had me laughing out loud. Unlike the first book where there is menace and a "fill in the blanks" ending, this one was wrapped up neatly.
August 8, 2019
What a delightful story and I truly enjoyed the listen. It doesn't hurt that Anne Flosnik is the narrator. The back and forth between the two characters was refreshing.
4-Stars
4-Stars
November 7, 2022
What fun! There were the best parts (things) of Regency romances, packed in a rather short, fast-paced story. I couldn't stop reading.
There was a romance, wit, an adventure. You can laugh, sigh, be excited. All written in an engaging way, with believable historical background. And this time I don't feel robbed because it was a bit short.
One of the best of Marion Chesney I have read so far. I don't understand why it is so low rated. To me, it was like eating my favourite ice cream ;-)
"It's not fair," he burst out, saying as usual what was uppermost in his mind. "We manage to stop powdering our hair because of the price of flour and then, just as we're getting comfortable again, Brummell invents the starched cravat, and there we are, cornflowered up to the ears!"
There was a romance, wit, an adventure. You can laugh, sigh, be excited. All written in an engaging way, with believable historical background. And this time I don't feel robbed because it was a bit short.
No one really knows for sure the thoughts or emotions of another and, therefore, one credits other persons with one's own faults, beliefs and humors - particularly one's faults.
One of the best of Marion Chesney I have read so far. I don't understand why it is so low rated. To me, it was like eating my favourite ice cream ;-)
July 6, 2017
This was an interesting storyline for an early Chesney that depicts a hero who falls in love first. It also featured what I came to associate with Chesney's books -- that of an elegant, intelligent, but highly languid hero who is assumed to be foppish and useless. This type of hero is rarely seen in historical romances, and even less so in the older ones, as I believe the order of the day was to have a rampaging brutal hero hell-bent on preserving his family name or rape. It is a character that Chesney does extremely well and that I personally enjoy. Occasionally, she has a female version of this -- as seen in Ginny, and The Adventuress (of House for the Season). Her notable male derivatives are the heroes in Deirdre and Desire (of Six Sisters) and to a lesser extent, Penelope Goes to Portsmouth (of the Traveling Matchmaker) and Marrying Harriet (of the School for Manners).
Jennie is an extremely neglected, spoiled girl living in a ramshackle aristocratic situation with her ageing grandparents and equally ageing (or dying) servants). She's said to be "spoiled by neglect," which novel concept still lingers in my head long after I've finished this book, and her only delight in an illiterate life is the love of her life, her first cousin Guy Chalmers, who ofttimes drops to try to borrow money from the grandparents. When she turns 18, she finds that she has been betrothed from the cradle to a Marquis of Charrington, who goes by Chemmy. (This was slightly confusing at the beginning to me, as there was already a character of Chalmers, and Jennie Bemyss's last name is not dissimilar. Also because this was the first of her early books to give a nonsensical nickname to a stately persona.)
Chemmy had called initially to beg off the engagement but had fallen in love at first sight with Jennie and insists on going through with the wedding, evincing, however, no particular love or interest in his outward demeanor. Jennie planned on holding her breath until her grandparents changed their mind, but was persuaded by Guy Chalmers to go ahead with the marriage, as society marriages don't mean a thing and they could go on to have incestuous fun.
There follows a series of pull and tug between Chemmy and Jennie, comprising mostly of Chemmy giving in to Jennie's spoiled and rude demands, and Jennie's insistence on matters just to be contrary. Even though the book states that Jennie was made illiterate by her grandparents who considered an uneducated female a fine thing, it must be said that Jennie never made an effort to better herself, though her days in the restricted countryside must have been highly dull, and she doesn't appear to be very intelligent either. She does several things to spite Chemmy -- although his actions were for her benefit -- and when she rails at him, he explains and offers to let her do what she wants, she goes ahead with her own plans and regrets it accordingly.
This goes on for most of the book until Chemmy has had enough and there is a SHOWDOWN -- very much in the romance novel method, where the bridegroom does away with the marriage of convenience and demands his marital rights. The next day, however, as is always the pattern in romance novels, Jennie is feeling lovey-dovey, but Chemmy has given up on her and allows her everything she wants, including full access to her cousin, who, it eventually turns out, was plotting her downfall in order to get money.
Rated only higher than the Constant Companion because Chemmy really makes up for Jennie's annoying immaturity and stupidity.
Jennie is an extremely neglected, spoiled girl living in a ramshackle aristocratic situation with her ageing grandparents and equally ageing (or dying) servants). She's said to be "spoiled by neglect," which novel concept still lingers in my head long after I've finished this book, and her only delight in an illiterate life is the love of her life, her first cousin Guy Chalmers, who ofttimes drops to try to borrow money from the grandparents. When she turns 18, she finds that she has been betrothed from the cradle to a Marquis of Charrington, who goes by Chemmy. (This was slightly confusing at the beginning to me, as there was already a character of Chalmers, and Jennie Bemyss's last name is not dissimilar. Also because this was the first of her early books to give a nonsensical nickname to a stately persona.)
Chemmy had called initially to beg off the engagement but had fallen in love at first sight with Jennie and insists on going through with the wedding, evincing, however, no particular love or interest in his outward demeanor. Jennie planned on holding her breath until her grandparents changed their mind, but was persuaded by Guy Chalmers to go ahead with the marriage, as society marriages don't mean a thing and they could go on to have incestuous fun.
There follows a series of pull and tug between Chemmy and Jennie, comprising mostly of Chemmy giving in to Jennie's spoiled and rude demands, and Jennie's insistence on matters just to be contrary. Even though the book states that Jennie was made illiterate by her grandparents who considered an uneducated female a fine thing, it must be said that Jennie never made an effort to better herself, though her days in the restricted countryside must have been highly dull, and she doesn't appear to be very intelligent either. She does several things to spite Chemmy -- although his actions were for her benefit -- and when she rails at him, he explains and offers to let her do what she wants, she goes ahead with her own plans and regrets it accordingly.
This goes on for most of the book until Chemmy has had enough and there is a SHOWDOWN -- very much in the romance novel method, where the bridegroom does away with the marriage of convenience and demands his marital rights. The next day, however, as is always the pattern in romance novels, Jennie is feeling lovey-dovey, but Chemmy has given up on her and allows her everything she wants, including full access to her cousin, who, it eventually turns out, was plotting her downfall in order to get money.
Rated only higher than the Constant Companion because Chemmy really makes up for Jennie's annoying immaturity and stupidity.
May 18, 2019
This is a typical Regency era marriage of convenience novel: young woman, raw and naïve, marries a man she was promised to by her parents and his when she was a baby. Now, ordered by her bossy grandparents to fulfill that long-ago promise by her dead parents, and longing to escape the stuffy and smelly confines of her musty, going-to-seed ancestral home, Jennie Bemyss also finds further reason to marry the foppish Chemmy, Marquis of Charrington: her cousin, Guy, whom she adores and wants to marry, assures Jennie that her becoming the marchioness will only makes things easier. She can enter into a marriage of convenience and establish a liaison with Guy.
Of course, as one knows, it turns out (though Jennie doesn’t realize it till the end) that the foppish husband, while he may be especially fussy about his clothing and appearance, is also a fierce fighter. It turns out that Jennie is not left unaffected by her unwanted husband. And that Guy isn’t quite as ardent a lover as Jennie had hoped he would be—and that she doesn’t mind at all, after all. In fact, quite the opposite.
This was all right. I suppose when you’ve read as many of these marriage of convenience novels as I have (dozens), a story centering around this trope has to be either very well-written or must have a very engaging plot to make it stand out. The Marquis Takes a Bride isn’t awful, but it’s not standout, either.
Chesney conjures up Regency England well (though I did wonder why a man who slept stark naked would still have a nightcap on… somehow that ruined the image of the sexy Chemmy for me). Chemmy’s friend Perry was a delightful character, whom I’d liked to have seen more of. Chemmy was pretty likable too.
That said, I couldn’t get a feel of the relationship building up between Chemmy and Jennie. Lots of jealousy, yes: but where does that originate? In lots of expensive dresses? There’s very little sense of these two people sharing anything in the way of conversation, of learning about each other, of getting to like one another. Not a very believable romance. And Jennie being pretty much illiterate and so prone to tantrums came across as a bit steep to me. If she’s so good at having her own way by throwing a tantrum, why can’t she do it to get an education (especially when it should have been obvious to even a girl growing up in the back of beyond that there’s a difference between being at least literate enough to read and write, and being a bluestocking?) This wasn’t a heroine I found easy to relate to, and perhaps that is one reason I couldn’t really root for her.
Of course, as one knows, it turns out (though Jennie doesn’t realize it till the end) that the foppish husband, while he may be especially fussy about his clothing and appearance, is also a fierce fighter. It turns out that Jennie is not left unaffected by her unwanted husband. And that Guy isn’t quite as ardent a lover as Jennie had hoped he would be—and that she doesn’t mind at all, after all. In fact, quite the opposite.
This was all right. I suppose when you’ve read as many of these marriage of convenience novels as I have (dozens), a story centering around this trope has to be either very well-written or must have a very engaging plot to make it stand out. The Marquis Takes a Bride isn’t awful, but it’s not standout, either.
Chesney conjures up Regency England well (though I did wonder why a man who slept stark naked would still have a nightcap on… somehow that ruined the image of the sexy Chemmy for me). Chemmy’s friend Perry was a delightful character, whom I’d liked to have seen more of. Chemmy was pretty likable too.
That said, I couldn’t get a feel of the relationship building up between Chemmy and Jennie. Lots of jealousy, yes: but where does that originate? In lots of expensive dresses? There’s very little sense of these two people sharing anything in the way of conversation, of learning about each other, of getting to like one another. Not a very believable romance. And Jennie being pretty much illiterate and so prone to tantrums came across as a bit steep to me. If she’s so good at having her own way by throwing a tantrum, why can’t she do it to get an education (especially when it should have been obvious to even a girl growing up in the back of beyond that there’s a difference between being at least literate enough to read and write, and being a bluestocking?) This wasn’t a heroine I found easy to relate to, and perhaps that is one reason I couldn’t really root for her.
September 19, 2023
This was an okish book.The heroine is extremely childish she is only 18 year old brought up by weird grandparents.Hero is 30 plus years old.Jenny the heroine always jumps to conclusions, she is illiterate,dumb and has no sense. I really wondered how the hero fell for her. The supporting characters and OM were also silly and boring.
October 6, 2022
Wow!! Another disappointing read. I’m on a roll with these. I was intrigued for the first 2 hrs of the audiobook but alas, it didn’t last.
I loved the premise. What’s not to love about a marriage of convenience? However, while I initially liked Jennie and Chemmy’s back and forth, it soon became irritating. Jennie was a petulant child who threw a tantrum every time she didn’t get her way. Chemmy’s patient indulgence was sweet at first but as the story progressed it only made him appear apathetic and unfeeling.
Also, they were both so sneaky and conniving, Jennie more so that Chemmy, since she maintained an improper relationship with her cousin Guy from day one. (Doubly gross 🤢🤮) The first few weeks of their marriage were riddled with lies and deception and it left me feeling icky. Their relationship was not healthy and I lost all interest in their story.
Content: PG-13
I loved the premise. What’s not to love about a marriage of convenience? However, while I initially liked Jennie and Chemmy’s back and forth, it soon became irritating. Jennie was a petulant child who threw a tantrum every time she didn’t get her way. Chemmy’s patient indulgence was sweet at first but as the story progressed it only made him appear apathetic and unfeeling.
Also, they were both so sneaky and conniving, Jennie more so that Chemmy, since she maintained an improper relationship with her cousin Guy from day one. (Doubly gross 🤢🤮) The first few weeks of their marriage were riddled with lies and deception and it left me feeling icky. Their relationship was not healthy and I lost all interest in their story.
Content: PG-13
April 11, 2019
Lord have mercy. A heroine whose grandparent guardians strictly enforced lady-like endeavors like curtsying gracefully, manages a train deftly, the language of the fan, the art of complements to gentlemen, and how to look rapt with interest even if the gentleman’s topic leaves one bored to tears but forbid her an education even to learn to read and write as “an uneducated mind was a rare and beautiful thing” for a female. Sheesh! And a heroine who because of their neglect pitches temper tantrums like a terrible two-year old and holds her breath till she’s purple to get her way. I enjoyed Chemmy’s character with his “sleepy amiability” masquerading a mind and will like a steel trap. Also the hilarious descriptions of Rumbury Manor - always smelled of bad drainage and dogs. Of course, MC’s twist here is a murderous first cousin Guy who is after Jennie’s inheritance and the deaths of her guardian/grandparents due to asphyxiation (cesspool backed up and filthy, granddad too miserly to fix and then he orders all the windows closed with fires lit one cold evening).
June 3, 2022
I liked that this was a short story. I also liked how patient the hero was with the heroine even though she was young, spoiled, and immature.
April 19, 2022
Very unlikable heroine. She's a terrible brat, and her redeeming qualities are simply not emphasized enough to make her likable. What a shame, because the a few other books in this series were really enjoyable. I now suspect that this "Changing Fortunes" series wasn't an actual grouping, but instead was a marketing ploy by the publisher.
June 3, 2022
I liked that this was a short story. I also liked how patient the hero was with the heroine even though she was young, spoiled, and immature.
February 14, 2022
Jennie & Chemmy
Mostly I'm ok with the premise, young innocent female meets dashing older beau and eventually after many misunderstandings they get their HEA.
But this heroine was annoying in the extreme. Think Cinderella's wicked stepsisters. Yes, I know this gives her lots of room to grow, but I just couldn't care less for her. And this is most definitely a heroine who is TSTL. Ugh!
As for our hero. For the first half I appreciated his great patience and willingness to help his wife become more educated, but when he flipped to pissed off hero I quickly lost affection for him, as he became as stupid as his wife.
Guy is a villan. Sally is a slut. And Perry seems distinctively fopish to the point that his interest in Sally seems barely believable. There are not many (any?) characters to root for in this story.
That said, these are so short, they are like inhaling a bag of chips, you know they are going to make you fat and you'll hate yourself for doing it, but it's just so easy to keep shoveling them in.
Mostly I'm ok with the premise, young innocent female meets dashing older beau and eventually after many misunderstandings they get their HEA.
But this heroine was annoying in the extreme. Think Cinderella's wicked stepsisters. Yes, I know this gives her lots of room to grow, but I just couldn't care less for her. And this is most definitely a heroine who is TSTL. Ugh!
As for our hero. For the first half I appreciated his great patience and willingness to help his wife become more educated, but when he flipped to pissed off hero I quickly lost affection for him, as he became as stupid as his wife.
Guy is a villan. Sally is a slut. And Perry seems distinctively fopish to the point that his interest in Sally seems barely believable. There are not many (any?) characters to root for in this story.
That said, these are so short, they are like inhaling a bag of chips, you know they are going to make you fat and you'll hate yourself for doing it, but it's just so easy to keep shoveling them in.
January 17, 2016
I just re-read this (1-16-2016) Maybe four and a half stars would be better. It's a sad book in places, literally showing the rot in a dying aristocratic family. But there's great humour too. Many many misunderstandings but somehow they're quite believable.
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March 12, 2016Cute but a little silly
This was okay for a break from reading anything with true depth of character or plot. Just a silly romantic jaunt.
This was okay for a break from reading anything with true depth of character or plot. Just a silly romantic jaunt.
December 7, 2017
This gets 1.5 stars for me, and the .5 is because I did enjoy a lot of the marquis's and Jenny's back-and-forth power struggles. It was legitimately funny sometimes, how Jenny tried to spite him but only ended up spiting herself. Other than that, I didn't love it. Not only did it walk the border between a-little-too-much and comfortably vague where intimate matters were concerned (for me, anyway--especially because I was listening rather than reading, which always makes awkward things feel more awkward!), but I feel like I've seen this story before and enjoyed it more elsewhere (the one that largely comes to mind is The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer). But! It did make doing chores this morning a lot more interesting than it usually is, so that's a win.
July 17, 2024
Ugh! Jenny never grew up! She was just as spoiled and petulant by the end of the novel as she was at the start. I don't understand why the Marquis sees in her. It would have been good to see her apologize or at least thank her husband for all he did and his patience, but we don't see this maturity in her. Instead of developing her maturity, MC Beaton has to make a statement (something to the effect of) "and that's when she turned from a child to a woman", yet there was no evidence of this. This was one of my least favorite novels from MC Beaton.
October 25, 2022
Full Potential Not Realised.
The synopsis of this book is intriguing and holds out great promise, but I guess that you can’t expect much depth in a story where one person is 18 and the other 35. Some authors can do it and weave a credible tale, but this isn’t one of them. She is 18, but acts 8. His façade is as a ‘man milliner’, but he’s adroit and athletic. The expected tensions weren’t always well delivered.
The synopsis of this book is intriguing and holds out great promise, but I guess that you can’t expect much depth in a story where one person is 18 and the other 35. Some authors can do it and weave a credible tale, but this isn’t one of them. She is 18, but acts 8. His façade is as a ‘man milliner’, but he’s adroit and athletic. The expected tensions weren’t always well delivered.
December 26, 2023
Entertaining melodrama with a too good to be true Marquis. Some of his dialogue with his 18 yr old spoiled bride is occasionally humorous as are several of the characters. Rather a serious mood plot-wise. Light escape reading with MC Beaton's quirky creativity.
January 20, 2018
Kindle unlimited. Didn’t finish. Stupid heroine.
July 3, 2019
I liked The book...But it could have been better. I enjoy Marion Chesneys books for The humor and this could have used A little more. A quick read. I own it and will be keeping it.
February 25, 2020
Audible Romance Package
AUDIBLE: Read 24 February 2020
4hrs 43min
Narrator: Anne Flosnik does a great job
Pretty good. Very patient H. That poor innocent Jennie.
AUDIBLE: Read 24 February 2020
4hrs 43min
Narrator: Anne Flosnik does a great job
Pretty good. Very patient H. That poor innocent Jennie.
March 12, 2020
Silly outdated but somewhat diverting fluff.
May 25, 2024
M.c.Beacon plots are always a suprises
This story reminded me of The Taming of the Shrew. Combined with mystery and insight to emotional motivation. Much deeper than a romance
This story reminded me of The Taming of the Shrew. Combined with mystery and insight to emotional motivation. Much deeper than a romance
March 8, 2025
stupid h
August 12, 2025
Amusing. The debonair Marquis sure had a lot of patience with his bratty bride in love with her evil cousin.
July 19, 2013
Jennie Benyss has been brought up by her grandparents in a ramshackle and dirty country house. She has never been educated and cannot read and write though she is intelligent. She has always loved her cousin Guy Chalmers and has grown up with him. She hopes to marry him but finds out on her eighteenth birthday that she was betrothed in her cradle to the Marquis of Charrington.
When Guy reveals that it was never in his plans to marry Jennie she reluctantly goes ahead with the marriage to the handsome Marquis and embarks by arrangement on a marriage of convenience. But it soon becomes clear that more than one person would like to see Jennie out of the picture.
This is a touching romance with plenty of mystery too as various accidents happen which threaten to deprive Jennie of her life. There are several minor sub-plots which keep the reader entertained while the evil plots are being hatched. An entertaining read with a heroine who has a mind of her own and is not afraid of fighting back.
When Guy reveals that it was never in his plans to marry Jennie she reluctantly goes ahead with the marriage to the handsome Marquis and embarks by arrangement on a marriage of convenience. But it soon becomes clear that more than one person would like to see Jennie out of the picture.
This is a touching romance with plenty of mystery too as various accidents happen which threaten to deprive Jennie of her life. There are several minor sub-plots which keep the reader entertained while the evil plots are being hatched. An entertaining read with a heroine who has a mind of her own and is not afraid of fighting back.
March 26, 2014
This only confirmed the fact that I think I've had enough of MC Beaton's Regencies. When I first discovered them (with the Six Sisters series) I was so excited and I've worked my way through the School for Manners, and the Travelling Matchmaker, which I really enjoyed all of. As more series have been republished (who knew she'd written so many - and under so many pen names!) I was excited, but I enjoyed the House for a Season not quite as much, and I'm struggling with The Poor Relation Series and some of the standalones have been a disappointment too.
So, as to the book itself, the plot was fairly predictable - but then I've read so many of these now that maybe it's just that that's making it seem that way. I read it, it was fine, it filled some time, I won't read it again but then I don't think it was aiming to be a book that has a big impact on you. I've one more MC Beaton Regency unread on the Kindle, I'll go straight on to it and then call a halt for a while.
So, as to the book itself, the plot was fairly predictable - but then I've read so many of these now that maybe it's just that that's making it seem that way. I read it, it was fine, it filled some time, I won't read it again but then I don't think it was aiming to be a book that has a big impact on you. I've one more MC Beaton Regency unread on the Kindle, I'll go straight on to it and then call a halt for a while.
June 14, 2024
A short read and mild historical regency romance. I found the Marquis and his deceptive demeanor of calm and disinterested engaging. He had a great way of dealing with the very young, willful, tantrum throwing Jennie. By the simple expediency of granting her wishes, when she is in a snit, he foils her tantrums every time because she is constantly saying she wants something that she really does not, just to try to get a rise out of him, only to find out how much she regrets him giving her what she has asked for. Eventually they are both able to admit to themselves that they each love the other but by that time Jennie's lifelong crush, has moved on from trying to seduce her to trying to end her, so that he may inherit her fortune. In the meantime the Marquis has through misunderstanding mistakenly determined the she is mercenary and married him of this money. As with most romances, it all works out in the end.
September 19, 2021
The Marquis takes a bride by M C Beaton
Jennie Bemyss had unknowingly been betrothed to the Marquis of Charrington since she was a baby and this came as a surprise when her grandfather announced that she was to marry on her 18th birthday. As the Marquis was older and more worldly it was proposed to be a marriage of convenience therefore leaving Jennie to spend time with her cousin Guy whom she had loved since childhood. Guy is not quite as fun loving as he seemed.
A well written book with interesting characters, intrigue and attempted murder.
Jennie Bemyss had unknowingly been betrothed to the Marquis of Charrington since she was a baby and this came as a surprise when her grandfather announced that she was to marry on her 18th birthday. As the Marquis was older and more worldly it was proposed to be a marriage of convenience therefore leaving Jennie to spend time with her cousin Guy whom she had loved since childhood. Guy is not quite as fun loving as he seemed.
A well written book with interesting characters, intrigue and attempted murder.
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