The Marplot Marriage

by Beth Andrews

An innocent mistake has unexpected caught in a highly compromising situation, the mischievous Phoebe Bridgerton and stuffy Charles Hargood are forced to marry in order to avoid ruin. Unfortunately, Phoebe and Charles have always-outwardly, at least-professed to despise each other. Neither expects happiness from this marriage. But Phoebe never suspected that the priggish Charles might be involved with another woman. Nor did she expect the knowledge to wound her so deeply. Have her feelings for Charles changed? Phoebe suddenly finds herself engaged in a desperate battle to save a marriage she didn't know she wanted. Now, she is ready to try any scheme, however outrageous! But how can she possibly succeed, when everyone seems to be working against her -- including her own husband!

Genres: Regency

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian note:
There is more than one author with this name

Beth Andrews (a.k.a. Paul Bethel) was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas. At the age of about seven, “Beth” was reading completely inappropriate tales of murder and love in True Detective and True Romance magazine. It wasn't long before he started writing stories, often with a strong note of satire. Graduating to Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, Regency romance and mystery was a natural progression—though Paul still pens occasional contemporary stories and song lyrics just for fun, as well as non-fiction articles and essays for Jane Austen’s Regency World. Paul also enjoys music, gardening, travel (pre-pandemic, of course) and the beach. His ebooks are now published by Joffe Books in the UK and Regency Reads in Oregon.

Reviews

[Mary Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars

Amusing story. Our hero thinks he dislikes the heroine but actually as time goes on it's obvious that it started as a bad case of unrequited love that he damped down and now has risen as lust.

I enjoyed the friends.