A convenient proposal… Makes a scandalous match! Part of Penniless Brides of Convenience: Knocking on Owen Harrington’s door, impoverished and desperate, Miss Phoebe Brannagh wonders if London’s most eligible catch will recognise her. But injured and reclusive, Owen is no longer a carefree man. And he’s in urgent need of a convenient wife! Owen’s shock proposal allows Phoebe to fulfil her life’s ambition to open a restaurant…but his heated kisses tempt her to hope for a new dream – marriage, for real!
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Marguerite Kaye. A Wife Worth Investing In
Chapter One. Paris—August 1828
Chapter Two. London—October 1830
Chapter Three
Chapter Four. One week later
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Christmas Day
Chapter Ten
March 1831
Chapter Eleven
April 1831
Chapter Twelve. One year later, April 1832
Historical Note
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A convenient proposal...
Makes a scandalous match!
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She laughed. ‘I shall return the compliment, Mr Harrington. Even if you are quite wrong, you make me long to have it. You see, it’s a good game, isn’t it? I can while away hours playing it and don’t mind at all sitting by myself to do so. I love the fact that no one knows who I am, far less cares. In Paris, for the first time in my life, I can be completely myself without having to consider anyone else—on my Sundays off, at any rate.’
