A Heart for the Taking (The Reluctant Brides Series, Book 1)
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In Colonial Virginia, Chance Walker still blames his cousin Jonathan for his own wife's untimely death. So when Jonathan returns from England with the widowed Lady Fancy Merrivale, Chance sees an opportunity to strike back: he'll woo the beautiful Lady.
But revenge turns bittersweet as Chance falls hopelessly in love with Fancy, and she with him, while a shadowy enemy intent on claiming Chance's family inheritance puts Fancy in his sights.
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THE RELUCTANT BRIDES, in series order
A Heart for the Taking
Swear by Moonlight
While Passion Sleeps
THE SOUTHERN WOMEN, in series order
The Tiger Lily
Each Time We Love
At Long Last
Love a Dark Rider
THE LOUISIANA LADIES, in series order
Deceive Not My Heart
Midnight Masquerade
Love Be Mine
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A young widowed baroness and her sister travel from England to Virginia in 1774 only to run headlong into feuds and family secrets in this amiable but bumbling historical romance from bestselling author Busbee (Lovers Forever). Baroness Merrivale, nicknamed Fancy, accompanies her sister Ellen for a visit with planter Jonathan Walker to determine whether Ellen's attraction to him is true love. Once in America, Fancy encounters Jonathan's rough-hewn cousin Chance, who fascinates and repels her at first sight. When Chance turns out to be Jonathan's enemy, and Jonathan proves less charming than he seemed in England, Fancy is drawn into their deadly conflict, while Ellen loses her heart to yet another Walker cousin. An intriguing fish-out-of-water situation and well-researched details of colonial life are undermined by heavy-handed plotting. A major secret is hidden for decades with no credible reason; a villain unconvincingly blurts information useful to the hero and heroine; and lovers inexplicably conceal their feelings whenever they get close to resolving their conflicts.
