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    The Bride Sale

    By Candice Hern

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    A Bartered Lady

    Lord James Harkness is shocked to discover a "bride sale" taking place in his small English village -- and surprised by the depth of his feelings for the unfortunate gentlewoman being auctioned off by a disreputable husband. But is it honor and nobility that compel James to outbid the townfolk for the proud, beautiful lady -- or is it something more akin to . . . desire?

    A Mysterious Lord

    Verity Osborne is not sure whether good fortune or ill brought her to this dark, brooding man and his lonely manor house on the moors. Local talk brands James Harkness as evil -- but Verity senses a gentleness underneath. She dearly longs for her liberty, but his sensuous touch causes her to stay. However, James must first trust Verity with his secrets if they are ever to share love's rapturous freedom. And will the promised passion she sees flaming in his eyes warm Verity's heart . . . or burn her?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061739682
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    Candice Hern

    Candice Hern is the award-winning author of historical romances set during the English Regency, a period she knows well through years of collecting antiques and fashion prints of the era. She travels to England regularly, always in search of more historical and local color to help bring her books to life.

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      London gentleman sells wife in Cornwall, uses money to pay gambling debt.Local lord, cranky since experiencing horrors of war, and suspected of murdering his wife and child, buys girl.Girl gets whole village to love lord again, all live happily ever after. All is twee.The conflict in this story did not come from the main characters, who got on quite well from the start. Rather the conflict is in the entire local community thinking the lord is a monster. The scenes of dominant man needing to wipe out memory of horror by making free with a girl cancelled out the often sympathetic portrayal of a victim of war.