The Ideal Bride Author:Stephanie Laurens Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a man destined for power. except Michael, for all his political skill and intelligence, lacks a wife. — So he goes searching for his ideal bride and discovers such a paragon but finds a formidable obstacle in his path, Caroline Sutcliffe. Caro has lived through an unhappy political marriage, and wants nothing of t... more »he sort for her niece, especially as the young woman has already lost her heart to another.
Caro and the younger woman hatch a plot- Caro will demonstrate why an inexperienced young lady is not the bride for him. In deflecting Michael's matrimonial attentions away from her niece, Caro unwittingly focuses them on herself. And then it is Michael's turn to be persuasive, a task that requires every ounce of his seductive charm.« less