G K. (ginnyk1) reviewed on 2/19/2006 + 49 more book reviews

A Piqued Bride

Miss Kate Frazer has spent most of her life trying to avoid the taint of her mothers scandalous reputation. To please her father, she stifles her naturally high spirits to become a model of propriety. But when her efforts are rewarded with a suitor who cares only for her dowryand leaves her waiting at the altar on her wedding dayKate determines that from now on, she will live as she chooses. Her first adventure will be a trip to London under an assumed name to enjoy the citys every daring delight. And woe to anyone who stands in her wayparticularly her fiancé

A Perplexed Groom

Lucius Calfield wasnt looking forward to wedlock with the tediously suitable Kate Frazer, yet he is nonetheless chagrined when a violent storm makes him late for the ceremony. But embarrassment turns to astonishment when he finds that his normally biddable fiancée isnt waiting for him at the church. In fact, shes vanished entirely! Determined to solve the mystery of his missing bride, Lucius traces her to London, where he encounters a Kate who is unaccountably changedand irresistibly enchanting. And although winning the heart of his erstwhile intended may prove a harder job than winning her hand, Lucius cant imagine a sweeter victory

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