The Counterfeit Husband Author:Elizabeth Mansfield Camilla, widow of the late Earl of Wyckfield, was so greatly under the strict control of her managing mother-in-law that she was denied the freedom the lowliest parlor maid enjoyed. — Even moving to her own house in London had not freed her or her little daughter, Pippa, from the older woman's iron control. Her only hope of release was ... more »a second marriage, but since there were no such prospects, she inveigled her attractive, clever footman, Thomas, to play the role of husband for a few days during her mother-in-law's visit.
The idea of such a counterfeit was precarious at best, but Thomas's secret past made it dangerous beyond what she could have anticipated, for it was a past that could bring disaster on them all.« less