An Unsuitable Match

by Alice Thornton

Mary Drayton's improvident father had left her, on his death, in quite degrading circumstances. So when Justin, Lord Hawkridge, fell in love with her, and she with him, Mary was heartbroken but not surprised when he apparently came to his senses.

To find him again in Bath, years later, when she was on a mission of mercy, was a shock - more so when he clearly thought that she had abandoned him ! But nothing had changed; she was still an unsuitable match for him...

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

This author later published her books as Claire Thornton.

Reviews

[Bea Tea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one! There was a real sense of cruel reality to this historical romance. The heroine has to do hard things to survive in her youth, and holds her head up high when she is judged by both the H and society. The H meanwhile is a flawed man, who has a lot of work to do to get over his misconceptions and prejudices, and understand the h and why she did what she did in the past.

It was also wild when he's like 'yeah I've mistresses and maybe a bastard out there' - full up admits it - this sort o stuff wouldn't fly for a second in modern HR since readers seem to want modern paragons for their heroes... but really of course a dude in those days who raked about would probably have a kid or two... man... I loved that the author had the lady-balls to make her HR more down to earth.

[Usagi Tsukino · Rating 1 out of 5]

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