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Clandestine Affair
"MARY! I DO NOT WISH YOU TO MARRY A RAKE OR A GAMBLER, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY FALL IN LOVE, YOU WILL NOT BE THINKING ABOUT THE WORTHINESS OF YOUR LOVER!"Lovely Mary Wyndham had just about given up the notion of true love when she met Sir Ingram. That she failed to see this was due in part to Teresa, a spoiled chit of a girl (and her brother's latest amour), who insisted that Sir Ingram was trying to kill her for her inheritance.Mary found Sir Ingram very handsome. Disturbingly so. She also found him a trifle arrogant, but hardly sinister. That is, until another accident befell Teresa. And this time, Mary could not be so certain....
189 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Sally James
37 books3 followersUses the pseudonym Sally James
Marina Oliver was born in 1943. She graduated from Keele University in Politics and Economics.
Marina started published historical romances, in 1974, at Robert Hale, and since 1977 also under the pseudonym of Sally James. In 1981, she published a novel as Donna Hunt at Minstrel Books. Since 1983, she uses de penname Bridget Thorn. In 1992, she also published a novel as Vesta Hathaway and in 2000 as Laura Hart. She has published more than fifty novels under her name and her pseudonyms, plus half a dozen non-fiction books. Her novels are historical romances as well as twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime. She has edited her own quarterly magazine, and also many books and newsletters, mainly for educational organisations.
Marina was elected the sixteenth Chairman (1992-1993) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, edited its Newsletter for 3 years, and now has been elected a Vice-President and runs the R.N.A. New Writer's Scheme. She reads for and judges short story competitions, reviews historical novels, and has done appraisals for (among others) a prestigious Regional Arts board.
Married with Chris, they had four children, Jackie, Debbie, Cindy and Simon, and several grandchildren, Marina now splits her time between rural Shropshire and Madeira.
Marina Oliver was born in 1943. She graduated from Keele University in Politics and Economics.
Marina started published historical romances, in 1974, at Robert Hale, and since 1977 also under the pseudonym of Sally James. In 1981, she published a novel as Donna Hunt at Minstrel Books. Since 1983, she uses de penname Bridget Thorn. In 1992, she also published a novel as Vesta Hathaway and in 2000 as Laura Hart. She has published more than fifty novels under her name and her pseudonyms, plus half a dozen non-fiction books. Her novels are historical romances as well as twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime. She has edited her own quarterly magazine, and also many books and newsletters, mainly for educational organisations.
Marina was elected the sixteenth Chairman (1992-1993) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, edited its Newsletter for 3 years, and now has been elected a Vice-President and runs the R.N.A. New Writer's Scheme. She reads for and judges short story competitions, reviews historical novels, and has done appraisals for (among others) a prestigious Regional Arts board.
Married with Chris, they had four children, Jackie, Debbie, Cindy and Simon, and several grandchildren, Marina now splits her time between rural Shropshire and Madeira.
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November 25, 2015
Mary lives a quietly in the countryside with her bookish father.She is being courted by the local curate who is on the verge on proposing. The calm is broken by the arrival of her brother and a pretty young heiress who claims someone is trying to murder her. The culprit she believes is her guardian Sir Ingram. This read like a paint by numbers regency romance - with some of the numbers missing! The hero left me cold ,he's tall dark and handsome.Yawn but where is his personality I wondered. " regular features, the most noticeable of which was a firm, square chin
tall and broad shouldered, with finely moulded, regular features, and carefully brushed fair hair. One of these quotes describe the hero.Guses wich?
Then there is the murder plot shoehorned in (could tell from a mile away who was behind it)
tall and broad shouldered, with finely moulded, regular features, and carefully brushed fair hair. One of these quotes describe the hero.Guses wich?
Then there is the murder plot shoehorned in (could tell from a mile away who was behind it)
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