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Adam and Evelina

by Charity Blackstock

He said, "We will be married tomorrow." Then he laughed, " It will be a perfect marriage... We will show the world." He took her in his arms and kissed her.... And so, after a fairy-tale romance, the handsome Adam, Lord Vallence married Evelina, the pretty little schoolmistress. But when the wedding bells faded and the star-struck couple began life together in earnest, they soon found that marriage was not quite so easy. 'Society' could be cruelly snobbish and vindictive. Husband and wife's strong personalities clashed, domestic battles raged. And Adam, loving as he might be, was tempted to return to his former life as a devil-may- care 18th-century rake. Perhaps that was when their story began. the real love story of Adam and Evelina....

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?