The clandestine betrothal

by Alice Chetwynd Ley

The pre Regency romance series that readers have fallen in love with! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. A pretty young heiress finds her quick temper may have landed her in a world of trouble... 1796, London At twenty-seven, the Honourable Hugh Eversley is still a bachelor, and eagerly pursued by every match-making mama who ever brought a daughter up to London for the season. But Hugh 'Beau' Eversley is a notorious rake and every effort to catch his attention so far has been wasted. That is why Susan Fyfield's family are shocked when she announces she is engaged to him. They aren't the only ones stunned by the news. The Beau himself isn't aware he has made a proposal... THE CLANDESTINE BETROTHAL is the first book in The Eversley Saga: Traditional British, pre Regency romance novels with outspoken, feisty heroines set in Georgian England.

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