It’s Marriage Or Ruin

It’s Marriage Or Ruin
Liz Tyner

Miss Emilie Catesby’s choice: a convenient marriage or ruin! Miss Emilie Catesby lives to paint—but when her mother threatens to take her oils away if she doesn’t marry she must either recklessly ruin herself or marry jaded Lord Marcus. When she finds herself compromised into a marriage of convenience with Marcus her decision is made for her! However, she’s surprised to discover that her wifely duties hold much more appeal than her paints…

Miss Emilie Catesby’s choice:

A convenient marriage or ruin!

Miss Emilie Catesby lives to paint, but when her mother threatens to take her oils away if she doesn’t marry, she must either recklessly ruin herself, or marry jaded Lord Marcus. And when she finds herself compromised into a marriage of convenience with Marcus, her decision is made for her! However, she’s now surprised to discover her wifely duties hold much more appeal than her paints…

LIZ TYNER lives with her husband on an Oklahoma acreage she imagines is similar to the ones in the children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. Her lifestyle is a blend of old and new, and is sometimes comparable to the way people lived long ago. Liz is a member of various writing groups and has been writing since childhood. For more about her, visit liztyner.com (http://www.liztyner.com).

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It’s Marriage or Ruin

Liz Tyner

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IT’S MARRIAGE OR RUIN

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