Marriage Made in Money

Marriage Made in Money
Sophia James

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD…After her first disastrous marriage, wealthy heiress Amethyst Cameron swore she’d never take a husband again. Yet her beloved father’s deepest wish is for her to wed an aristocrat to protect her life and reputation.UNTIL THE DEBTS ARE PAID!Lord Montcliffe must marry into money to save his debt-ridden estate, but he doesn’t have to like it – or his bewitching future bride. So he’s stunned by the feelings stirred up by one scorching kiss! But when Daniel uncovers the truth can he accept the real Amethyst and help to banish the ghost of her past for ever?The Penniless Lords… In want of a wealthy wife

To have and to hold…

After her first disastrous marriage, wealthy heiress Amethyst Cameron swore she’d never take a husband again. Yet her beloved father’s deepest wish is for her to wed an aristocrat to protect her life and reputation.

Until the debts are paid!

Lord Montcliffe must marry into money to save his debt-ridden estate, but he doesn’t have to like it—or his bewitching future bride. So he’s stunned by the feelings stirred up by one scorching kiss! But when Daniel uncovers the truth, can he accept the real Amethyst and help to banish the ghost of her past forever?

THE PENNILESS LORDS

In want of a wealthy wife

Meet Daniel, Gabriel, Lucien and Francis Four lords: each down on his fortune and each in need of a wife of means.

From such beginnings, can these marriages of convenience turn into something more treasured than money?

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MARRIAGE MADE IN MONEY

January 2015

AUTHOR NOTE

MARRIAGE MADE IN MONEY is the first book in my new The Penniless Lords mini-series.

Daniel, Gabriel, Lucien and Francis are lords, down on both luck and money. With commitments to family, and great estates to support, each is forced into finding a wife of means. But the sacrificing of personal hopes and dreams does not always lead where they might imagine … and even dark clouds can sometimes have silver linings.

The first book in this series belongs to Lord Daniel Wylde, the sixth Earl of Montcliffe, newly returned from the Peninsular Wars. Is a loveless marriage of convenience to the wealthy daughter of an East London timber merchant the only way out of his substantial and mounting financial problems?

Miss Amethyst Cameron has her own conditions for their union, and she makes it known that she is as unhappy as he is with their unexpected betrothal. As a woman of trade she clearly understands that in any other circumstance the Earl of Montcliffe would never have chosen her.

Marriage Made in Money

Sophia James

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

This book is dedicated to my writing friend, Lizzie Tremayne, who helped me to understand the anatomy of horses and the joy of working with them.

SOPHIA JAMES lives in Chelsea Bay, on Auckland, New Zealand’s North Shore, with her husband who is an artist. She has a degree in English and History from Auckland University and believes her love of writing was formed by reading Georgette Heyer in the holidays at her grandmother’s house.

Sophia enjoys getting feedback at sophiajames.co (http://sophiajames.co)

Contents

Cover (#u5294c2a1-b17f-5e31-b30f-88575ca39b6e)

Back Cover Text (#u51fca83b-bd79-5cc9-aa23-075ae354df93)

Introduction (#ub65187fe-dea7-5947-a7b8-f40ce063e428)

Author Note (#u54c97401-7bac-5df8-90a5-b491997e42f5)

Title Page (#u1b1cd97b-a9cd-5870-9e1f-780007b5154a)

Dedication (#ubc3f38f0-984a-5a30-9eeb-2b42f72c68dd)

About the Author (#u3e00f17f-8aca-5817-97f3-f2d0f439998f)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Epilogue

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#u4e35b982-16b0-5c57-b2bf-aaed2636a173)

London—June 1810

Amethyst Amelia Cameron’s father loved all horses, but he especially loved his matching pair of greys.