Marriage Made in Shame

Marriage Made in Shame
Sophia James

Secrets of the marriage bed… Heiress Adelaide Ashfield lost her trust in men years ago. She spurns the advances of society's most eligible bachelors, but time is running out. Forced to make her choice, Adelaide accepts the hand of Gabriel Hughes, Earl of Wesley.Despite his debauched reputation, Gabriel shies away from intimacy. But his marriage to Adelaide awakens a desire he never thought he'd feel again. Maybe his beguiling new bride is the key to shaking off the shame which has haunted him for so long…

THE PENNILESS LORDS (#ulink_58ed7b5b-e4a8-575b-aae7-305b4b06ad82)

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?

Don’t miss this enthralling new quartet by Sophia James

Read Daniel and Gabriel’s stories in

Marriage Made in Money Already available

Marriage Made in Shame Out now

AUTHOR NOTE (#ulink_da933a3e-c2dd-5b50-8180-96e5036fcc30)

Marriage Made in Shame is the second book in The Penniless Lords quartet, and Gabriel’s story has been a delight to write.

I took his problem to the book club I have been in for twenty years, with twelve of my closest friends, and we had such a great time discussing just exactly how he might be cured.

He’s a complex, enigmatic hero, who needed an interesting and unusual heroine for his happy-ever-after.

Lady Adelaide Ashfield is a wealthy bluestocking with her own particular demons and a desperate need to be loved.

Daniel (Book 1 Marriage Made in Money), Lucien (Book 3), and Francis (Book 4) are also part of the story—and so is Christine, Lucien’s sister, who keeps popping her head in everywhere.

I hope you enjoy Marriage Made in Shame.

I love any feedback, and can be found on sophiajames.co (https://sophiajames.co).

Marriage Made in Shame

Sophia James

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

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 (https://sophiajames.co).

Contents

Cover (#ucb9c49fe-6c5e-5943-a626-e7bed79083b7)

THE PENNILESS LORDS (#u2a76b0de-2a89-5ba4-b853-fee03cf256e8)

Author Note (#u6ab35af8-9a44-57a8-85b5-89fb3e353acc)

Title Page (#ubf054897-2d2f-56d9-b23b-7d87fcc44f2a)

About the Author (#u341f0b56-16e4-5669-b040-dccedea32a75)

Chapter One (#ua46ad507-0771-507b-9a08-89a7b582d7c8)

Chapter Two (#u9445723f-f022-5c9d-9689-2f46b39d1f75)

Chapter Three (#u0bc660d0-70cb-5f49-a9aa-4886c0585075)

Chapter Four (#uef4770ae-82ad-5e04-aa17-59bdd41f8ad6)

Chapter Five (#u0e2e0c16-8157-58fe-b2a3-fe92278ed618)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ulink_11c94747-c3e5-58d7-9c00-7c32de7b3a89)

London—1812

The familiar sense of nothingness engulfed Gabriel Hughes, the fourth Earl of Wesley, taking all breath and warmth with it as he sat with a glass of fine brandy and a half-smoked cheroot.