the convenient marriage by georgette heyer

As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry begins to feel increasingly unhappy.

Hers was a marriage made not in heaven but in the coolly logical mind of a very self-possessed young. Their was a convenient marriage, she was only saving her sister from a loveless match, rescuing her family fortune, and providing herself with a life of ease. He agree, and dazzling Horatia married the powerful Earl of Rule. Everyone knows Horry isn't that beauty and has a stutter, but she'll do her best to keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. He has lots of money but they have an old family line. Lizzie's younger sister Horatia conceives a dazzling plan to avert a nuptial disaster, and offers herself, since he really wants to marry into this family. Beauty Lizzie Winwood already is promised to Edward Heron, an also impoverished military, who she loves, but the wealthy Earl of Rule wants her as his wife. Overcoming some misguided help from Horatia's harebrained brother and a hired highwayman, the Earl routs his old enemy, and wins over his young wife-proving theirs was no accidental marriage and gifting her with a love that she never thought she could expect.When Lord Marcus Drelincourt, Earl of Rule, the most eligible match of Georgian England, offers for the hand of the oldest and prettiest sister of the Winwood Family, he has no notion of the distress he causes his intended. There's simply no way he's going to let her get into trouble. Unbeknownst to Horatia, the Earl is enchanted by her. The Earl of Rule has found just the wife he wants. And then the Earl's archenemy, Sir Robert, sets out to ruin her reputation.

Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll do her best to keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself and tell a few convenient lies for her family's happiness. When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Horatia Winwood is simply helping her family. 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are my perennial favorites!'- LENORA BELL 'Georgette Heyer's legacy is a gift to all of us who love the Regency period.'- LORRAINE HEATH 'No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit.'- LISA KLEYPAS 'Georgette Heyer created a genre so rich that thousands of us have been mining it ever since.'- LORETTA CHASE 'One of the great protagonists of the historical novel.' - PHILIPPA GREGORY Discover the Regency romance writer all your favorite authors adore:

The convenient marriage by georgette heyer