SUBSTITUTE BRIDE
LAUREL LAMPERD
ISBN# 978-1-59705-733-2
January 3rd 2008
Wings EPress, Inc.
403 Wallace Court Richmond KY, 40475
E-book/ Paperback
$6.00/$11.95 paperback
304 pages
Regency Romance
Rating: 4 Cups

Miss Emma Napier accompanies her friend Abby on a hair brained scheme to London to avoid Abby being married off to a man she does not wish to be with. On their trip they make a stop for the night, and Emma finds herself forced into a marriage to help a man gain his inheritance. She keeps the marriage a secret and waits for the promised annulment.

Nicholas Anthony William Sefton, Eighth Marquis of Desborough, has to gain control of his fortune before his bumbling cousin sends the family estate into ruin. So he comes up with a scheme to gain control; he will marry a poor woman for a few weeks get his inheritance, then have the marriage annulled.

To Nicks surprise and Emma’s great disappointment, they once again run into each other a few weeks after the wedding at a party. Nick cannot believe his luck in discovering the woman he thought was a servant is actually a respectable choice for marriage, and so begins the merry chase to keep Emma for his wife. But Emma has her own plans, and none of them involve Nick. Can Nick show Emma there is more to him that meets the eye before her brother comes back to London and rescues her from this so called marriage?

The lengths that Emma makes Nick go through to gain her love are amusing, and makes the whole story a fun read. You lose yourself in the battle of wills between these two characters. Ms. Lamperd did a wonderful job creating this world and these two characters; they are both charming and a little mischievous. Substitute Bride is a wonderful story about circumstances you can not control and how sometimes these events become more than you ever dreamed you deserved. I really enjoyed this book.

LeeAnn
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