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Barely A Bride

Free Fellows League seriesbook 1 of 4Next:Merely the Groom(2004) →

The noblemen of the Free Fellows League have vowed to "avoid the inevitable leg-shackling to a female for as long as possible." But when Viscount Abernathy is called off to war, he must obey his father's wishes that he marry-and fast.

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Abernathy is lucky to find Lady Alyssa as agreeable to a marriage of convenience as he is. But, two years later, scarred to his soul from the war, all Abernathy wants is love. And now he must win his wife's heart, by wooing the bride he left behind...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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