***inside cover sticker, normal shelf wear to jacket, some age spots on pages (see pictures) **** "A sparkling story of love, pride, and social prejudice," said Booklist of The III-Bred Bride, Rosemary Edghill's graceful tale of class conflict and war of wits. Every bit as delightful is her newest tale of a star-crossed pair, the course of whose love is perhaps the rockiest imaginable. Dashing and dangerous Lord Severn lives for pleasure alone. But in tricking gentle Primula Greet-well into a false marriage-and subsequently taking his leave with a bow and a laugh-he has finally gone too far. It is high time Severn grew up and settled down, and it falls to Severn's father to halt the rake in his progress. Having been banished to India, young Severn returns after an absence of ten years to find himself presented with a choice: He can marry-sight unseen-the bride of his father's choosing, or be cut off from family and fortune forever. Severn opts for marriage, the bride being an older and wiser Primula, who enters into the contract for reasons of her own. But the intrigue does not end there, for Severn and Primula have each been ordered to pretend not to recognize the other. Many a hidden motive propels the lords and ladies of the ton, and a match decidedly not made in heaven may have unexpected results. "Pure delight for everyone," said Romantic Times of ROSEMARY EDGHILL's Turkish Delight (SMP, 1987). Ms. Edghill, whose enchanting Regencies also include Two of a Kind (SMP, 1988), lives in New York

ISBN: 9780312069742