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Proposing to the Earl of Aynsley seems a sensible—if unconventional—solution to Miss Rebecca Peabody's predicament. As a married woman, she will be free to keep writing her essays on civil reform. Meanwhile, the distinguished widower will gain a stepmother for his seven children and a caretaker for his vast estate.
But the earl wants more than a convenient bride. He craves a true partner, a woman he can cherish. To his surprise, the bookish Miss Peabody appears to have every quality he desires…except the willingness to trust her new husband. Yet despite his family's interference, and her steadfast independence, time and faith could make theirs a true marriage of hearts.
- Sales Rank: #77946 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-10-01
- Released on: 2012-10-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
In 1999 Cheryl Bolen was named Notable New Author for her first Regency-set historical romance. In 2006 she won the Holt Medallion for Best Historical Novel. Her books have been Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestsellers and have been translated into 11 languages. A former journalist, she writes regularly on the Regency. Her articles and blogs on Regency England can be found at www.CherylBolen.com and www.CherylsRegencyRambling.wordpress.com. She and her husband have two sons.
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London, England 1813
The hackney coach slowed in front of Lord Aynsley's townhouse. With her heart pounding prodigiously, Miss Rebecca Peabody pushed her spectacles up the bridge of her nose and drew a deep breath as the driver assisted her from the carriage. She paid him, glanced up at the impressive four-story townhouse, then climbed its steps and rapped at the door's shiny brass plate. Almost as an afterthought, she pulled off her spectacles and jammed them into her reticule. Though she abhorred going without them due to her inability to see, she had decided just this once it was necessary. One who wished to persuade a virtual stranger to marry her must, after all, make every effort to look one's best.
She felt rather like a convict standing before King's Bench as she waited for someone to respond to her knock. Soon, a gaunt butler with a raised brow opened the door and gave her a haughty stare.
"Is Lord Aynsley in?" she asked in a shaky voice.
She had particularly selected this time of day because she knew it was too early for Parliament.
The servant's glance raked over her. Though her dress was considerably more respectable than a doxy's, he must still believe her a loose woman because no proper lady would come to his lordship's unescorted. But, of course, she could hardly have brought Pru with her today. One simply did not bring one's maid when one wished to propose marriage.
"I regret to say he's out," the butler said. There was not a shred of remorse on the man's face or in his voice.
She had not reckoned on Lord Aynsley being away from home. Now everything was spoiled. Such an opportunity might never again be possible once it was discovered she'd sneaked out the back of her dressmaker's, stranding her poor maid there. All likelihood of ever again disengaging herself from either her sister, Maggie, or Pru would be nonexistent. And to make matters even more regrettable, the hackney driver had left! She fought against tears of utter frustration. Perhaps the butler was merely protecting his master from tarts. She drilled him with her most haughty stare (though he was nothing more than a blur, due to her deficient vision) and said, "You must inform his lordship that I come from the foreign secretary, Lord Warwick." Which was true, but misleading, given that her sister was married to Lord Warwick, and Rebecca made her home with them.
"I would convey that to Lord Aynsley were he here, but he is not. Would you care to sign his book?"
Owing to the fact she had not anticipated his lordship's absence, she hadn't given a thought as to how she should proceed were he not at home. Should she sign his book with a cryptic message? Should she merely leave her card? Should she ask him to call on her? No, not that. Maggie would never allow her to be alone with the earl, and in order to propose marriage, Rebecca must have privacy.
She decided to sign his book.
The unsympathetic butler allowed her to step into the checkerboard entry hall and over to a Sheraton sideboard beneath a huge Renaissance painting. Lord Aynsley's book—its pages open—reposed on the sideboard.
Though it was undignified to remove a glove, she did so before picking up the quill. This was her last pair of gloves that was free from ink stains, and Maggie had persistently chastised her about her endless destruction of fine, handmade gloves.
As soon as she divested herself of her right glove, she heard the front door swing open and a second later heard his voice.
"Lady Warwick!" Lord Aynsley said, addressing Rebecca's back. "How may I be of service to you?"
Oh, dear. Because he saw her from the back, he would think she was her beautiful sister, whom he had once wished to marry. Drawing in a deep breath, Rebecca whirled around to face him, a wide smile on her face.
His face fell. "Miss Peabody?"
"Yes, my lord. I beg a private word with you." How she longed to jam on those spectacles and give the peer a good look over. It had been so long since she last saw him, she couldn't quite remember what he looked like. Truth be told, she had never paid much attention to him. At the present moment she wished to assure herself that his appearance was not offensive. But the only thing she could assure herself of was his blurriness—and that he was considerably taller than she and still rather lean.
A hot flush rose into her cheeks as she perceived that he gawked at her single naked arm, then he recovered and said, "You've come alone?"
She duplicated her haughty stare once again. "I have." She gulped. "A rather important matter has brought me here today."
"Then come to my library where we can discuss it."
She followed him along the broad hallway past a half dozen doorways until they came to a cozy room lit by a blazing fire and wrapped with tall walnut cases lined with fine leather books. A much finer library than Lord Warwick's, she decided. Another recommendation for plighting her life with Lord Aynsley.
"Oblige me by closing the door," she challenged as he strode toward his Jacobean desk.
He stopped, turned to gaze at her and hitched his brow in query. "I'm cognizant of your unblemished reputation, Miss Peabody, and I don't wish to tarnish it."
"My unblemished reputation is exactly why I'm here today, my lord."
"I'm sorry. I don't follow you."
"Please close the door and I shall explain."
His gaze bounced from her to the door. He did not move.
Was he afraid she would damage his sterling reputation by intimating that he behaved in an ungentlemanly manner? "I assure you, Lord Aynsley, I have no aspirations to make false accusations against you."
"You have roused my curiosity, Miss Peabody." He crossed the room and closed the door. "Please sit on the sofa nearest the fire."
She did as instructed, then wadded the missing glove into a ball concealed in her fist and hoped he would not notice her breach in decorum.
He came to face her on a silken plum-colored sofa that matched the one she sat on. "It's quite remarkable how much you look like your sister."
"That, my lord, is another reason why I'm here today."
"I'm afraid I don't comprehend, Miss Peabody."
"Allow me to explain. You were once so attracted to my sister, you asked her to marry you."
He nodded. "Your sister is a most beautiful woman."
She drew a long breath, counting to five, then plunged in. "Then you must be satisfied with my appearance, my lord, for we look vastly similar—except for my deficient vision which necessitates my spectacles." If only she could believe that. She was no beauty like Maggie.
Because his lordship was nothing more than a blur, she was unable to observe his reaction to the illogical trajectory of her conversation. The man was apt to think the most deficient thing about her was not her vision, but her mental capacity.
After a mortifying lull, Lord Aynsley recovered and answered as would any well-mannered gentleman. "You're a most lovely girl."
She glared at him. "I am not a girl. I'm a woman of eight and twenty. I came out of the schoolroom more than a decade ago, and in most quarters I'm considered past marrying age. That is why I've selected you."
He did not say anything for a moment. "Pray, Miss Peabody, I'm still not following you. For what purpose have you selected me?"
"Before I get to that," she said, opening her reticule, stuffing in the glove and pulling out a folded piece of parchment, "I should like to mention the points on my list here."
While she unfolded the list she could see that he crossed his arms and settled back to listen.
Her glance fell to the list, but she was unable to read the now-fuzzy letters. She would have to recite from memory. "Not only do I greatly resemble my countess sister, but I'm a reputed scholar. I read and write Latin and Greek and am fluent in French, German and Italian. I'm exceedingly well organized and capable of overseeing a large household." She paused to sit on her naked hand, hoping the earl had not noticed it. Lord Aynsley was a most proper peer, and she was most decidedly improper to be sitting here not only without a chaper-one but also with a naked arm.
"The most important thing on my list," she continued, "is that I absolutely adore children. I dislike the city and would love to live in the country—surrounded by said children. I have decided to marry a man a bit older, a man whose children need a capable mother. I shouldn't mind at all if it wasn't a real marriage. I suppose an older man would not still fancy the romantic aspects of marriage."
No man who'd ever loved Maggie could be attracted to Rebecca. She understood that. She would never be able to experience a marital bond like Maggie shared with Warwick. Men just didn't feel that way toward her.
"Dear heavens! How old do you think I am?"
She gazed up at him, but of course could not really see him without her much-needed spectacles. "Five and forty?"
"I am three and forty, Miss Peabody, and have no desire for a wife." He stood abruptly.
"I beg that you sit down and hear me out. I'm not finished." It was really the oddest thing how this idea of marrying Lord Aynsley had taken ahold of her. Her desire to wed the earl had nothing to do with his desirability and everything to do with her need to leave Lord Warwick's house before she destroyed his heretofore loving marriage to her sister.
Another strong impetus to marry was the prospect of liberating herself from the strictures of society that rather imprisoned an unmarried lady.
And she was devilishly tired of people pitying her as the old maid aunt to Maggie's darling boys.
Though Miss Rebecca Peabody was void of passionate feelings tow...
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Can we truly grow to love each other over time?
By Mary Gramlich
Rebecca Peabody wants a marriage that would provide financial independence and some personal freedom. Rebecca is not a wild, untamed miss just a woman with a purpose that knew want she wanted to achieve in life. What Rebecca found in John Compton, the Fifth Earl Aynsley was a man who needed a mother for his children as much as a woman in his bed? Yet these two were able to realize a merger of lives and resources was a workable arrangement. If only everything were that uncomplicated.
Rebecca too soon realized mothering 7 step children was a large mountain to climb but one she was going to get a handle on. The boys may be mischievous and her stepdaughter a little troublesome but each of them brought joy to her life and accomplishing the task of winning them over was her new mission. Convincing her new husband that he should reorganize some of his business ventures was more daunting than first anticipated. Aynsley knows his wife has a hidden agenda and perhaps a secret or two but how far should he let her go in running the household show. Time will test the character of Rebecca and Aynsley both and their relationship will have a push and pull more times than not but it may be the differences that pull them together not tear them apart.
Cheryl Bolen has captured the spirit of change, the art of martial compromise, and the crazy path love takes each of us on.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Rebecca Peabody returns
By Kay Hudson
Marriage of Inconvenience is Cheryl Bolen's first novel for Harlequin's Love Inspired Historical line, but its heroine is Rebecca Peabody, the much-loved younger sister of Bolen's Counterfeit Countess, and long-time fans and new readers alike will be delighted with her story.
When Rebecca proposes to the widowed Earl of Aynsley, she doesn't have love or romance in mind. She's hoping to trade her services as stepmother to his children and caretaker of his country estates for the freedom to continue writing her pseudonymous political essays.
Aynsley, once a suitor to Rebecca's older sister, is not interested in such an arrangement--until he figures out that Rebecca is the essayist known as P. Corpus and realizes that this intelligent and passionate young woman could be the companion he hadn't known he needed.
Rebecca soon wonders if she's in over her head. Aynsley's three youngest sons and eccentric Uncle Ethelbert have driven off a succession of housekeepers and governesses, his daughter has only disdain for a stepmother, and there's that bigger than life-size portrait of the late Countess in the dining room. Even worse, what are these unfamiliar emotions plaguing Rebecca?
As for Aynsley, he is charmed by Rebecca and by her growing love for the children, but how can he trust her when she won't share her secret identity with him?
Will faith, in all its forms, be enough to turn this Marriage of Inconvenience into a true and loving partnership?
This is a thoroughly enjoyable and heart-warming story, and a delightful answer to the question "but whatever happened to Rebecca?"
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Okay.
By Reader Lady
I've read several other books by this author, but this one just didn't do it for me. The characters were not very exciting at all and a bit cardboard. I normally enjoy a good "Inspired Novel, but this one just didn't have much emotion in it or action.
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