Milady's Revenge - Hardcover

Herries, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727861352 ISBN 13: 9780727861351

Publisher: Severn House, 2004

Synopsis

Corinna Knolls arrives in London after a year of mourning her much loved mother and immediately falls in love with Edward Fitzroy, the new Marquis of Lanchester. The marquis admires the lovely but na?ve young girl, though he has no wish to marry her ? or any woman. Swept away on a tide of passion one night, Corinna allows the marquis to seduce her, but she soon regrets her foolishness when she realizes she is with child. She contemplates taking her own life, but instead confesses her situation to her father who then forces her to marry the vile Sir Keith Miles. Too late, Corinna realizes that she ought to have kept her secret at all costs, for her husband is a brute who abuses her both mentally and physically. Corinna is saved from her life of misery only when Sir Keith dies, and, armed with a new name and a confidence that was never hers as a young girl, Corinna returns to London dreaming of revenge against the man who brought about her downfall. But she has reckoned without the devastating charm of a rake who lives life on the edge, his reckless manner masking a very different man. Can she learn to put the bitterness of the past behind her? Or will a hidden menace snatch away her happiness a second time?

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About the Author:

Auteur phare de la collection - Les Historiques -, Anne Herries a situe plusieurs de ses romans en Angleterre medievale, avant de s interesser aux coulisses de la cour elisabethaine, puis a l epoque tumultueuse de la Regence.

From Booklist:

Corinna Knolls arrives in London with her father to look for a husband. She is young and naive. Edward Fitzroy, marquis of Lanchester, is young and bored. He decides to see just how far he can go without being obliged to marry, then waffles over what to do about his shameful behavior. Furious and pregnant, Corinna is forced by her livid father to marry someone else. Five years later, Corinna is a childless widow, whose regal composure hides the mental and physical scars of her horrendous marriage. Now she is out to teach Fitz a lesson. But Fitz is also changed (somewhat), and when Corinna repeatedly denies his attempts at forgiveness and reconciliation, he gives up, and that's when the sparks fly between them. Corinna and Fitz are a couple of spunky, flawed characters who readers will be glad to finally see together in this colorful and wonderfully dramatic romance. Maria Hatton
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About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0727861352
• ISBN 13: 9780727861351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256