The author of over 25 Regency romances, best-selling author Louise Allen presents the second installment of her Transformation of the Shelley Sisters series. Pregnant Arabella Shelley is shocked when the father of her unborn child dies. Fearing the child's illegitimacy, the man's brother, the inscrutable Viscount Hadleigh, demands that Bella marry him instead. Eventually Bella submits, but she struggles to find love to match the passion igniting between them.
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"Sensual writing and great exploration of a tarnished start to a new relationship. Loved the soul searching and struggle to fulfill duty and find personal satisfaction. There was a scene where Arabella breaks free of her compliant facade and the writing was so well done, it made me love the story."
— Shawna (4 out of 5 stars)
" England early 1800's Spinster (26!) knocked up by bad bad nable rake. Rake rejects spinster and then dies of a burst appendix. Rake's brother strikes upa marriage of convience and then love naturally. A bit predictable but overall an easy read. "
— Laura, 1/10/2013" So very, very, very, predictable. "
— Frances, 11/26/2012" Second book in a series, which started out reasonably well. This one was much better than the first, and appealed to my love of external incidents creating tension by having two of my favourite disasters in one chapter. Now to track down the third part of the trilogy... "
— Stevie, 10/28/2012Louise Allen is the author of over sixty historical romances and also of time-slip historical mystery romances, historical mysteries, and nonfiction. The Regency is her passion, an endlessly fascinating era full of contrast and change, danger and elegance, luxury and squalor. Women had freedoms that would shock their Victorian granddaughters, yet lived within social codes that both intrigue and appall us now. Men in society could win fortunes at the turn of a card and lose their lives in the hazard of a duel all in the space of twenty-four hours. It is all so different, with the glamour of the past gilding it—and yet the characters seem to reach out and touch us now. Find out more at www.louiseallenregency.com and discover the Regency world at http://janeaustenslondon.com Twitter: @LouiseRegency
Jilly Bond has worked extensively in theater and radio for many years. Her stage credits include Miranda in The Tempest, Fiona in When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, and Anita in A Small Family Business. She is regularly heard in dramas for Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. She has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards for her audiobook narration.