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The Complacent Wife
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  • paperback· 263 pp9782290347478
First published 1972

The Complacent Wife

By Barbara Cartland

Heat level
Sweet

LOVELESS BRIDE The handsome Earl of Droxford relished all the privileges of being wealthy--and a bachelor. Now, because of King William's decree, he must be married within a month. "Find me a wife," he told his beautiful mistress. "A complacent, conformable wife who will not interfere in my affairs!" For bewitching, green-eyed Karina, it was a chance to escape from poverty and hardship, and she offered herself as the docile bride! So they made their loveless marriage vows -- the Earl and the enchanting country girl. But in fashionable London Karina broke her promise to be complacent. She had fallen impossibly in love!

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Marriage of ConvenienceRelationshipHistorical RomanceSettingPiningRelationshipRegency RomanceSettingSlow BurnRelationshipOpposites AttractRelationshipForbidden LoveRelationshipUnrequited LoveRelationship
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