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The Reckless Orphan
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  • paperback· 288 pp9780451112088
First published 1981

The Reckless Orphan

By Vanessa Gray

Heat level
Sweet

Lovely young Julia Edgeworth lost everything except her beauty, her breeding, and her quick temper when her father gambled away the family estate and then passed away himself. Handsome, haughty, and fabulously wealthy Lord Charles Langley had everything a man could desire--except a wife to help continue his noble family line. Only an aristocrat as powerful and imperious as Lord Charles could see a young lady like Julia and instantly decide first to elevate her to his exalted social level and then to grant her the priceless privilege of becoming his wife. Only Julia would be so fiercely proud and foolishly headstrong as to say no....

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Regency RomanceSettingHistorical RomanceSettingMarriage of ConvenienceRelationshipOpposites AttractRelationshipBickeringRelationshipSlow BurnRelationshipHe Falls FirstRelationshipForbidden LoveRelationship
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