The Reluctant Bride (Regency Undone) - Plot & Excerpts
Your wife can reside at Avalon Hall while you continue to divide your time between there and here, and your mother would be silenced. It is the perfect solution.’Ralph scowled at his cousin across the table. ‘But I have no desire for a wife. Why would I wish to encumber myself with one before I truly need to? And as for the thought of an army of small children running about the place, causing havoc in my life …’‘Children are not such a bad thing,’ Guy replied mildly. ‘I sometimes think that Charles is the only thing that keeps me sane in my marriage.’‘Precisely,’ Ralph retorted, knowing full well the difficult state of his cousin’s situation. ‘So would you really condemn me to a similar fate? No doubt you thought you had chosen wisely in Charlotte at the beginning?’Guy’s face closed over. ‘I was a young fool and let my urges rule my head,’ he said shortly. ‘I would not do so a second time. As I said, the secret is in choosing the right bride. Someone who will be grateful for the position they will be acquiring and who is not too demanding. Someone who will be happy playing the Earl’s wife when you are there and equally happy being mistress of the house when you are absent. Believe me, there are enough women to select from, and which one of them would not wish to be the wife of the infamous and handsome Earl of Avalon?’This last drew a reluctant grin from Ralph, though he wasn’t sure his cousin was right. His reputation, especially as far as women were concerned, was not of the highest standing and some self-righteous connections would shun any offer just because of that.
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