num_pages: 296
description: Librarian Note: Alternate cover edition - ASIN B004ZR9F7S.The choice between adhering to a long-held pact and finally accepting love could prove Lady Tabitha Sheltons unhinging. She is plump plain pleasant . . . and thoroughly unappealing to any of the men of the tonapart from fortune hunters. A self-appointed wallflower she has every intention of remaining one. Tabitha made a vow of spinsterhood with her cousins when they were girls and she refuses to go back on her word. So far shes proven herself quite adept at warding off the blasted fortune hunters pursuits.Noah deLancie Marquess of Devonport would prefer to marry for love and companionshiphes a gentleman through and throughbut circumstances have forced his hand: he needs money as badly as he needs a bride. When Noahs brother-in-law suggests pursuit of his sister Tabitha a woman with a dowry large enough to cause even Croesus to blush and who is tantalizingly good company to boot Noah stumbles into the future he hopes to secure. Hell stop at nothing to convince Tabitha to marry him.Nothing that is except perhaps the barrel of a dueling pistol held to his face by his ladylove.
language: English
title: Wallflower
publisher: Night Shift Publishing