num_pages: 224
description: SHE NEEDED A WEALTHY HUSBAND...Blissfully unaware of what Fate holds in store, Miss Caroline Parker has happily spent her days training her beloved ponies and ignoring more ladylike pursuits. But her carefree country life comes to an abrupt halt when her widowed mother insists she embark upon a London Season for the express purpose of snaring a well-heeled husband. Suddenly, the spirited beauty is thrust into a world of glittering balls and elegant soirees with no hope of rescue in sight...until she meets a dashing young captain who seems to understand her dilemma implicitly, a man who becomes her staunchest ally overnight...HE NEEDED A WELL-TO-DO WIFE...On the battlefield, Thomas Ogden had acquitted himself with courage, and he'd brought home the way wounds to prove it. But now, faced with the prospect of trolling the marriage mart for a rich wife, he is filled with foreboding. Thank goodness for Caroline. Becoming her partner in this business of finding a mate makes life tolerable, even pleasurable...Until Thomas realizes he's finding fault with every man Caroline flirts with...until he discovers he's harbouring a desire to do violence to every man who asks her to dance...until he begins to sense that he will never accept any man as Caroline's husband...any man but himself...
language: English
title: Miss Parker's Ponies
titlecomplete: Miss Parker's Ponies (Zebra Regency Romance)
characters: Thomas Ogden, Miss Caroline Parker
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Kensington Pub Corp