num_pages: 216
description: Dear Miss Eastwick On account of the unfortunate incident involving Lord Pemberly and his valet at Lady Harthingtons Ball Her Majesty has no choice but to deem your Season a failure. With no other suitors of an appropriate station and no dowry you are hereby ordered to attend the Monsters Ball your last hope of securing a marriage.Eleanor Eastwick is out of tricks. This alleged wallflower is hiding a secret beyond the fact that her family is skint broke. If she wants to ensure the survival of her aged grandmother and younger siblings shell need to leverage the only thing they have left  their good name  and land herself a rich husband. Theres only one problem she can see with her plan: she has no bloody idea what shes doing.Enlisting the help of the wickedy rakish Marquis of Basingstone Eleanor embarks on a crash course in how to attract the monstrous Gentry high society courtship and lessons in lovemaking . . . academically of course. It never occurs to her that her tutor may in fact be a perfect match. By the time her heart begins to make her aware of its preference for the sharp-tongued winged Marquis the Monsters Ball is upon her and she needs to put her plan into action.Lord Silas Stride the Marquis of Basingstone has no intention of giving away his heart. It would be cruel to chain another to the fate of a half-life such as his  only coming awake at twilight living as a silent spectator to the daytime world. Hed not punish a wife in such a fashion; could not bear to allow his progeny to exist in a world where he resided only part of the time . . . far easier to embrace the life of a confirmed bachelor and keep his heart as stony as the rest of him.But Silas did not count on one Eleanor Eastwick. He recognized her the moment he saw her seeking his disreputable counsel. She had shone like a star when he knew her years earlier and she did once again in his study leaving him unable to deny his assistance. He could not possibly risk his heart on a delicate flower of the daytime but a lady who was used to a life after dark . . . Silas Stride had no intention of taking a wife but once Eleanor has left for the Monsters Ball he cannot help but claim his own invitation and his bride.How To Marry A Marble Marquis is a standalone Regency Monster Romance featuring a Gargoyle/Human pairing that takes place in the shared universe of The Monsters Ball.
language: English
title: How to Marry a Marble Marquis
publisher: Meduas Editoriale