The Vicar's Daughter (Harlequin Historical, No 258)
Charlotte Trowbridge has been looking forward to her London season since she was a little girl.  It will be her opportunity to meet eligible men and bring home a husband who will help take care of her family.  But when she meets the new owner of the Great House, she knows she doesn't need to go to London to find the man she wants to marry.   The Earl of Wycliffe is everything she could want in a husband.  Unfortunately, she is only a country girl from Sussex and the vicar's daughter -- he would never want her.  Maximilian, Earl of Wycliffe, is charmed by the vicar's daughter-- and her entire family with all its boisterous children.  He offers to look out for Charlotte during her time in London and  he promises the vicar he will find a suitable husband for her. Yet once Charlotte arrives in London, he finds fault with every one of her suitors no matter what their wealth or title!  The vicar's daughter has a strange affect on Maximilian, but he is determined to act as her guardian.  So why does he keep ending up in compromising positions with the young lady?  Realizing she will never be happy marrying another man, Charlotte sets her sights on Max, even though she knows he wouldn't marry a simple country girl.  She wants to help her family, but she loves Max and often finds herself in  situations that will bring him to her rescue.  His self-control stretched to the limits, Max finds Charlotte's escapades irritating and a disruption to his rigid schedule.  Her beauty and intelligence are an attractive combination and  he finally decides that the only way to stop the advances of her suitors is to marry her himself.  But one of her scorned suitors interrupts their wedded bliss and this time Charlotte can't wait for Max to rescue her!Deborah Simmons reinvents romance! The Vicar's Daughter is delightfully entertaining! Ms. Simmons just keeps getting better and better  with every book she writes! Charming!  Deborah Simmons does it again!Kristina Wright  --Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc.  All rights reserved--FromLiterary Times