Ruined
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780709094685; 9780709088158
Subjects: FICTION; General
Description: Jessie Warburton was been hopelessly in love with the rakish Earl of Ashbourne for years. Tired of being ignored, she accepts the proposal of the Reverend Henry Lusty, and goes to London to stay with Mrs. Machin, her fiance's sister. Mrs. Machin, a secret writer of sensational novels, is delighted to learn that her visitor is closely acquainted with a rake, and seeks to take advantage of the situation. To help her hostess with her writing, Jessie immerses herself in London life, and the earl experiences a change of role, as he finds himself having to keep a watchful eye over her. In London, Je.