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The Bartered Bride

Pages
186
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

When Francesca Turner is left destitute after her father's death, she seeks financial help from the ruthless financier Reid Kennard. Reid, accustomed to acquiring valuable assets, sees an opportunity for a different kind of acquisition: a wife. He proposes a marriage of convenience, offering to rescue her family from ruin in exchange for her hand. Can Francesca find love beyond this transactional arrangement, or will she forever be just a bartered bride?

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About the author

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Anne Weale

Jay Blakeney was born on 20 June 1929. Her great-grandfather was a well-known writer on moral theology, so perhaps she inherited her writing gene from him. She was "talking stories" to herself long before she could read. When she was still at school, she sold her first short stories to a woman's magazine and she feels she was destined to write. Decided to became a writer, she started writing for newspapers and magazines. At 21, Jay was a newspaper reporter with a career plan, but the man she was...

Characters

Francesca TurnerProtagonist
Reid KennardAntagonist
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