eBooks - Romance - Romance - Jo Anne McCraw - Surrey Secret
Surrey Secret eBooks
by Jo Anne McCraw
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Surrey Secret Summary
| Alys Middleton is on a journey with her father. Suddenly he suffers an apoplexy and Alys panics. Her father directs Alys to deliver a mysterious letter to a gentleman. Her father loses consciousness before revealing the recipient's whole name. Alys steps out onto the road and desperately hails an approaching carriage. She needs assistance in finding a doctor for her gravely ill father. The marquess's instincts tell him Alys is special. She appears devoted to her father. Moreover, duty weighs heavy on Kenward Dunleigh. He desires a warm, caring lady who appreciates him for himself, not his title or wealth. In his secret job as a government agent, he also needs a wife he can trust not to betray him. |
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| Alys doesn't expect a man of mystery and good looks to come to her aid. He gives up the convenience of his barouche to ride in her post-chaise. Alys sits sandwiched between the dark-haired stranger and his valet. Her heart flutters and she studies him when he falls asleep along the journey. The earl is put to bed at Kenward's estate. The doctor examines him, determining the earl has suffered a seizure and needs bed rest. Kenward and Alys sit eating in the breakfast parlour. At last he recognizes her last name and grows cold. Their grandfathers became estranged over political differences years earlier and the families severed all ties. Alone with Alys, Kenward realizes the compromising nature of the situation. Alys' abigail did not come on the journey due to illness, her father is unconscious, and Alys is without a family member as chaperone, in the home of a man to whom she has not been formally introduced. Kenward insists Alys has been compromised. They must marry to save her reputation. She had wanted to make a love match like her parents so she resists until shortly before her father dies. Then she relents and Kenward and she are married by special license. |
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