ISBN: 9780992549091 - cecily (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wicked uncles, abductions, courage and romance.Her father lost at sea, under seemingly scandalous circumstances, Miss Cecily Winiard is brought to the northern Spa town of Harrogate, to make her come-out under the aegis of her great aunt. Her family are in dire straits, and she must make an advantageous marriage. Except. her great aunt's ideas of an advantageous marriage and Cecily's do not run in tandem. Her great aunt wants birth and breeding, and certainly no-one with an interest in vulgar commerce. Young Lord Coleford, is, as far as her great aunt is concerned, a vulgar Cit and entirely unworthy to even breathe the same air as a Winiard, let alone have further pretentions. It's a trifle awkward that Cecily likes him. It's even more awkward that she, on the instructions of great aunt, snubbed the eligible young man severely. That is not something he's accustomed to. He'd come to Harrogate expecting to be bored, not to be treated like a hatstand.And stalking behind the gaiety and social whirl, there lurks the scandal of her father's disappearance, and the plots that surround it.…