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Mary Nichols
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MARY NICHOLS was born in Singapore, and came to England when she was three. She has spent most of her life in different parts of East Anglia. She has been a radiographer, school secretary, information officer and industrial editor, as well as a writer. She has three grown-up children and four grandchildren.
Full Series List in Order
The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club
1 - The Captain's Mysterious Lady (Feb-2011)2 - The Viscount's Unconventional Bride (Mar-2011)
3 - Lord Portman's Troublesome Wife (Apr-2011)
4 - Sir Ashley's Mettlesome Match (May-2011)
5 - The Captain's Kidnapped Beauty (Nov-2012)
6 - In the Commodore's Hands (Sep-2013)
Related Books
1 - The Hemingford Scandal (Sep-2006)2 - Marrying Miss Hemingford (Nov-2006)
Book List in Order: 50 titles
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In Love and War
- Dec-1986
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Married to an inveterate gambler who was prepared to dispose of her life in order to pay his debts, Louise Oakingham had fled … only to find herself torn between a husband she despised and a man she doubted. Was Captain Paul Fourier, home on leave...
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The Heart of the Lion
- May-1988
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SHE HELD HIS HEART WITH CHAINS THAT COULD NOT BE BROKEN BY TIME AND DISTANCE. Almost penniless after the death of her parents, Stella arrived in Mexico to search for her husband, who had been a naturalist on one of the Emperor Maximilian’s expe...
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Dear Rebel
- Nov-1990
- / Historical Romance
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Like many men in his position, Lord Carthorne was more concerned with protecting his property, the lovely manor of Waterlea, in the Fens of East Anglia, than to take sides in the escalating war between Charles I and his Parliament. So he had no hesit...
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The Danbury Scandals
- Oct-1992
- / Historical Romance
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When Maryanne Paynter is ten, her beloved mother dies and she is taken by her great uncle to live with the Reverend Mr Cudlipp at Beckford. Her life is unexceptional until, a little before her twenty-first birthday, Viscount Danbury takes her to Cast...
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Devil-May-Dare
- Nov-1993
- / Historical Romance
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REGENCY ENGLAND Jack Bellingham knew something peculiar was going on, and it seemed that Lydia Westhorpe was at the center of the intrigue. He had enough to do trying to trace the owners of a cache of jewels he had found when fighting in the French ...
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Stubble Field
- Apr-1994
- / General Fiction
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Set in the mid-Victorian era, against the wide water-colour skies of the Fens, The Stubble Field is the story of Sarah Jane Winterday, a workhouse orphan who yearns to be a lady. Reflecting the energy and pioneering spirit of the 1850s, which it brin...
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To Win the Lady
- Jul-1995
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When Major Richard Baverstock, heir to Viscount Dullingham returned from the Wars, he knew he must marry and set up his nursery. Having met Miss Georgianna Paget in her role as owner of Rowan Park stud, he surprised how well she turned out for a seas...
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The Last Gamble
- Sep-1996
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Miss Helen Sanghurst was shocked when she discovered, after her father's suicide, that he had gambled away her inheritance. It was some relief to find that she had a guardian, even if it meant travelling from London to Scotland. Needing some pe...
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The Ruby Pendant
- Nov-1997
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It had seemed such an innocent thing to do, Juliette thought, to allow the French prisoner-of-war to paint her portrait, but the resulting picture … showing her as a jeweled French aristocrat … so distressed her mother that Lady Martindale packed...
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Jack Chiltern's Wife
- Nov-1999
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A WIFE IN NAME ONLY Escaping a marriage she doesn’t want, Kitty Harston runs away to find her brother in France, quite regardless of the unrest there. Jack, Viscount Chiltern, is always around, and when she seems him on the boat crossing the Cha...
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The Honourable Earl
- Sep-2003
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Lydia Fostyn is being coerced into marrying an odious older man when Ralph Latimer, Earl of Blackwater, returns from exile and stirs up painful -- and passionate -- memories. Ralph is responsible for the tragedy that brought about her family's har...
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The Westmere Legacy
- Nov-2004
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Isabella's grandfather, the Earl of Westmere, insists she take a husband -- and she must choose which of her four second cousins it must be. In desperation, Bella turns to Robert Huntley, the cousin with whom she's shared many a childhood adv...
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The Incomparable Countess
- Jan-2005
- / Historical Romance
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For one long, hot summer Frances and Marcus had meant everything to each other. And then he betrayed her by marrying someone else. At seventeen, Frances had possessed an inner fire, a joy of life. Now, years later, Marcus, Duke of Loscoe, is confound...
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Lady Lavinia's Match
- May-2005
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When their parents married, James, Earl of Corringham, and Lady Lavinia Stanmore became as close as brother and sister. Now, years later, James has outgrown his rakish ways and is burning with a love for her that he longs to reveal. However, he fa...
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A Lady of Consequence
- Aug-2005
- / Historical Romance
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An Unwilling Mistress Duncan, Lord Risley, is challenged by a bet to try his luck with actress Madeleine Charron -- when he should be looking for a suitable wife. He takes her to dinner, and discovers strong feelings for this beautiful woman who is ...
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Mistress of Madderlea
- Dec-2005
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How could she put things right without a scandal? Miss Sophie Roswell wanted to marry. But as she was an heiress, surely her money would attract the wrong kind of man? Her ingenious solution -- to switch places with her cousin Charlotte for the Se...
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The Hemingford Scandal
- Sep-2006
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Jane had broken her engagement to Harry Hemingford and sent him packing after his scandalous behavior. So why was he back now, just when Mr. Allworthy had proposed? Her suitor was undoubtedly a good match, but had she ever really fallen out of love w...
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Marrying Miss Hemingford
- Nov-2006
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She'll be no old maid! Independently wealthy, Miss Anne Hemingford acts upon her generous grandfather's final wish that she should go out into Society and make a proper life for herself. Accompanying her aunt to Brighton for the summer, Anne is fr...
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Bachelor Duke
- Jan-2007
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Left orphaned and destitute, Miss Sophie Langford had no choice but to throw herself on the mercy of her mother's family, namely the Duke of Belfont. But instead of the elderly gentleman she had envisaged, she was confronted by the fifth duke, James,...
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Dear Deceiver
- Jun-2007
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The only thing that Dominic could be certain he knew about Emma was that she had been lying to him. He wasn't even sure that Emma Woodhill was her real name. So why on earth was he falling in love with her? Especially when he was already engaged ...
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An Unusual Bequest
- Aug-2007
- / Historical Romance
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Widowed Lady Charlotte Hobart and her two young daughters have lived comfortably under her father- in-law's roof, but everything changes on his death. The new Lord Hobart fills Easterley Manor with his disreputable friends and treats Charlotte with c...
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The Reluctant Escort
- Dec-2007
- / Historical Romance
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ALL SHE WANTED WAS A LITTLE ADVENTURE... Even though she adores her godmother, Molly Martineau cannot help but find life in the countryside a little dull! At seventeen, she longs for balls and parties and the excitement of a London season. So who ...
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Talk of the Ton
- May-2008
- / Historical Romance
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Her name was on everyone's lips. They were agog to find out what Miss Elizabeth Harley had been doing down at the East India Docks. And in such shocking apparel! Why, her uncle's generosity in giving her a London season had been thrown back in his fa...
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Working Man, Society Bride
- Sep-2008
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Well over six feet tall, with broad, broad shoulders, he was the best-looking man Lady Lucinda Vernley had ever seen--and the most insufferably rude! With her family expecting her to make a good marriage according to her station, how could she pos...
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A Desirable Husband
- Jan-2009
- / Historical Romance
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Harlequin Historical Subscription - 251
Mills & Boon Historical - 1053
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
Lady Esme Vernley's unconventional first meeting with a handsome gentleman in Hyde Park has damned him in the eyes of her family. His departure from protocol, far from offending her, however, just fires Esme's curiosity. Felix, Lord Pendlebury, is...
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The Summer House
- Mar-2009
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England 1918. Young Lady Helen believes her parents when they say she will never find a better husband than Richard - 'brave, handsome, wealthy, such a charming man and quite a catch'. But when her soldier husband returns to war, Helen begins to wond...
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Runaway Miss
- Jun-2009
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Just who is Miss Fanny Draper? Alexander, Viscount Malvers, is sure the beautiful girl on the public coach is not who she says she is. Her shabby clothing and claim of being a companion cannot hide the fact that she is quality. He's intrigued. Thi...
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Rags-to-Riches Bride
- Oct-2009
- / Historical Romance
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Impoverished beauty Diana Bywater must keep her circumstances secret -- her job with Harecrofts depends on it! Then an unwanted marriage proposal from the younger Harecroft son threatens everything.... No stranger to secrets himself, Captain Richa...
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The Earl and the Hoyden
- Apr-2010
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Miss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple's contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she's not about to forgive either -- even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is now older, wiser and ten times as handsome! Roland h...
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Honourable Doctor, Improper Arrangement
- Jul-2010
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A woman worth fighting for! Dr Simon Redfern has risked his heart - and his reputation - over a woman once before. So when he meets Kate Meredith, who is helping a ragged child, he’s shocked to find himself longing to make the warm-hearted youn...
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The Fountain
- Aug-2010
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Norfolk, 1920. Barbara Bosgrove has lived in the market town of Melsham all her life, and is looking forward to the annual Harvest Supper dinner and ball - the first since the dark days of the First World War. George Kennett, a fiercely ambitious man...
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The Captain's Mysterious Lady
- Feb-2011
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 1
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 302
Mills & Boon Historical - 1204
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
Driven by grief and an implacable thirst for vengeance, Captain James Drymore has one sole purpose in life -- to hunt down the men who killed his wife. A beautiful young lady in distress distracts James for the first time. Having rescued Amy, Jame...
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The Viscount's Unconventional Bride
- Mar-2011
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 2
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 304
Mills & Boon Historical - 1214
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
FROM RUNAWAY MISS -- TO VISCOUNT'S BRIDE! As a member of the renowned Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club, Jonathan Leinster has been instructed to ensure the return of a runaway. Louise Vail has fled to her birthplace, hoping to find her family -- but...
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Lord Portman's Troublesome Wife
- Apr-2011
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 3
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 306
Mills & Boon Historical - 1239
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
CONVENIENT WIFE, INCONVENIENT ATTRACTION! Homeless and penniless, Rosamund is forced to marry Lord Harry Portman. In return for a comfortable life, she must produce an heir! Harry's attraction to Rosamund is unsettling. It threatens the ter...
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Sir Ashley's Mettlesome Match
- May-2011
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 4
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 308
Mills & Boon Historical - 1279
THE RAKE'S LAST MISTRESS Determined to overthrow a notorious smuggling operation, gentleman thief-taker Sir Ashley Saunders will let nothing stand in his way! Until he runs up against spirited Pippa Kingslake, who's just as determined to protect h...
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The Poacher's Daughter
- Sep-2011
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Kate was known as the poacher’s daughter in the village of Middleacre where she and her pa lived in a broken down tinker’s caravan on the common. They all knew she was not the poacher’s real child, though few knew the mystery of how she came to...
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Winning the War Hero's Heart
- Dec-2011
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AN UNSUITABLE ALLIANCERecently returned from the battlefields of Waterloo, the last thing wounded war hero Viscount Cavenham anticipates is a conflict in his home town! But that is exactly what Miles gets when he comes up against rebellious campaigne...
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The Girl on the Beach
- Sep-2012
- / General Fiction
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Julie Monday, abandoned by her mother and raised in a children's home, enjoys a rare moment of happiness when at the age of eight she visits the Essex seaside and meets eleven-year-old Harry Walker. They spend a happy few hours together, but at the e...
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The Captain's Kidnapped Beauty
- Nov-2012
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 5
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 344
Mills & Boon Historical - 1389
Rescue from an unlikely source! Abducted and taken aboard a merchant ship bound for India, Charlotte Gilpin desperately searches for ways to escape. The heiress certainly doesn't expect rescue from the most unlikely of sources -- Captain Alexander...
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Escape by Moonlight
- Sep-2013
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Summer, 1939. The de Lacey family of Nayton Manor believe they are ready for the changes the war will bring. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, is due to return home from her grandparents' farm in France and is expected to marry the dashing Captain Max ...
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In the Commodore's Hands
- Sep-2013
- / Historical Romance
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The Piccadilly Gentlemen's Club - 6
Harlequin Historical Subscription - 364
Mills & Boon Historical - 1446
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
Stowaway…or wife! Commodore John Drymore's mission is clear. Sail to France, rescue Comte Giradet from prison and bring him and his daughter back to England safely. But Lisette Giradet defies the Commodore at every turn and soon gets under his ...
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A Different World
- Feb-2014
- / General Fiction
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1939. Warsaw, Poland. Pilot Jan Grabowski receives orders that take him to the heart of the escalating conflict. He leaves behind his wife, Rulka, who sees Poland overcome by the Nazis. In constant danger and amid cruel reprisals, she joins the Resis...
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Scandal at Greystone Manor
- Apr-2014
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What could be more shocking than the truth? Jane Cavenhurst is happy on her own. She really is. But as her hapless sister's wedding to the handsome Mark Wyndham nears, the protective barriers covering her deeply buried secret begin to shatter -- ...
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We'll Meet Again
- Feb-2015
- / General Fiction
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1940. London is facing the full wrath of the blitz and amid the chaos Sheila Phipps isorphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. She is evacuated toBletchley to live with her aunt Constance, where she forms an unlikely frie...
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The Husband Season
- May-2015
- / Historical Romance
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Harlequin Historical Subscription - 404
Mills & Boon Historical - 1563
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
To catch a husband! Miss Sophie Cavenhurst wants a husband with whom she can fall head over heels in love. But London is full of traps for an unwary country miss. And when this headstrong beauty is rescued by the maddeningly superior Viscount Kim...
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Claiming the Ashbrooke Heir
- Jul-2015
- / Historical Romance
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At a time when having a baby out of wedlock is a disgrace and means certain ruin, Annette Ryston is at her wits' end. Rejected by the father of her child, turned away from her work and her home she is determined to bring her son up to the best of he...
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The Farmer's Daughter
- Apr-2016
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June, 1944. Since her father's stroke, Jean has been trying to run her parents' small farm almost single-handedly and is in desperate need of help. Karl, a German prisoner of war captured when the Allies invade France in 1944, turns out to be just wh...
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A Dangerous Undertaking
Hoping to live with her great-uncle Henry Capitain, Margaret Donnington found him a reprobate and took refuge at Winterford Manor. It seemed Roland, Lord Pargeter, was in need of a wife, and he offered Margaret a marriage of convenience for one year....
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The Price of Honour
Olivia Pledger, through her own willfulness, found herself stranded in Portugal in the middle of the Peninsular War! A resourceful lady, she was determined to work her way back to the British lines and so get herself home to England. But in foraging ...
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With Victoria's Blessing
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840Preparations for the young Queen Victoria's wedding have thrown all of London into a frenzy -- but for Lady Emily Sumner, her own marital dilemmas eclipse all the excitement! Forbidden to marry her beloved Lieute...