![]() ![]() Vicky and Christopher enter a businesslike engagement which seems as though it will lead to a boring, passionless marriage…until the two meet while in disguise at a masquerade ball, and everything changes. He sees himself as a champion of the rights of women, particularly on the eve of a game-changing vote on the Married Women’s Property Act. But Christopher wants to be so much more than the underestimated country squire everyone supposes him to be. Sir Christopher Dowland is widely considered the most mild-mannered, bland gentleman in Cornwall and potentially the perfect husband for Vicky. She longs for children of her own, but getting them means marriage, and marriage means making herself vulnerable to a man’s desires, something she swore she’d never do again. But being an aunt isn’t enough for Vicky. ![]() ![]() After being traumatized at the hands of a man years ago, she has secluded herself at Starcross Castle, helping her sister, Lady Mariah, raise her growing family. ![]()
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