An unwanted betrothal leads to a mystery and love that nobody expected. Miss Hannah Seymour is utterly distraught. Believing that Lord Bentham cared for her, she is heartbroken to hear precisely the opposite. With her father’s threat hanging over her head, she finds herself thrust into a mystery surrounding Lord Bentham’s strange betrothal to a young lady of quality. Despite her own heartbreak, … Despite her own heartbreak, Hannah reluctantly agrees to help.
Lord Bentham has never heard of his supposed bride! To find himself now expected to marry Miss Lewisham, he turns to his friends, ‘The Shadows’ for help.
What he does not expect is to discover a rekindled affection for Miss Seymour and a sincere regret for his foolish ways. But will it all be too late? Will he have to marry Miss Lewisham? Or, will they find a way to break him free of his mysterious engagement in the hope that Miss Seymour will give him a second chance?
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The Shadows are back in this family-friendly Regency puzzler which occurs in summer and takes about half a day to read.
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The Shadow’s join together once more to help one of their group to secure a husband before she is forced into a marriage by her unloving father. Then another problem arises that needs to be solved to prevent another unwanted marriage to a young gentleman that has no knowledge there is a contract for him to marry a girl he has never met. So Hannah and the other Shadows jump right and use their wit and common sense to find the answers.
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