{"product_id":"the-reluctant-debutante-lynn-bryant-9781976586170","title":"The Reluctant Debutante: A Regency Romance","description":"It is 1818. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bloody battle of Waterloo is three years in the past but for Giles Fenwick, Earl of Rockcliffe the memories have yet to fade. Giles bears the physical scars of battle and the emotional scars of the long years of war, of friends and comrades lost. Unexpectedly come into the title, he feels ill at ease in the polite world, and despises those who fawn over his wealth and rank. He has no intention of offering for one of the Season's debutantes and marrying for the sake of an heir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Cordelia Summers, daughter of a wealthy City merchant, reluctantly agrees to a London season it is purely to please her much loved father who is anxious to see her respectably settled in life. Intelligent and strong-willed, Cordelia has no wish to barter her fortune for a title and no wish to be married to any man who wants to curb her independent spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brief and unexpected meeting in a wayside tavern throws Giles and Cordelia together. The cynical Earl and the high-spirited merchant's daughter form an unlikely alliance based on their mutual determination to avoid matrimony. But Giles and Cordelia quickly discover that friendship can easily turn into much more, and that all marriages are not created equal... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Debutante\u003c\/i\u003e is the second of the Regency Romances by the author of the popular \u003ci\u003ePeninsular War Saga \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eManxman\u003c\/i\u003e series. These books follow the fortunes of some of the characters beyond the battlefield and into peacetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Bryant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1976586178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976586170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Lynn Bryant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077159317759,"sku":"9781976586170","price":9.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1318f4c4-e8ad-43e3-9c23-776bf29f3951.jpg?v=1685468571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reluctant-debutante-lynn-bryant-9781976586170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}