For Love Alone
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Publisher Description
The New York Times–bestselling author is “back and better than ever” with this delightful Regency romance (Julia Quinn)!
Widowed after enduring a troubled marriage, Lady Sophy Marlowe vows she will only wed again for love alone. But her penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time finds her accused of a crime she didn’t commit—and the only way to save her neck from the gallows is to accept the calculated proposal of Viscount Ives Harrington.
For the once-committed bachelor, the marriage of convenience leads to intrigue and harrowing danger. As the two flee over land and sea from a world bent on destroying them, the fate they can hardly resist is rushing toward them, fulfilling the desire that simmers in both . . .
“A consummate storyteller.” —Romantic Times
“Busbee is a pleasure to read.” —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A Regency-set historical romance, Busbee's latest follows Gypsy Lady and Love Be Mine. Though graced by two charming protagonists, widowed Lady Sophy Marlowe and Viscount Ives Harrington (lately arrived from the Peninsular Wars), this romance-cum-spy-mystery sags badly in the middle and is barely redeemed at the last minute by a breathtaking land-and-sea chase. Sophy, who had been victimized by a brutal husband, has no desire to ever marry again. Ives, looking for a wife to bear him an heir (his entire family was murdered by a spy for Napoleon), doesn't expect to fall in love. Sophy, however, agrees to marriage when, as a suspect, she needs an alibi for a murder investigation. This is an unpromising start for a good relationship, but these passionate lovers have what it takes. Unfortunately, only the most patient of readers will persevere in sorting out the multitude of would-be villains in this uneven story.
