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Miss Evangeline Plympton spends a sunlit summer at her cousins’ country estate when her vivid imagination turns a romance into a potential threat. A fan of gothic novels, Evangeline fears she has been ensnared in a plot resembling "The Captive Bride".
The stakes rise when family pressures and a brooding cousin Gerard take an unsettling turn. Questions swirl over a secret marriage scheme, an uneasy proposal, and whether her trials are real or conjured.
Enter handsome Edwin Hale, a true hero of the era, who steps in to unravel the mystery, protect Evangeline, and reveal the power of genuine love in Regency society.
First publish date: September 1, 1994
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Sheila Rabe
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