title: Valiant Bride (Brides of Montclair, Book 1)
author:  Jane Peart 
description: Noramary came out of the parlor into the hall. Stunned by what she had just heard, she felt slightly light-headed and leaned against the closed door for a moment to steady herself. The shock of Winnie's elopement during the night had been followed by a second -- the staggering request of her foster parents that she step into her errant cousin's place as the bride of Duncan Montrose! "So you see, my dear, why we must ask this of you?" Aunt Betsy's voice rang in her ears. Noramary closed her eyes, bringing back the scene that had just taken place. As her aunt had explained the dilemma Winnie's irresponsibility had caused and what must now be done, Noramary had sat very still, eyes downcast, hands folded in her lap, hearing but not fully absorbing her aunt's words. Now those same words burst upon her, strong and clear: "--marry Duncan Montrose!" Valiant Bride is a historical romance that brings to life a young woman's choice between duty and love.
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  > > PRIDE OF HONOR
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > > MEN OF THE SQUADRON SERIES, BOOK 1
  
  > ANDREA K. STEIN
  
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  What if two people determined to marry anyone
  
  
  but each other end up falling in love?
  
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  A hatpin-wielding, parasol-armed poet with a maddening Royal Navy officer in
  tow races against time to attract the marital attentions of the perfect
  “gentleman of the ton.”
  
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  Sophia Brancellli, the orphaned, illegitimate child of a duke’s daughter and
  an Italian poet, is on a mission. She must ensure her marriage to a “suitable
  gentleman of the ton” before her twenty-first birthday or she’ll be destitute,
  per the terms of her ducal grandmother’s will. Close to having her own poems
  published, Sophia has her hopes dashed each time by someone revealing her
  secrets. That same someone so desperately wants her to fail the terms of the
  will, they’re willing to commit violent acts to ruin her reputation.
  
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  Captain Arnaud Bellingham has ascended the ranks 