title: Royal's Bride (The Bride Trilogy)
author:  Kat Martin 
description: Set in 1854 England, this steamy trilogy opener from bestseller Martin (<i>Heart of Courage</i>) is an enjoyable mixture of tension and romance. Royal Dewar, the dashing duke of Bransford, promised his dying father that he would marry for money and restore the family fortune, and he dutifully proposes to wealthy Jocelyn Caulfield. His heart, however, belongs to Jocelyn's penniless but beautiful cousin, Lily Moran. Fiercely independent Lily tells Royal of her criminal past, but instead of spurning her, he asks her help with a scheme to recover the money his father lost to a swindler. As Lily and Royal struggle to resist their passion, haughty Jocelyn finds unexpected love with a man below her station. Though the conflict ties up too neatly and plot holes diminish the suspense, the romance smolders enough to make the next books worth waiting for. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Praise for Kat Martin’s new Bride’s Trilogy
  
  “Royal’s Bride opens Kat Martin’s new Bride’s Trilogy on a very high note. If
  the two other brothers in this series are as hunky and heroic as Royal is,
  this is going to be an amazing trilogy…Royal’s Bride is so good, I have high
  hopes for the rest of this series!”
  
  —Romance Reader at Heart
  
  “…this steamy trilogy opener from bestseller Martin is an enjoyable mixture of
  tension and romance…the romance smolders enough to make the next books worth
  waiting for.”
  
  —Publishers Weekly
  
  “[Reese’s Bride] is hot, sexy and mesmerizing. The pages are rich with
  history, taut with tension and steaming with passion.”
  
  —RT Book Reviews
  
  “Royal’s Bride is a captivating read and highly recommended by this reviewer.”
  
  —Romance Reviews Today
  
  “Royal’s Bride was a delight and will push me to find the rest of the stories
  about the Dewar brothers…”
  
  —The Romance Reader
  
  “Royal’s Bride is an excellent story.”
  
  —Blue Ribbon Reviews
  
  “I loved this b