title: A Contemptible Affection: A Regency Novella
author:  Ranee S. Clark 
description: I've been writing since I was old enough to grasp a crayon--my grandma even has an early copy of a "book" I made her. I have a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wyoming and will (hopefully) soon be starting a graduate program in English. When I'm not breaking up impromptu UFC fights in the living room or losing miserably to my seven-year-old at Uno, I'm ... well, writing or editing, of course! I'm married to my best friend, and we have two rambunctious but simply amazing little boys.
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  Regency Unlaced Novella 2
   
  Claimed by the Marquis
   
  By
   
  Carole Mortimer
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  USA Today Bestselling Author
  
  COPYRIGHT
   
  Copyright © 2016 Carole Mortimer
   
  Cover Design Copyright © Glass Slipper Designs
   
  Editor: Linda Ingmanson
   
  Formatter: Matthew Mortimer
   
  ISBN: 978-1-910597-17-0 ePub
   
  ISBN: 978-1-910597-18-7 mobi
   
   
   
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the
  author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
  businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
   
  All Rights Reserved.
  
   
   
   
   
  DEDICATIONS
   
  My Wonderful Family 
   
  
  Chapter 1
  Late June, 1816
  Oxbridge Park, Berkshire.
  Nicholas will be home soon, and then the two of us will be together again. I hate the times he
  has to leave me, but I accept he has many other demands upon him, and that I must not be greedy
  with his time. No matter. I know, once he 