A Passion for History

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"This Regency is quite delightful. The pacing is quick, the leads are intelligent and almost magnetically attracted to each other, and the plot has a few delightful twists. The heat generated between Jane and Alex is quite sensual for a Regency, though not explicit. The secondary romance between Philip and Sophie plays out nicely. There is even a third romance in the story, between Jane’s brother and a mysterious lady he meets at a ball. It’s just as charming as the other two, and plays an important and completely plausible role in the plot. Savor the good story. Miss Verey’s Proposal is quite delightful in content, and you’ll be glad you picked this one up." The Romance Reader.

"Witty and clever... Nicola Cornick brings you right into the story!" Romantic Times.

"The book was amusing, the characters realistic with the conflict between the principle characters being very entertaining. This book is a must - with everything!" A reader on eHarlequin

"It certainly has the kind of hero I like - dark, enigmatic and sexy as all get-out!" A reader from England.

About the book

Published May 2000 in the UK and April 2002 in the USA

Jane Verey and her friend Sophia are fifteen when they discover the Legend of the Eve of St Agnes and go supperless to bed, convinced that they will dream of their future husbands. Four years later, a marriage is arranged for Jane with Lord Philip Delahaye. But Jane is determined she will not marry Lord Philip. Not only is he rude, insulting and a drunkard but he is not the man she saw that night four years ago...

Alex, Duke of Delahaye, is the man Jane saw that night but he has arranged the match for his brother and is determined that it will go ahead. Yet every time he sets eyes on Miss Jane Verey, Alex find himself wanting a match of his own...

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