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Geneva Hartwell has been left a substantial inheritance by her estranged uncle. Upon the death of her father though she learns that she has been made the ward of Leonard Boeman, her late uncle’s avaricious stepson. In escaping his unwelcome attentions, she runs across Lord Vance at a country inn where he rescues his flighty sister from a fortune hunter. Lord Vance and Geneva had met briefly before and, in sympathy with her predicament, he persuades her to undertake a sham betrothal until she reaches her majority and can escape her guardian for good. For his own reasons, Lord Vance also…
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4 editions- Other · English · 1996Thorndike Press · 392 pages · 9780786207312
- Other · English · 1996Devil's ProtectionUlverscroft Large Print Books · 464 pages · 9780708936092
- Other · English · 1995Devil's protectionHale · 224 pages · 9780709057161
- Other · English · 1995St. Martin's Press · 224 pages · 9780312134662
fake engagementwicked guardianLarge type booksEngland, fictionFiction, historical, general