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This HaBO request was submitted by Dionne, who wants to find this historical romance:
A bit of a long shot I’m trying to find the title and author of a book. I’ve gone through all my books and fear it may have been lost in a house move.
It’s a regency historical that was steamy/open door.
I only have a sketchy memory of it being about a book worm heroine who doesn’t need to look for a husband because she has a substantial inheritance so marriage isn’t anything she wants. She meets the hero at a house party that is being held for a week or two at a country estate. They are both guests. She’s there with an aunt or some relative.
He sees her reading in the gardens, behind a bush I think. She is avoiding socialising at the house party as much as possible to avoid fortune hunters. They converse back and forth.
They begin a secret affair whilst at the house party and he falls in love but she is adamant their time together is only for the duration of the house party. When it is time for him to leave he scoops her up out of bed and attempts to kidnap her after failing to persuade her to either marry or be his mistress. I can’t remember which one, but his sister, who is also in attendance at the house party discovers her in the carriage before he can get away…it’s an extremely funny scene…not sinister at all.
I remember the sister opens the door of the carriage, begins to get in, see’s the heroine gagged, bound and wide eyed in the corner of the carriage, pauses then backs out to speak to her brother.
I hope someone else remembers this book.
Can we HaBO?
The Stranger I Married
by
Sylvia Day
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I swear I’ve read this. The lurking in the bushes is distinct. Hoping someone remembers.
Whatever it is, I want to read it!
Following……..
Is it Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas? I remember a similar scene, but it was with the supporting characters, not the main characters
Want this! Hope someone knows.
No clue but open door steam book worm independently wealthy at a house party??? Gimme gimme gimme
I want to read it, whatever it is. I hope someone remembers.
sounds so familiar.
Sounds like The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
Could it be Sylvia Dane’s The Stranger I Married? The subplot includes the FMC’s brother seducing/being seduced by an heiress at a house party–and then tying her up in his carriage to carry off when she doesn’t believe he loves her (with the FMC discovering this).
I think that’s it. Sylvia Day, not Dane. All eBooks are checked out, so I’ve put a hold at the library. A synopsis on newbookrecommendation said of the secondary plot, “While the primary relationship unfolds, a secondary romance blooms. Isabel’s brother, Rhys, finds himself entangled with a charming American heiress, Abby.”
Yup, Lisa D, you’re right: Day not Dane.
Hi, I was the one who originally asked.
It is The Stranger I married by Sylvia Day!
I thought it was the main story but it isn’t, it’s the FMC’s brothers side story.
That explains why I couldn’t find the book.
Thank you all. You are absolutely superstars