The arrangement may well be suitable, but is it bearable?
As the new Earl of Lismore, it is Sandy Duncan’s duty to save both his family and Lochlarren Castle from impending ruin. He has always known he must marry well, but his father’s deathbed revelation of a slew of other debts creates an unexpected urgency to the situation. With his last breath, Sandy’s father extracts a promise from him to accept the match he has arranged: a marriage to the daughter of a low-born but wealthy English merchant.
While Juliana Godfrey has never had the recognition of Society’s most elite, she has been able to take comfort in what she does have: money—and she has that in spades. Her father’s newest ambition to marry her into the aristocracy, however, could provide her with both things. The fact that the Duncans are Scots—and Highland ones, at that—is not ideal, but an earldom simply cannot be refused.
Despite being the face of the Duncan family’s salvation, Juliana’s reception at Lochlarren Castle is less than warm. As for the earl, he is bewildered to find his prospective bride arrogant and condescending, evidently expecting her future family to be barbaric. In spite of such shaky foundations, however, the match must proceed, bleak as the future may be to both participants. Will first impressions stand against the intimacy marriage brings, or are money and title all Sandy and Juliana can truly hope for from their union?
©2023 Martha Keyes (Production Copyright) Martha Keyes
Narrated by Abigail Langham
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Table of Contents
Opening Credits 00:00:00
Chapter 1 00:00:11
Chapter 2 00:15:39
Chapter 3 00:29:18
Chapter 4 00:47:48
Chapter 5 01:08:42
Chapter 6 01:22:41
Chapter 7 01:34:47
Chapter 8 01:43:00
Chapter 9 01:47:29
Chapter 10 01:52:50
Chapter 11 02:08:16
Chapter 12 02:20:10
Chapter 13 02:37:48
Chapter 14 02:49:12
Chapter 15 02:57:17
Chapter 16 03:20:42
Chapter 17 03:29:16
Chapter 18 03:35:05
Chapter 19 03:49:59
Chapter 20 04:06:21
Chapter 21 04:34:36
Chapter 22 04:48:59
Chapter 23 05:02:42
Chapter 24 05:28:30
Chapter 25 05:45:16
Chapter 26 05:51:38
Chapter 27 06:14:16
Chapter 28 06:30:29
Chapter 29 06:40:07
Chapter 30 06:55:43
Chapter 31 07:10:18
Chapter 32 07:21:09
Chapter 33 07:32:15
Chapter 34 07:49:03
Chapter 35 08:04:15
Chapter 36 08:13:59
Chapter 37 08:22:46
Chapter 38 08:28:20
Chapter 39 08:33:00
Epilogue 08:44:04
Author Note 08:53:06
Closing Credits 08:54:50
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