The Kidnapped Bride

the long version

THE LORDLY ABDUCTION Beautiful young Sarah Lennox-Matthews was shocked to her core when Darcy Ashton, the dissolute Earl of Moreland, imprisoned her in his carriage and took her with him to his isolated estate. His reason was simple: to marry her for her legacy. And his triumph was total, for to refuse him now would ruin her good name forever. But Sarah faced an even greater threat to her pride and honor than the humiliating bondage of a loveless marriage in the Moreland manor. The danger came in the overpoweringly attractive form of Sir Nicholas Ashton, Darcy's handsome and dashing uncle, who arrived not to try to steal Sarah's hand--but her heart....