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Captain Fawley's Innocent Bride

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The Captain's convenient wife... Battle-scarred Captain Robert Fawley was under no illusion that women still found him attractive. None would agree to marry him - except, perhaps, Miss Deborah Gillies, a woman so down on her luck that a convenient …

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The Captain's convenient wife... Battle-scarred Captain Robert Fawley was under no illusion that women still found him attractive. None would agree to marry him - except, perhaps, Miss Deborah Gillies, a woman so down on her luck that a convenient marriage might help improve her circumstances. Plain and somewhat shy, Deborah accepted his pragmatic proposal - because she was already halfway to falling in love with him. As remote as Robert was, though, could she ever hope to reach his guarded heart?

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"The Captain's convenient wife... Battle-scarred Captain Robert Fawley was under no illusion that women still found him attractive. None would agree to marry him - except, perhaps, Miss Deborah Gillies, …"

— Margaret

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