The Unpredictable Bride

the long version

THE SECRET HEARTBREAK To the world, it was the most fantastic of marriages. Yesterday, Lucinda was an obscure, dowdy country girl; today, she was the diamond-decked mistress of a vast London town house and wife to a young Lord legendary for his wealth, daring escapades, and magnetic attraction for women. Would the world wonder why he chose her? Would they guess he was using this young girl to cover his affair with the glittering, sophisticated Lady Devereux? Lucinda hadn't time to care. She was too busy becoming the overnight darling of London society--too busy earning the notice and respect of the man she was irresistibly, hopelessly, growing to love....