The Bride of the Wilderness
by Charles McCarry
2020-12-29 12:25:17
The Bride of the Wilderness
by Charles McCarry
2020-12-29 12:25:17
Something completely different from the bestselling thriller writer: âa full-blooded, unashamed romance . . . Mr. McCarry sweeps you alongâ (The New York Times). Fannyâs father, Henry Harding, has known Oliver Barebones since the two m...
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Something completely different from the bestselling thriller writer: âa full-blooded, unashamed romance . . . Mr. McCarry sweeps you alongâ (The New York Times). Fannyâs father, Henry Harding, has known Oliver Barebones since the two men were children. Together they survived the Great Plague and the Great Fire, and now they are rich, middle-aged, and unmarried. Everyoneâs shocked when Oliver, a lifelong bachelor, falls headfirst for a superstitious young girl named Rose. In two days heâs decided to marry her. For the Hardings and the Barebones, it will be years before they find such happiness again. Ruin comes to them all in the shape of Alfred Montagu, a cold-hearted moneylender who ensnares them in crushing debt and schemes to marry Fanny. After her father dies, Fanny attempts to take refuge in France. Itâs not far enough to escape her troubles, so with Oliver and Rose, she departs for a far-off place called Connecticut, dodging Montagu by diving into the teeth of dangers no London girl could ever imagine.
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