The Bashful Bride - Vanessa Riley

Vanessa Riley

Category: Adults

Tags: Adults, Romance, Historical Fiction

Series: Advertisements for Love, Book 2 Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins Release date: 05-07-19 Publisher: Brilliance Audio, A friends newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes to elope with the handsome man, who shes secretly loved for two years, in order to escape an impending engagement arranged by her overbearing family., Trying to outlive the shadow of his villainous uncle, Bex needs to marry quickly - to a woman of good character. And smart, beautiful Ester fits the bill. But a harrowing trip to Gretna Green and dangerous abolition rallies prove to be a more treacherous stage than either imagined. Infatuation and a mutual love for Shakespeare might not be enough to bind a couple looking to outrun the chains and secrets of family and the past.