The Accidental Countess - Valerie Bowman

Valerie Bowman

Category: Historical Fiction

Narrator: Allison Larkin

Tags: Historical Fiction, Sex Scenes, Adults, Romance

Series: Playful Brides, book 2 Publisher: Tantor Media Release date: October 28, 2014 Duration: 08:41:41, Valerie Bowman draws on the identity confusion capers of Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Ernest in the charming second entry in her Playful Brides Regency series (after The Unexpected Duchess)., Capt. Julian Swift, an untitled second son who served in the Napoleonic wars, returns to London in the autumn of 1815. Cassandra Monroe has been exchanging heartfelt correspondence with him, and a deep emotional connection has grown between them, but Julian is soon to be betrothed to Casss cousin, Penelope., When an unenthusiastic Penelope uses a house party with the fictional Patience Bunbury to evade meeting Julian, Cass decides to boldly adopt the persona of Patience in order to spend time with her beloved pen pal. Antics ensue. Readers who are frustrated by Casss initial passivity and the contrivances and coincidences demanded by the storys source material will be rewarded by Bowma