The Paid Companion (2004) - Amanda Quick
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction, Romance, Adults
Publisher: Recorded Books Release date: December 19, 2014 Duration: 11:48:46 It is a truth universally acknowledged . . ., . . . that a jilted earl must be in want of a fiance who is something other than a flibbertigibbet, knows her place, and is not entirely unpleasant to look on: a description that precisely fits a paid companion. Arthur Lancaster, the Earl of St. Merryn, is a logical man who desires only peace and quiet and seeks to contract a suitable marriage with a reasonable female. But there seem to be none in Londonor at least the redoubtable matrons who hire out exceedingly respectable companions for so much per annum have shown him none that he could envision under his roof or in his bed., Enter Miss Elenora Lodge, a disheveled beauty wearing prop spectacles in order to pass for prim, who beguiles Arthur, who in turn proposes an Arrangement. She, newly arrived in London after bailiffs have turned her off her bankrupt stepfathers country property, says yes. Ibbits, the earls
