A Marriage of Convenience with a Guarded Lady (Love’s Gentle Manners Book 1)
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Miss Bernadette Rowland, timid and overlooked, enters her fifth Season resigned to spinsterhood under her critical mother’s scrutiny. But Bernadette’s gentle heart and hidden passions begin to awaken when an unexpected engagement to a brooding viscount disrupts her dull future. Can an enigmatic gentleman unlock her guarded heart and restore her hopes of love?
Timid and overlooked, Miss Bernadette Rowland enters her fifth fruitless Season resigned to spinsterhood’s dull future, longing escaping her critical mother’s scrutiny. When her father brokers an abrupt engagement to the brooding Lord Nicholas Lovell, Bernadette acquiesces, hoping perhaps affection can one day blossom in their union of convenience.
Lord Nicholas Lovell has avoided the Marriage Mart for years, haunted by past heartbreak and consumed with the crushing weight of upholding his family’s legacy. But with succession duties looming, his domineering grandfather orchestrates Nicholas’s sudden betrothal to the shy Miss Rowland. Though initially reluctant, Nicholas finds his defenses slowly lowered by Bernadette’s gentle empathy and passion for music.
As friendship warms to budding romance, Nicholas and Bernadette discover a poignant connection. When a ruthless scheme threatens to tear them apart, Bernadette and Nicholas must choose to either submit to duty or give love its due. Against the odds, two overlooked souls dare to defy convention and family obligation. Will they successfully claim hard-won happiness on their terms?
A Marriage of Convenience with a Guarded Lady is a beautiful slow-burn historical romance love story of approximately 65,000 words.
No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like the Regency and Victorian era, this novel is for you.
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Customer Reviews
d*********7
Finally a clean romance that is good
July 5, 2025
S****.
A Hero To Love A Brave Lady
June 25, 2025
V********r
A cautionary no
June 3, 2025
R********d
A Bit Confusing
May 26, 2025
C******.
Good read
March 27, 2025
A*C
Cute regency
February 26, 2025
J***************n
great story
October 16, 2024
e***5
ANOTHER GREAT BOOK!
October 10, 2024
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A Marriage of Convenience with a Guarded Lady
August 21, 2024
K*************r
Insecure love
July 23, 2024
S***K
Could not put down
July 10, 2024
m*********y
Just Wow!
July 3, 2024
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Anna
June 26, 2024
K*************r
Finding Oneself
June 23, 2024
M*******n
Mostly boring
June 17, 2024
L*****G
Very good!
June 15, 2024
T******.
This is Nicholas and Bernadette’s story.
June 15, 2024
V*c
Charming and entertaining read
June 13, 2024
O****************s
A Marriage of Convenience
June 13, 2024
M**B
Sweet story
June 11, 2024
cd
Enjoyable
June 10, 2024
E******e
Sweet clean romance
June 10, 2024
A*************r
Following your heart isn’t always easy, but it can bring trouble or joy and a wonderful future.
June 7, 2024
RH
More original theme
June 7, 2024
S*****a
Love will find a way
June 7, 2024
KB
Great Story
June 7, 2024
M******************a
A blossoming love that heals
June 7, 2024
L******e
Nicholas and Bernadettes Love Story
June 6, 2024
B***Y
Good and entertaining
June 6, 2024
T**i
A Forced marriage to meet society demands
June 6, 2024
R*********e
A truly sweet story!
June 6, 2024
A**********n
Cool
June 5, 2024
J**************l
So good!
June 5, 2024
J*************s
Another wonderful story by Emily!
June 4, 2024
E****************y
A wonderful story
June 4, 2024
k*********e
Hooked on the hope
June 4, 2024
B***y
Very Enjoyable!
June 4, 2024
Jo
Good
June 3, 2024
J*d
Enjoyable read!
June 3, 2024
J**********e
Delightful
June 3, 2024
M*********l
Love
June 3, 2024
c**********3
Romance
June 3, 2024
T******s
Sweet story, with a predictable ending
June 3, 2024
K***********f
Be you!
June 3, 2024
