fortuneteller had once told Glanna that she had a great gift for loving, but what was the use of having a loving heart, thought Glanna sadly, when she had no one to love Here she was, at the tender age of seventeen, consigned to the guardianship of Lewis Craig, her father's old friend, who couldn't possibly want her.
After all, she would only be in the way once Lewis and his glamorous girlfriend were married, But was that really why she felt so apprehensive about the thought of Lewis's marriageStars This romance by Ms.
Arbor was written with the charm of the late's, where it's a scandal should a bachelor and a woman be forced to spend the night alone.
The moral code is high, especially for a Headmaster of a prestigious boys school withstudents,
Glanna's surprised that her father had named Lewis Craig as her guardian in his will, She'd not seen Lewis for a few years, since his mother had sold their neighbouring estate in Ireland and moved off to England.
Lewis is an Oxford scholar and now the youngest headmaster of an all boys boarding school, Glanna is about to turn, Lewis is already in his mid's, and yet, their affinity with each other is believable.
Lewis sends Glanna to his mother in London, while he attends to selling her father's estate in Ireland.
It's a bit of a rush, because the new school term is about to start, and Lewis must have Glanna sorted before then.
On the eve of his return to London, a young woman visits his mother, Judith's father is a benefactor of Lewis' school, and she's been helping him with school functions, Judith immediately gives Glanna the impression that she's about to become engaged to Lewis, and that Glanna is a bit of a burden.
Other words are overheard, that pushes Glanna to leave Lewis' mothers in search of an aunt she's never met.
Arriving at the Aunt's another surprise is waiting, for a young man Glanna had grown up with, that her father treated as a son, is there.
Clancy is a charmer using his clever mind to achieve his ends of an easy life, Glanna knows very well what Clancy is, and though she feels a certain loyalty as he was her father's favourite, she doesn't always like him.
When Lewis arrives at the aunt's, he's annoyed to find her with Clancy, It's then that he proposes that they marry, promising that she'll grow into her role as the headmaster's wife.
Though Glanna knows Lewis dosen't love her, she knows that he'll always provide her support and safety, and she knows that all she wants is a future with Lewis.
From the moment they marry, it seems there are obstacles that keep them at arms length, On their wedding day, Glanna comes down with the flu which isolates in their apartments for a few weeks.
And there is Judith, whom Lewis is constantly praising and telling her to seek her help as she learns her new role.
When alone together, Judith does all she can to undermine Glanna's confidence, And to put a further drift between them, is Clancy putting Glanna is situations where she is forced to defend him.
This is a coming of age story, As Glanna finds her path in Lewis' life, there's always that niggling that she doesn't live up to the perfect Judith.
Sadly we don't have Lewis' point of view until the end, but Ms, Arbor gives us a very satisfying HEA, Eileen Norah Murphy Owbridge was born onSeptemberin Yeovil, Somerset, England, she lived in Preston, Sussex, England, and passed away onFebruaryin Worthing, West Sussex.
Under the pseudonym Jane Arbor she wrote overromance novel for Mills Boon fromto, She
started writing doctor nurse romances, and many have been reedited with diferent titles, that included the words nurse, doctor or surgeon.
Later, she focused her writing in foreign settings like the continental Europe, the Caribbean, Morocco Eileen Norah Murphy Owbridge was born onSeptemberin Yeovil, Somerset, England, she lived in Preston, Sussex, England, and passed away onFebruaryin Worthing, West Sussex.
Under the pseudonym Jane Arbor she wrote overromance novel for Mills Boon fromto, She started writing doctor nurse romances, and many have been reedited with diferent titles, that included the words "nurse", "doctor" or "surgeon".
Later, she focused her writing in foreign settings like the continental Europe, the Caribbean, Morocco sitelink,
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