Book description
Sebastian Grey is in limbo. He is the heir presumptive to the Earl of
Newbury, unless the current earl, a widower, can find a bride who will
bear him a son. Newbury is in his sixties and somewhat portly, but as an
earl he's considered quite a catch. Sebastian, on the other hand, is
twenty-nine and extremely handsome, but in no hurry to find a wife.
Annabel Winslow, a country girl through and through, has received an
offer to go to London for the season. The eldest of a family of eight,
she knows that a good marriage might be the only thing that will save
her family from ruin. After a few weeks in town, Annabel attracts the
attention of the Earl of Newbury. The thought of submitting to him makes
her skin crawl, but she is practical and determined to do her duty. Even
when Sebastian Grey comes on the scene. Julia Quinn started writing
her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping
away at her keyboard ever since. She is a graduate of Harvard and
Radcliffe colleges and lives with her family in Colorado.
