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Fans of Eloisa James, Sherry Thomas, Courtney Milan and Grace Burrowes will adore Cecilia Grant's emotionally rich and deeply passionate Regency romance.
Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate from her malevolent brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. Or rather, a daring plan to conceive. If she has…
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1 author picked A Lady Awakened as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love nothing more than a character with solid principles who spends the book testing those ideals against reality.
In A Lady Awakened, Martha Russell has a very rigid view of the world. In particular, she considers sexual intercourse a biological act rather than one of pleasure. This attitude is tested when she realizes she needs to conceive a baby fast to protect the village from her late husband’s lecherous brother.
Martha invites the neighborhood rogue to help her pull off the scheme. Yet because Martha is so rigid in her thinking, it takes most of the book for…
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