The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh5/21/2023 She has not seen Marcus, the love of her life, in fourteen years. Olivia agrees to come to her husband's home at Clifton Court. Since their match is most unlikely, and no marriage will result at the end, the plan should work. But engaged to whom? Her childhood nemesis, Lord Francis Sutton, who has been listening to the group's talk, volunteers to be the pretend fiancé. Sophia will have a pretend engagement, forcing her parents together to plan the wedding, which will then lead to their reconciliation. If her parents have remained married all this time, the group thinks the two should try to mend their relationship. Her papa has brought her to London for the season expecting her to make a match, but her mother remained in her home of Rushton where her father never goes. Her parents separated when she was four years old, so she knows marriage brings nothing but unhappiness. A COUNTERFEIT PROPOSAL and THE NOTORIOUS RAKE - Mary BaloughĪt a garden party, young Lady Sophia Bryant declares to her friends Cynthia, Dorothy, Peter, Francis, and Marmaduke that she will never marry.
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