Beatrice Hennessey is on a mission. A mission of great importance to not only save herself but also her family. She intends to blackmail the man that murdered her brother into marriage. Yes, you heard me correctly. Not only is he incredible rich, he is also the only one who she has a hold over that will accept to marry her, a spinster.
Whilst waiting for him to emerge from his ship, and altercation had her taking an unexpected dip into the Thames only to be rescued by none other than Sebastian Hawkestone, Lord Coldhurst, her brother's killer.
After getting a pardon for winning a duel which resulted in the unfortunate death of a man, Sebastian Hawkestone is back in London, and on his first day back he is trapped into marriage by a enchanting mermaid, which also happen to be the sister of the man he had killed.
Seeing that it was time he take a wife and children to carry on his title, Sebastian agrees to wed Beatrice. After only spending a few hours as husband and wife, information comes about that would make the reason they had to wed void.
Now Sebastian, with the help of his friends must find the truth to clear not only his name, but the name of all his friends as well as save their lives.
But, with the reason to wed void, would Sebastian want to stay married to Beatrice? Would he want an annulment to be able to marry a woman who is not a spinster, with beauty and grace that Beatrice thinks she does not possess?
Find out in the next installment of "The Disgrace Lords Series."
Bronwen Evans has made a follow up on the first book in the series "A Kiss of Lies", and if you can recall that I said the book was raw, well I stand corrected with "A Promise of more". This book had me blushing to my roots and I loved it. I just cannot wait for the next book in the series, I don't have the name yet but I'm anxiously waiting!
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