The Madcap Marchioness

Adriana’s new husband is calm, considerate . . . and utterly impossible! Lovely young Adriana Blackburn is grateful that her marriage to the Marquess of Chalford has taken her away from her drunken father and pinchpenny brother, but it has also taken her away from the social whirl she enjoys in Brighton and London. Although Joshua is kind and tender toward his bride, Adriana begins to believe that he wants her only as a mistress for his half-crumbling Thunderhill Castle in Kent— not as mistress of his heart. But how can she know what Joshua truly feels when nothing seems to disturb his unruffled calm? And what will the enigmatic man do when she courts scandal by defying his wish that she stay close to home? THE CONTRARY COUPLE Beautiful young Lady Adriana Blackburn was used to getting her own way. Unfortunately, so was the Marquess of Chalford, who was now legally her lord and master. The marquess wanted her to tend to his castle in the country. Adriana wanted to enjoy the aristocratic pleasures of town. The marquess wanted her to be a model of respectability. Adriana wanted to flirt with scandal. The marquess wanted a wife he did not have to worry about. Adriana wanted a freedom she did not want to give up. Wedding bells began their battle -- and where it would end only their hearts knew...