The twenty-six year old Edmund, Earl of Warenne accepts a challenge to win an impossible wager. At the risk of losing his favourite snuff box and being saddled with an ugly wife, Edmund agrees to court a desperate old maid sight unseen and have his honourable marriage proposal rejected in front of witnesses. He knows he'll win. He's lucky as well as thorough. Not really wanting to be saddled with an unpleasant life companion he decides to take extreme measures to ensure that the old maid finds his offer unpalatable. Fate flips its coin.Will he be able to see the lucky side of life when he realises that sometimes to win is to lose? A Regency romance. |
