Bibliograph

The five-minute marriage, Joan Aiken

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The five-minute marriage, Joan Aiken

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The five-minute marriage

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Joan Aiken

Summary

A delightully fun Regency romance reissue about a sham marriage turned all too real from legendary author Joan Aiken First comes marriage Desperate to help her ailing mother, Philadelphia "Delphie" Carteret agrees to partake in a sham wedding ceremony to her cousin, Gareth. This fulfills Gareth's obligation to marry before his sick uncle passes, and in exchange Delphie's mother will be guaranteed an annuity for life. The plan is perfect. Then comes love But perfect plans usually go awry. Not only was the marriage ceremony valid, but Gareth's dying uncle makes a miraculous recovery. An imposter is threatening Delphie's identity and her life, and the whole family is on the brink of scandal. As Gareth and Delphie try to mastermind a way out of this mess, they begin to discover that what's between them may be surprisingly real...Then things start to get really complicated

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

5 minute marriage

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