Miss Winthorpe's Elopement

Name: Miss Winthorpe's Elopement
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Christine Merrill
ISBN: 9781461816027

Author: Christine Merrill

Series: Mills & Boon Harlequin Historical #1

Narrator: Simone Philips

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/27/2011

Categories: Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

Shy heiress Miss Penelope Winthorpe was only trying to escape her bullying brother - she didn't mean to wed a noble lord! Adam Felkirk, Duke of Bellston, had no intention of taking a wife. But then Penelope's plight moved him. Now the notorious rake has a new aim - to shock and seduce his prim and proper bride. But the gorgeous Duke will be taught a lesson of his own as scholarly Miss Winthorpe becomes his seductive duchess!

Reviews

Goodreads review by HR-ML on May 23, 2024

Wrote review 10/12/18. Regency England. I liked how the heroine counted in her head when she became angry. She 'lost her cool' several times. 3 stars. Heiress Penelope wanted to get away from her controlling brother. She planned to pay a man to go to Gretna Green, marry her & then part ways. She met......more

Goodreads review by Manda on October 18, 2008

Great book. Bluestocking heroine, hero with a tarnished past. Love the way Merrill gradually leads them to love. And doesn't completely make over the heroine in order for her to win his love.......more

Goodreads review by Gail on April 01, 2010

I liked this one quite a lot. The heroine is the reclusive bluestocking daughter of a printer whose brother has cut off her book purchasing money. Since she will inherit her own fortune when she marries, in a rage, she takes off on a trip to Scotland hunting for an appropriate groom on the way--one......more