An unwilling bride de Jo Beverley

Lido num dia. Admito considerá-lo à partida somente um romancezito mas deslumbrou por abordar assunto da época pouco divulgado: a posição socio-económica das mulheres na sociedade. Várias posições diferentes encarnadas em personagens diferentes, relatando ainda os perconceitos da altura e o que a junção por mais breve que seja acarreta. Recomendo Sinopse:

She Would Give Him Her Hand, But Never Her Heart Beth Armitage had the life she wanted. Her work as a teacher gave her the independence she always sought and a life free from the shackles of matrimony. Yet after a harrowing meeting with the Duke of Becraven, Beth found herself caught in a web of aristocratic power--and engaged to marry his rakish heir Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden! She was determined to despise her betrothed, but when Arden decided to seduce her, she needed all her strength to keep her from surrendering her heart. He would marry, but never love. Forced into marriage with a commoner to secure his inheritance. Lord Arden despised the coy bluestocking who whould share his bed. Furious at hewr defiance and her challenges to his authority, he resolved to control her. But soon her wit and her charms threatened his very will - and his heart...