Still in mourning over the death of her coal miner father a year earlier, Eve now stands to be turned out onto the street due to a peculiar condition of her father's will. Aidan Bedwyn calls on Eve Morris to offer his condolences and aid. Having promised a dying officer that he'll protect the man's sister 'no matter what,' Col. Historical romance maven Balogh (A Summer to Remember, etc.) falls back on the oft-used marriage of convenience formula for her first Bedwyn family installment, but what this whimsical Regency-era romance lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in character and execution. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the unveiling of the Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eve’s “business arrangement” is about to be transformed-into something slightly surprising.īONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she can’t refuse: marry him, if only to save her home.

Having promised to comfort and protect the man’s sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protection-nor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heart-and it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldier’s request. Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction, where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal-and where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all.

Meet the Bedwyns: six brothers and sisters-men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first installment of the beloved Bedwyn saga.

Slightly Married by Mary Balogh