Never Less Than a Lady

As the sole remaining heir to the Earl of Daventry, Alexander Randall knows his duty: find a wife and sire a son of his own. The perfect bride for a man in his position would be a biddable young girl of good breeding. But the woman who haunts his imagination is Julia Bancroft -- a village midwife with a dark secret that thrusts her into Randall's protection.

Within the space of a day, Julia has been abducted by her first husband's cronies, rescued, and proposed to by a man she scarcely knows. Stranger still is her urge to say yes. A union with Alexander Randall could benefit them both, but Julia doubts she can ever trust her heart again, or the fervent desire Randall ignites. Yet perhaps only a Lost Lord can show a woman like Julia everything a true marriage can be...

Tropes & themes

Widows

More by Mary Jo Putney

• Loving a Lost Lord (2009)
• Not Always a Saint (2015)
• Not Quite a Wife (2014)
• Sometimes a Rogue (2013)
• Dashing and Dangerous (1995)
• Nowhere Near Respectable (2011)
• → Mary Jo Putney books in order (full reading guide)

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