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The False Fiancee
222 pages
A theatrical Regency romp where a desperate masquerade blurs the line between a staged romance and genuine temptation.
What it feels like
Reading this Regency romance feels like stepping onto a brightly lit London stage where every glance is a performance and every touch carries the risk of genuine ruin. The mood is distinctly theatrical, driven by the delicious tension of a high-stakes masquerade and a fake engagement. It moves at a brisk, spirited pace, sweeping the reader from the desperation of financial ruin into the glittering, dangerous orbit of a notorious rake. The prose is elegant yet playful, perfectly capturing the internal tug-of-war between self-preservation and undeniable attraction. It is a story built on the thrill of deception and the vulnerability of trust, delighting readers who crave classic historical romances where the greatest danger is not the charade itself, but the temptation to make it real.
- Mood
- theatrical
- romantic
- suspenseful
- glamorous
- Tone
- playful
- dramatic
- romantic
- wry
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- hidden identities · fake relationship · financial desperation · trust and temptation · escaping control
- The writing
- Elegant and spirited, capturing the theatricality of Regency high society and the internal tension of a high-stakes charade.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate self-preservation to the thrilling, dangerous vulnerability of unexpected attraction.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic Regency romances featuring mistaken identities, fake engagements, and the delicious tension of resisting a notorious rake.
Content notes
- financial distress
- threat of forced marriage
- deception
About the book
What the Duke of Clarendon demanded was insufferable, unthinkable, impossible: Miss Catherine Spenser should go to London with him and pretend to be his fiancee.
True, the duke did think Catherine to be an actress named Nancy Wright, and everyone knew that actresses would do anything for the sum of money he offered.
And true, Catherine was down to her last farthing and desperate not to return to her guardian, the odious Baron Rudolph Spenser, who was eager to auction her off to the vulgarly wealthy Mr. Hugo Overstreet.
But how could Catherine possibly trust this notorious womanizing duke to keep to his end of the bargain of love in public only? And even more troubling, how could she trust herself...?
Description from Open Library.
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