A perfect marriage to respectable Andrew Littletree was all Onyx Hamilton needed to erase the scandal surrounding her birth. But when wealthy and aristocratic Major Jack Beresford came charging into her life, Onyx discarded respectability for passion.
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A perfect marriage to respectable Andrew Littletree was all Onyx Hamilton needed to erase the scandal surrounding her birth. But when wealthy and aristocratic Major Jack Beresford came charging into her life, Onyx discarded respectability for passion.
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With a nod to Mr. Collins in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, this book asks the question, 'How would the good vicar get a wife if the Bennett family wasn't in the neighborhood?' Get ready to smile ... and even laugh ... at the answer.
Mr. Andrew Littletree has decided to take a wife; after careful analysis he's decided on the foster-daughter of Lady Daggett (married to Sir Matthew). Onyx Hamilton is ½ of the pair of illegitimate twins left at the doorstep of a Reverend Hamilton. He took them in and raised them as his own. At the time he died, Reverend Hamilton had 3 children. His wife eventually married Sir Matthew, who adopted Lady Daggett's daughter, Amethyst, but (only reluctantly) took in the twins. Gerald, Onyx's twin, has died during wartime, two years before the story begins.
Onyx and her companion (Alice) are on their way to Chalcott, and then to spend the summer cleaning and preparing a broken-down relic of a house (to be used as Onyx and Andrew's home after their marriage in August).
On their way, the ladies are accosted by highwaymen, who steal what little they had and plan to assault Onyx. Major Jack Beresford, weary from 4 years of war in Spain, comes upon the scene and saves the situation. However, he is injured during the scuffle and Onyx's group from the carriage take him to a cottage, so Jack can get medical treatment.
The farmer they approach assumes Onyx and Jack are married and they do not correct him; in fact, they embellish the tale. The prose during their time at the farm is wildly funny.
Onyx has spent her life being put-down by circumstances and others; however, she is resourceful, kind and unbowed. Jack is amusing, charming, but serious by nature and circumstance. This is a beautifully told story, full of wry wit; I enjoyed it tremendously.