Instead I got this claustrophobic book that is so stuck inside its narrator's heads that it's frightening. It sounded like there was such potential for the 'unwanted marriage takes a turn for the SEXY' trope, but NO.

Aiden refuses to give Anne his heart.making her wonder what prevents him from truly claiming her as his wife.Īiden is a mad Earl! Anne is now his wife, somehow, by proxy? They have sex for the first time in a houseful of soldiers? Scottish rebellion is a thing? I don't know? But while he is willing to offer his body. By day, he instills a fierce loyalty in his people with his masterful ways.and by night, he tempts Anne to surrender her innocence to him. From the moment she arrived, Anne fell in love with Kelwin Castle and its roguishly handsome laird. Because a well-bred lady with little fortune to recommend her has no choice. And although she'd never met him, she's determined to keep her word and make theirs a marriage in truth. But Anne Burnett had signed a marriage contract binding her to Aiden Black, the Earl of Tiebauld. He was a man exiled from society - handsome, unpredictable, and proud. There, away from the stifling ballrooms and idle gossip of London, a debutante hopes to find a life she could only have imagined.and a noble Highlander discovers that the truest love of all awaits him in the form of an unexpected bride-to-be. Julia, however, is a woman of rare passion and daring, irresistibly drawn to this enigmatic, infuriating man, and no mere marriage of mutual convenience will do.Journey with Cathy Maxwell to nineteenth-century Scotland.a land of romance and dreams. A dashing, phenomenally successful self-made businessman, Brader wants this union to help gain him entry into the drawing rooms of the aristocracy, and that’s it. Now penniless and desperate, she has agreed to wed the magnetic and possibly dangerous Brader Wolf. Lady Julia Markham was the toast of London Society – until an ill-advised attempted elopement ended in betrayal and left her good name in ruins.

If You Like Cathy Maxwell Books, You’ll Love…Ĭathy Maxwell Synopsis: All Things Beautiful is a standalone title by Cathy Maxwell. Note: Four Dukes and a Devil also has stories by Elaine Fox, Jeaniene Frost, Sophia Nash and Tracy Anne Warren.

The Marriage Contract by Cathy Maxwell