"The Duke's Baby" by Rebecca Winters tells the story of Lance Malboi's hardened lifestyle, his scars in his face and on his heart, and Andrea Fallon's desperate attempts at moving forward in her own life. The historical setting allows for an interesting contrast between the brutality of war and the more somber aspects of marriage and family.
In 1916, while Lance Malboi, duke of Lac, fights on the frontlines in France, an unnamed, older British woman named Andrea gives birth to their daughter, who she names Anastasia. Shortly after the birth, Andrea is wounded and taken back to England, leaving her new daughter to fend for herself. The war drags on until the country finally falls, but as her French lover returns to rescue her, the devastated Andrea declares herself too old for further love and prefers to build her own life from scratch.
Following this arc, "The Duke's Baby," takes readers on a journey through its ten-year span. Readers are made privy to the changing fortunes of Andrea, taking in experiences far beyond what is possible in Andrea's day-to-day duties as a schoolteacher. Andrea moves from London to Boston, seeking employment, and here she embarks on a career path that would have been unimaginable for the time. She soon meets a man named Fred, another teacher who shares her love for literature and intellectual pursuits. Fred uses his combined wit and fortune to send his girlfriend to college instead of paying for a nursery at home. Before long the couple falls in love and plans to elope, but a tragic accident sends their child into a critical state. Andrea later finds out the nursing student sending the baby to the hospital happens to be the daughter of her mysterious English friend, Patricia, who had returned to her mother's estate on Duke Malboi'S ranch after World War I ended.
Электронная Книга «The Duke's Baby» написана автором Rebecca Winters в году.
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Язык: Английский
Серии: Mills & Boon Cherish
ISBN: 9781408959954
Описание книги от Rebecca Winters
The French duke's contract bride! Lance Malbois, Duc du Lac: a hardened military man with a scar that crosses his cheek–and reaches right to his heart. But all he wants is to hold a child in his arms and be called 'Daddy.'Andrea Fallon: pregnant, widowed and alone, she's determined to give her baby the father and family she never had. The perfect solution: a marriage of convenience…?
