Actress Clarissa Bartlett has fought her way from the Duke Street Orphanage to acclaim on the Covent Garden stage. But when her ambitious aunt insists it’s time for her to take a wealthy protector, Clarissa turns to the one man she trusts—the serious, upright Reverend Francis Brody.
Francis serves faithfully in his Covent Garden parish while awaiting a promised living in Hampshire—and ignoring the expectations that he’ll marry Miss Fanny Hodges. But when the radiant actress he secretly admires seeks refuge from an unwanted liaison, he can’t deny her sanctuary. Soon, his orderly life is upended by scandal, temptation, and a dangerous attraction.
As their enemies unite to destroy their reputations and their careers, Francis offers Clarissa his protection through a marriage of convenience.
What begins as protection soon burns into passion—but when their fragile hopes are shattered, will they find the courage to fight for a love that Society insists can never be?
The Temptation of Reverend Francis Brody (Book 2 of The Brody Family Series) is a spicy but sweet M/F Regency romance featuring: love at first sight, opposites attract, forced proximity, marriage of convenience, and forbidden love tropes.
Ebook available here.
Print version.
Francis serves faithfully in his Covent Garden parish while awaiting a promised living in Hampshire—and ignoring the expectations that he’ll marry Miss Fanny Hodges. But when the radiant actress he secretly admires seeks refuge from an unwanted liaison, he can’t deny her sanctuary. Soon, his orderly life is upended by scandal, temptation, and a dangerous attraction.
As their enemies unite to destroy their reputations and their careers, Francis offers Clarissa his protection through a marriage of convenience.
What begins as protection soon burns into passion—but when their fragile hopes are shattered, will they find the courage to fight for a love that Society insists can never be?
The Temptation of Reverend Francis Brody (Book 2 of The Brody Family Series) is a spicy but sweet M/F Regency romance featuring: love at first sight, opposites attract, forced proximity, marriage of convenience, and forbidden love tropes.
Ebook available here.
Print version.