Romance title: The China Bride

Shropshire, England December 1832

She hadn’t expected it to be so cold. Troth Montgomery shivered as she stepped from the shabby hired carriage, pulling her cloak more closely against the bitter December wind. She’d known that Britain lay far to the north, but a life spent in the tropics had left her ill-prepared for this bone-chilling climate.

Though she had yearned to reach the end of her long journey, now she was frightened at the prospect of meeting these strangers. Delaying, she asked the driver, “This is really Warfield Park? It is not what I expected.”

He hacked a cough into his gloved hand. “Aye, it’s Warfield, right enough.” He hauled out her single carpetbag, dropped it onto the driveway beside her, then wheeled his horses to make a fast return to his home in Shrewsbury.

As the carriage rumbled past her, she caught a glimpse of herself in the window. Though she wore a sober navy blue gown, the most respectable and English-looking garment she owned, the reflection she saw was still hopelessly ugly, her dark hair and Oriental eyes blatantly foreign.

But she could not turn back. Lifting her carpetbag, she trudged up the steps of the sprawling, gabled structure. In summer the gray stones might appear mellow and warm, but in winter twilight, Warfield looked stark and unwelcoming. She didn’t belong here—she didn’t belong anywhere.

She shivered again, this time not from the wind. The owners of this house would not welcome her news, but surely, for Kyle’s sake, she would be granted a bed for the night, if nothing else.

Reaching the door, she banged the massive knocker, which was shaped like a falcon’s head. After a long wait, the door was opened by a uniformed footman. His brows arched at what had turned up on his doorstep. “The servants’ entrance is on the other side of the house.”

His scorn made her raise her head in a show of defiance. “I am here to see Lord Grahame, on behalf of his brother,” she said icily, her accent at its most Scottish.

Grudgingly he admitted her to the hall. “Your card?”

“I haven’t got one. I have been . . . traveling.”

Plainly the footman wanted to throw her out, but didn’t quite dare. “Lord Grahame and his wife are dining. You shall have to wait here until they are done. When his lordship is free, whom shall I say is calling?”

Her numb lips could barely form the name that did not seem as if it really belonged to her. “Lady Maxwell has arrived. His brother’s wife.”

The footman’s eyes widened. “I shall inform him immediately.”

As the servant hastened away, Troth pulled her cloak about her and paced the unheated hall, almost ill with nerves. Would the brother have her whipped when he heard? Great lords had been known to pun-ish the carriers of bad news.

She would have bolted from the house and taken her chances with the evil northern winter, but in her head she could still hear his rasping voice: Tell my family, Mei-Lian. They must know of my death. Though Kyle Renbourne, tenth Viscount Maxwell, had some fondness for her, she didn’t doubt that his ghost would haunt her if she failed to perform his last request.

Bracing herself, she pulled off her gloves to expose the Celtic knotwork ring that Kyle had given her, since it was the only evidence of her claims.

Steps sounded behind her. Then an eerily familiar voice asked, “Lady Maxwell?”

She turned and saw that a man and woman had entered the hall. The woman was as petite as a Cantonese, but with a glorious sweep of silvery blond hair that was striking even in this land of foreign devils. The woman returned Troth’s stare, her expression curious as a cat’s, but not hostile.

The man spoke again. “Lady Maxwe See more like this in our Romance ebooks section

Share your thoughts on the The China Bride Romance ebook with other internet viewers!

From the same series: The Bride Trilogy

The Wild Child Best price $6.13

The Bartered Bride Best price $6.13

Title of Romance ebook: The China Bride
ISBN: 9780345494221
parent-ISBN: 9780449005897
Romance ebooks Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 05-2006
Released online for download: 05-30-2006
Author of eBook: Putney, Mary Jo
Series: More eBooks from the The Bride Trilogy series
Number in this series: 2

Format

Encrypted

Sku

ISBN

File size

Security

Printing

Copying

Read aloud

Devices

Digital Editions

Yes

0345494229

9780345494221

1290 KB

n/a

Not allowed

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Mobipocket

Yes

9780345494221

325 KB

n/a

Not allowed

Sys Requirements

Download reader

Microsoft

Yes

5551529258

9780345494221

494 KB

n/a

Not allowed

Sys Requirments

Download reader

eReader

Yes

555152924X

9780345494221

295 KB

n/a

Not allowed

Sys Requirments

Download reader

The China Bride

Chapter One

Share your thoughts on the The China Bride Romance ebook with other internet viewers!

Title: The China Bride
Avg. Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars

Number Of Comments:
1 Rating(s)

Other Mary Jo Putney ebooks:

receive alert on new Mary Jo Putney ebooks

Loving A Lost Lord

In the first of a dazzling series, Mary Jo Putney introduces the Lost Lords-maverick childhood friends with a flair for defying convention. each is about to discover the ...more

Best price: $4.90

A Distant Magic

Mary Jo Putney’s passionate, vivid characters and captivating stories have earned enthusiastic acclaim from reviewers and readers everywhere. Now the New York Times ...more

Best price: $6.13

The Bartered Bride

Review: This book is a work of pleasure from start to finish. The characters are so touching that they suck you into the story at the gut level and keep you there to ...more

Best price: $6.13

The Marriage Spell

Review: I find this boook nice, because of the magic in the book. Magic makes things possible. Things that you never think that can never happen, happen in this book. ...more

Best price: $6.13

The Wild Child

Review: This is the first MJ Putney book I read and was quite surprised that her focus wasn't on so-called 'perfect', "oh, I've led a blessed life and now I found my ...more

Best price: $6.13

A Kiss of Fate

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author, Mary Jo Putney is a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees ...more

Best price: $7.00

Top eBooks in "Romance Contemporary"

Dark Stranger

by Sizemore, Susan

New York Times bestselling author Susan Sizemore presents an exciting twist on her popular Primes series: the novel read by the one and only Vampire Book...more

Best price: $5.41

Awaken to Pleasure

by Singh, Nalini

"WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MARRYING Me?"The proposal was as unexpected as her feelings for the man whose dark good looks rivaled an even darker past. Painful experience ...more

Best price: $3.48

At the Dungeon Master's Hand

by Cole, Jennifer

Review: This little story is only about 40 pages long, but the author does an admirable job at cramming all the characters in there! Some breathing room would have done...more

Best price: $1.99

A Great Kisser

by Kauffman, Donna

Buckle up. enjoy the view. Jake McKenna fixes planes, not people. Compared to an engine, humans are high-maintenance and unpredictable--which is why...more

Best price: $9.83

Bodyguard

by Brockmann, Suzanne

Review: A fantastic fast-paced, thrilling, sexy story. Believable, flawed characters and suspense, horror filled locations make for a fantastic read. Suzanne ...more

Best price: $7.59

Brazen

by Banks, Maya

Review: Brazen is a ménage a trios contemporary romance book. Jasmine is in love with two brothers, Seth and Zane Morgan and is willing to do everything in order to ...more

Best price: $4.52

Bridging the Gap

by McKenna, Annmarie

The higher she climbs, the harder he falls... Carter Malone is usually the first one to make tracks before a woman starts getting any ideas. Permanent relationships don't fit...more

Best price: $2.87

A Man of Means

by Palmer, Diana

Review: I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it again now: I HEART DIANA PALMER. While her stories have the typical cookie cutter plotline, alpha male men and ...more

Best price: $2.63

Claiming King's Baby

by Child, Maureen

It was supposed to be a last meeting to sign divorce papers. Then passion overtook them and Maggie King walked away with more than just a legal decree--she was pregnant ...more

Best price: $3.26

Other Romance eBooks Categories

Romance General (2911)

Gothic (31)

Harlequin Romance (3873)

Romance Adult (1879)

Romance Bundles (222)

Romance Chick Lit (478)

Romance Contemporary (4018)

Romance Fantasy (669)

Romance Historical (1871)

Romance Paranormal (317)