The Hostage Bride

Dear Reader,

Here is the first of my new "Brides" trilogy, in which three unconventional young women vow they will never marry—only to be overtaken by destiny.  Bride #1 is the outspoken Portia....

It's bad enough that seventeen-year-old Portia Worth is taken in by her uncle, the marquis of Granville, after her father dies.  As the bastard niece, Portia knows she can expect little beyond a roof over her head and a place at the table.

But it truly adds insult to injury when t…