Brighter Than the Sun (English Edition)

Charles Wycombe, the dashing -- if incorrigible -- Earl of Billington, needs a bride before his upoming thirtieth birthday, if he hopes to earn his inheritance. The vicar s vivacious, determined daughter, Miss Eleanor Lyndon, needs a new home, since her father s insufferable fiancee is making her old one intolerable. Destinly has brought Charles and Ellie together -- though their match at the outset appears to have been made somewhere rather hotter than heaven. Their first meeting is less than auspicious -- with a somewhat soused Charles falling from a tree and landing at Eleanor s feet. While they agree to marry for their mutual convenience, Charles is not prepared to let a woman command his household. And certainly strong-willed Ellie refuses to let a rogue run her life. Yet the rakish earl can be quite charming -- and even tender -- when he puts his mind to it. And there s no denying the sensuous allure of his enchanting, innocent, yet utterly stubborn wife. Even though mad mishaps and very real dangers threaten their fragile union, they must follow where passion leads -- to the rapturous warmth and brilliance of love.

Charles Wycombe, the dashing -- if incorrigible -- Earl of Billington, needs a bride before his upoming thirtieth birthday, if he hopes to earn his inheritance. The vicar s vivacious, determined daughter, Miss Eleanor Lyndon, needs a new home, since her father s insufferable fiancee is making her old one intolerable. Destinly has brought Charles and Ellie together -- though their match at the outset appears to have been made somewhere rather hotter than heaven. Their first meeting is less than auspicious -- with a somewhat soused Charles falling from a tree and landing at Eleanor s feet. While they agree to marry for their mutual convenience, Charles is not prepared to let a woman command his household. And certainly strong-willed Ellie refuses to let a rogue run her life. Yet the rakish earl can be quite charming -- and even tender -- when he puts his mind to it. And there s no denying the sensuous allure of his enchanting, innocent, yet utterly stubborn wife. Even though mad mishaps and very real dangers threaten their fragile union, they must follow where passion leads -- to the rapturous warmth and brilliance of love.