the sherbrooke bride by catherine coulter

Douglas and Tony take off in pursuit, evil is vanquished and everybody who is supposed to be happy ends up that way. To prevent things from getting too cozy Coulter resurrects the poorly developed spy subplot and has Alexandra kidnapped. He rebuffs Alexandra's attempts to earn his favor until she wises up and tries to run off then he decides to keep her. Douglas is predictably annoyed when he returns and arrogantly makes this very clear to his unwanted wife. They return to carry on with the proxy wedding, making Melissande's younger sister Alexandra the bride. He sends his cousin Tony Parrish to act as his proxy during the ceremony, but the bride and substitute groom fall in love and elope. The tale begins when Douglas is dispatched to France on a secret mission for the British government just as he is to marry the beautiful Melissande Chambers. Alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford, has loved Douglas Sherbrooke since she was fifteen. Thus he must first provide himself with the requisite bride. Worse, bestselling romancer Coulter's ( Earth Song ) lame story is no more amusing. By: Catherine Coulter Publishers Summary The first book in Catherine Coulters beloved Bride series. The Sherbrooke Bride - 1 Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged. Coulter lives in northern California with her thriller. Catherine's 26th FBI thriller RECKONING is available now in hardcover, ebook and audio. The 6th Grayson Sherbrooke installment - The Alarming Disturbance at Holyroodhouse - will be released this fall in ebook only.

In a display of what poses as wit in this Regency novel, the first of a trilogy, Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, tells his wife Alexandra that she is ``as amusing as a boil on a backside.'' Unfortunately, he's right. Recently all five have been published in a hardcover print collection.

The sherbrooke bride by catherine coulter