About
the Book
Title:
A False Proposal
Author:
Pamela Mingle
Genre:
Regency Romance
London
1812
War
hero Adam Grey returns home with a burning ambition to run for
Parliament. But he needs the support of the local baronet, who
controls the seat. Adam’s plans are thwarted by his dissolute
father, who has promised him to the baronet’s daughter in return
for forgiveness of his debts. Adam wants nothing to do with marriage
or his father’s problems, so he fakes an engagement to Cass
Linford—his best friend’s sister.
Cass
has been through hell since she last saw Adam. Her betrothed
committed suicide, forcing her to withdraw from London society.
Heartbroken, she’s given up on marriage. So when Adam suggests a
temporary engagement, she agrees. He needs help with his campaign,
and Cass can’t resist his charm or the chance to be involved in
politics. It all seems so easy, until she finds herself falling in
love with her fake fiancé.
Author
Bio
Pamela Mingle has
spent much of her professional life in libraries and classrooms. With
a lot of persistance and a little luck, she’s found a new career as
a writer. Pam is the author of The
Pursuit of Mary Bennet, A Pride and Prejudice Novel,
and Kissing Shakespeare,
a young adult time travel romance. A self-proclaimed Janeite, Pam is
Regional Coordinator for the Denver/Boulder region of the Jane Austen
Society of North America (JASNA).
Pam lives and works
in Lakewood, Colorado. On trips to England, she and her husband enjoy
walking from one town to the next. While those long treks have often
been challenging, they’ve proved to be a wonderful way to discover
new settings for her books.
Links
Website:
http://www.pammingle.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/pammingle
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Book
Excerpts
#4,
pp. 157-158
“You’ve
mentioned to Jack that you wanted to be involved in my election.”
She
smiled. “Yes, I did. I do.”
“A
special circumstance has arisen. As it turns out, you are the only
person who can help me deal with it.”
Odd
that she could be the “only person.” Now her curiosity was
piqued, more than it had been initially. “Go on.”
Adam
seemed to hesitate. He’d dropped his gaze to the rubble on the
floor, and the silence stretched out.
Did
he need her encouragement? “If it’s my advice you want, I shall
be glad to give it.”
He
looked up and directly at her. “Dearest Cass, it is not your advice
I need, precisely.”
He
was stalling. After years of dealing with a younger sibling, she was
able to wait a long time if necessary, though little doubts began to
assail her. What could be so difficult to ask of her?
Adam
picked up a small fragment of rubble from the floor and rubbed his
thumb across its uneven edges. Finally, he looked at her. “On my
way here I visited my father. It was the first day of the house
party, the day you and I came upon each other walking.”
“Oh?”
She remembered how preoccupied he’d seemed.
“I
had not seen him in several years. As you know, we are estranged. But
I thought if I were to stand for election, I would need to sort
things out with him, at least to some degree.” Adam moved toward
her, stopping finally and putting his hands behind his back.
Cass
wasn’t sure if she was meant to respond, but when he did not
immediately continue, she said, “And how did you find him?”
“Worse
than I expected, but you need only concern yourself with the fact
that I told him I was betrothed. To you.” He watched her, gauging
her reaction.
Cass
felt something sink inside her. Was this some kind of monstrous joke?
Perhaps she had misunderstood, or hadn’t heard him correctly. “I
beg your pardon?”
“Let
me be perfectly clear. My father is in debt up to his ears, and the
person who holds his vowels and mortgages is Sir William Broxton. He
as much as promised the man that I would offer for his daughter in
exchange for his debts being forgiven. I told my father I was engaged
to you so that he would not press me to wed Miss Broxton.”
“To
me,” Cass repeated dumbly. “Why didn’t you simply refuse to do
it instead of lying?”
“I
tried to, I even suggested that the girl marry Hugh. Apparently Sir
William wants me. I needed an absolutely unimpeachable reason to
refuse. I wasn’t about to trade marriage for a seat in Commons,
especially since I don’t plan to wed. Ever.”
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