It is 1818.
The bloody battle of Waterloo is three years in the past but for Giles Fenwick, Earl of Rockcliffe the memories have yet to fade. Giles bears the physical scars of battle and the emotional scars of the long years of war, of friends and comrades lost. Unexpectedly come into the title, he feels ill at ease in the polite world, and despises those who fawn over his wealth and rank. He has no intention of offering for one of the Season’s debutantes and marrying for the sake of an heir.
Cordelia Summers is the daughter of a wealthy merchant who has agreed to be sponsored into the Ton to please her father. Intelligent and strong-minded, Cordelia has a lively sense of humour and is determined not to be married for her fortune. She is not at all sure she wishes to be married at all.
A brief and unexpected meeting in a wayside tavern throws Giles and Cordelia together. It is the beginning of an unlikely friendship, but as the Earl and the Cit’s daughter get to know each other better, they realise that not all marriages are created equal.
The Reluctant Debutante is the second of the Regency Romances by the author of the popular Peninsular War Saga and the Manxman series. These books follow the fortunes of some of the characters beyond the battlefield and into peacetime.
