A Comfortable Wife

by Stephanie Laurens

Published 10 January 1997
Determined to make Lord Philip Ruthven, a dashing childhood friend who lacks female companionship, an offer he cannot refuse, Antonia sets out to prove that she is capable of running his home and being quite sociable, but she never expected that love and passion would enter into their arrangement. Original.

Immerse yourself in the glitter of Regency times and follow the lives and romantic escapades of Stephanie Laurens' Lester family.

Having seen his sister Lenore and brother Jack caught in Parsons' mousetrap, albeit willingly, Harry Lester had no intention of following their example. Now the news was out that the Lester family fortunes had been repaired, Harry knew the society matrons would soon be in pursuit, so he promptly left London for ewmarket.

Fate, however, proved more far-sighted, having arranged for a distraction in the person of Mrs Lucinda Babbacombe. Lucinda is a beautiful, provocative but unwilling conquest - who to Harry's irritation cannot be ignored.

`Laurens' writing shines.' Publishers Weekly