Twilight of Innocence

WEDDED TO A STRANGER

"I WILL DO MY WIFELY DUTY AND NO MORE,"
lovely Julia Trent thought as panic engulfed her. Yesterday she had been rich, pampered, and protected; today she was penniless, scared, and about to wed a stranger. Her father's suicide had shocked her, leaving a legacy of debts, sorrow, and scandal. Now she must accept the proposal of wealthy Philadelphian Lane Manning, a handsome rake—and certainly no gentleman. His cool gray eyes betrayed no emotion, his strong arms no tenderness as he took her for his wife. But against the swirling excitement of America's centennial celebration in Philadelphia, prim and proper Julia would be swept into a world of unfamiliar sensations ... into a mansion filled with hidden desires and jealousies ...and into a passionate quest to turn a marriage of convenience into a magnificent union of love.