The Banished Bride (Scandalous Secrets Series, Book 1)

A drunken laugh, a roll of the dice... and Aurora Sprague finds herself a child bride, married in haste to a young man she's never met to settle her father's gaming debt. Moments after the ceremony, the new groom gallops off to the army and Aurora is banished to a remote estate, married in name only.

Years later, Alex Fenimore, now a top intelligence officer, is on a secret mission when a fiery young lady helps him escape attack.

He has no idea that the woman is his wife or that the sparks of desire between them are about to ignite a dangerous passion.

AWARDS:
Best Regency of the Year Nominee, 2000

REVIEWS:
"...lush romance mixed with great humor and a touch of human frailty." ~RT magazine

SCANDALOUS SECRETS SERIES, in order
The Banished Bride
Lady of Letters
The Major's Mistake

LESSONS IN LOVE, in series order
The Defiant Governess
Second Chances
The Storybook Hero

ABOUT ANDREA PICKENS:
Andrea Pickens created her first book at the age of five—a neatly penciled story about cowboys—however she has since moved on from Westerns to writing about Regency England, a time and place that has captured her imagination ever since she opened the covers of Pride and Prejudice.