Foolish
Bride
Forever Brides #2
By A.S. Fenichel
Genre: Standalone Historical Romance
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Synopsis
Sadly ever after . . . unless some dreams
really do come true?
Elinor Burkenstock never believed in fairy
tales. Sure, she’s always been a fool for love—what woman isn’t? But Elinor
knows the difference between fiction and truth. Daydreams and reality. True
love and false promises. . . . Until the unthinkable happens, and Elinor’s
engagement is suddenly terminated and no one, least of all her fiancé, will
tell her why.
Sir Michael Rollins’s war-hero days seem far
behind him when, after one last hurrah before his wedding, he gets shot and his
injuries leave him in dire shape. He wants nothing more than to marry Elinor,
the woman of his wildest dreams. But Elinor’s father forbids it . . . and soon
Michael is faced with a desperate choice: Spare Elinor a life with a broken man
or risk everything to win her heart—until death do they part?
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Excerpt
A tear escaped
down her cheek. She dashed it away, and the anger replaced her sorrow. “I don’t
want your money, Michael.”
Hands fisted at
his side, he finally met her stare. “What is it then?” She approached him and
touched his arm.
He flinched, but
she refused to back away.
“I want to know
why? I need to know if you ever loved me. I demand to know if everything you
told me was a lie.” There, she’d said it. She dropped her hand away.
He was pale and
thin. Little of his robust figure shone through the robe. “I never lied to
you.”
“Then why?”
He turned away
again. “I would have thought your parents explained that to you already.” She
kicked at the rug, unsure of how to continue.
“Didn’t your
mother explain?” Anger rolled through his words like an army.
In all the time
they’d courted, she had never seen any signs of temper from Michael. He’d
always been kind and loving. Through her fear, her own anger pushed her on. She
stood toe-to- toe with a clearly dangerous man. “I was told that our engagement
was dissolved because you cannot father a child. I will admit it took my mother
quite a long time to get around to explaining that much, and I do not actually
think she knew any more. What I want to know is what that has to do with you
crying off?”
Then he turned.
“I did not cry off. You did.” “I did no such thing.” She stomped her
foot. “Then your father did.” His tone had gone flat.
“He had no
right. If you did not end our engagement, then why were we not married today?”
She tried to sound sophisticated, but tears pushed to the surface. His attitude
was so changed. She didn’t know him. Maybe she never had.
“Your mother
explained that.” He lumbered across the room and poured himself a rather large
brandy. The smooth glide that she always admired was gone from his step.
“So if we had
married, then we found that I was barren, you would have tossed me over?” She
was rather proud of how rational she sounded in spite of her sorrow and raging
temper.
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
He swallowed half the glass brandy. His shoulders slumped. “Then why would you
think that I would care?”
“You don’t
understand.” The second half went down in one swallow.
“Clearly.
Perhaps you can explain it to me.”
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Meet the Author
A.S. Fenichel
gave up a successful IT career in New York City to follow her husband to Texas
and pursue her lifelong dream of being a professional writer. She's never
looked back.
A.S. adores writing stories filled with love, passion, desire, magic and maybe
a little mayhem tossed in for good measure. Books have always been her perfect
escape and she still relishes diving into one and staying up all night to
finish a good story.
Originally from New York, she grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in the East
Texas with her real life hero, her wonderful husband. When not reading or
writing, she enjoys cooking, travel, history, and puttering in her garden.
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