The Unwanted Marriage


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Philie Amber was an introvert as a child. She faced years without socializing because she was labeled a "witch"for her differences. Nonetheless, she was satisfied with her auntie, Deni, who had rescued her when her own parents had dumped her years before. She needed to marry Xylde, who is recognized for being a woman's fantasy, one day. Nonetheless, she was the one who put up the effort, which she chose to embrace as long as she could see her husband living with her. Would she still be in love with him? Or would their union be doomed to fail?




The Accidental Wedding


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Nash's Story When Nash Renfrew wakes in the bed of lovely Maddy Woodford, he has no memory. In the days following his accident, he is charmed by her bright outlook on life, but he lives for the nights, when she joins him chastely-more or less-in her bed. When his memory returns, Nash asks for just one more night before he leaves. But it’s one night too many and it creates a scandal that leaves him no choice but to offer her marriage. With five orphaned half-siblings in her charge, Maddy needs the security Nash offers and can’t resist the promise of passion she’s experienced in his embrace. Well born, but poverty-stricken, Maddy knows she’s not the wife he planned on, but he’s everything she’s ever dreamed of. But will passion be enough? He’s a diplomat who knows Czars and Princes and Grand-dukes and she’s just a country girl who’s never even been to a ball. Can their new-found love survive, or will this accidental marriage destroy her dreams and his career?




The Unwanted Wedding


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The heart-breakingly handsome Duke of Tynemouth is appalled to find that his torrid affaire dÕcoeur with the alluring Aline, Countess of Langstone, is destined to end, because Queen Victoria insists that he marries one of Prince AlbertÕs German relatives, who is fat and ugly.ÊTo refuse is unthinkable, so, in desperation, he agrees to pre-empt his Monarch by cynically marrying AlineÕs innocent young niece, Honora.The beautiful Honora is horrified at the prospect of marrying a man she has never met, let alone love, but she has little choice.ÊHeartbroken and facing a life without the love she has always dreamt about, a husband who seems to hate her and a wedding night she dreads, she flees and falls prey to an even worse fate.ÊNow that he might lose her forever, the Duke realises that it is not hate for Honora that beats in his heart. It is love!ÊBut has his awakening come too late?




The Proper Way to Stop a Wedding (in Seven Days or Less)


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New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander The family of the bride is expected to revel in the joy of the upcoming wedding. Instead, Miss Celia Bromley faces the most heartbreaking dilemma of her life: she’s fallen in love with the man engaged to marry her scheming half sister. Worse, he might love Celia in return. But handsome, bookish Henry Saunders is a man of honor. He would never break his promise to his bride-to-be, no matter how horrid she may be. Celia’s despair hasn’t escaped the notice of keen-eyed Aunt Guinevere, who, along with her crafty friends, is determined to see true love triumph. Unraveling a wedding takes a delicate, subtle touch, and in the mad dash to break one engagement and encourage another, the ladies may well hear the whispers of scandal instead of the peal of wedding bells...




The Unwanted Wife


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Delicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father's associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. Eighteen months into their marriage, however, Sandro has turned to ice. Desperate to escape a relationship that has proven to be as stubbornly passionate as it is cold and hateful, Theresa summons up the courage to ask for a divorce. But before he'll grant her request, Sandro demands something from Theresa: a son. The stalemate sickens her. Never mind that Sandro has yet to introduce Theresa to the large family that means so much to him. Or that Theresa overhears her husband on the phone with a mystery woman. Most damning is that Theresa senses, in Sandro's treatment of her, the behind-the-scenes machinations of Jackson Noble, her cruel father. From the depths of her anxiety, Theresa must seek an empowering truth about the husband who calls her, with such cold affection, his cara, his beloved.




Bride for a Night


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Jilted at the altar, Talia Dobson instead marries her groom's older brother, the dashing Earl of Ashcombe, and, after one night of unforgettable passion, is dispatched alone to his country estate where she, after an encounter with danger, demands forever after from her husband.




Wedding of the Year


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Victoria Malvey requests the honor of your presence... at a madcap, merry celebration of love's unpredictable ways! Two sisters have promised their father that both will marry...or neither will: Elizabeth Everley, shy and serious, endured a disastrous first Season, and she dreads being a wallflower forever. Catherine Everley, a starry-eyed optimist, dreams of marrying a handsome Prince Charming. But first she must find a husband for Elizabeth. Each of two noble brothers believes the other should take a wife: John Vernon, the Marquess of Wykham, is a solemn gentleman; his younger brother, Richard, is lively and outrageous. When Catherine picks John as her sister's perfect match, it is just the beginning of a wild romp of mistaken intentions and matchmaking schemes gone scandalously, hilariously awry. At the end of this unforgettable Season, there will indeed be a wedding -- but who exactly will marry whom?




Secretly Married to the CEO


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When Aiden, the ruthless CEO, is forced to marry a common problematic Ariana, he will do anything to hide his marriage from the world.Ariana Gray was an epitome of beauty, grace and brain, but instead of the boon, it became a curse in her life. Ariana wanted to fly in the skies but her wings were cut down and she still never gave up. She ran leaving all things behind to hold the string of her life but even she knew it can't be easy when a demon is ready to eat her soul. She met another monster at least she thought that, but she was having the least idea whom she is taking as another curse will only become her saviour and forceful husband.Aiden Connell's life was blissful, born with a silver spoon. Everything was perfect going in his life until he met her even not wanting to step ahead to help her, he did but never knew his one decision which he took due to sympathy will only going to be blissful in his future.He separated his way from her, but she again came and this time neither of them were having the option to go away from each life.Join them to know even not wanting to become each other. What caused them to tie together.




Unwanted Bride


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Marriage by Force?


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With forced marriage, as with so many human rights issues, the sensationalized hides the mundane, and oversimplified popular discourses miss the range of experiences. In sub-Saharan Africa, the relationship between coercion and consent in marriage is a complex one that has changed over time and place, rendering impossible any single interpretation or explanation. The legal experts, anthropologists, historians, and development workers contributing to Marriage by Force? focus on the role that marriage plays in the mobilization of labor, the accumulation of wealth, and domination versus dependency. They also address the crucial slippage between marriages and other forms of gendered violence, bondage, slavery, and servile status. Only by examining variations in practices from a multitude of perspectives can we properly contextualize the problem and its consequences. And while early and forced marriages have been on the human rights agenda for decades, there is today an unprecedented level of international attention to the issue, thus making the coherent, multifaceted approach of Marriage by Force? even more necessary.