The Wedding Wager: A Matchmaking Regency Romance

Written by Beverley Oakley

Narrated by Beverley Oakley

Eliza has her own reasons for agreeing to wed selfish George Bramley. Reasons that have nothing to do with love!

If it's the only way to be reunited with the child she was forced to give up after a youthful indiscretion, Eliza will marry anyone!

Mr Rufus Patmore has come to Quamby House expecting to buy a horse, not find the virtuous, beautiful wife for whom he’s been searching.

For when tragedy is unexpectedly averted through an act of bravery by his host’s betrothed whom he'd thought cold and withdrawn, Rufus realises he has finally found a woman of strength and integrity.

A woman worthy of the title he'll inherit and who will, he is sure, give him a lifetime of happiness.

Rufus is also confident that, compared with selfish, oafish George Bramley, he's in a far better position to make Miss Eliza's dreams come true.

Indeed, Eliza knows he would be.

And so, in order to safeguard her secrets and to claim a future, Eliza agrees to one final, risky wager.

A wager she can't afford to lose.

The Wedding Wager - formerly titled Devil's Run - is Book 3 in the Scandalous Miss Brightwells series but can be read as a standalone.

What the readers say:

"A poignant, humorous matchmaking romance with an ending that's well worth the wait." ~ Amazon reader.

“She's torn between being able to love her son, and being able to love Rufus. Some of what happens is amusing and some is sad, but it all makes for a great story.” ~ Amazon reader.

“Great plot and characters. Some tears for those who are sensitive but great enjoyment at the end.” ~ Amazon reader.

“Very intriguing Austen-esque novel with well-developed characters and story line. The best historical romance novel I've read in a while.” ~ Amazon reader.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sani Publishing
• Release date: Oct 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669605195

Beverley Oakley

Beverley Oakley was seventeen when she bundled up her first her 500+ page romance and sent it to a publisher. Unfortunately drowning her heroine on the last page was apparently not in line with the expectations of romance readers so Beverley became a journalist. Twenty-six years later Beverley was delighted to receive her first publishing contract from Robert Hale (UK) for a romance in which she ensured her heroine was saved from drowning in the icy North Sea. Since 2009 Beverley has written more than thirteen historical romances, mostly set in England during the early nineteenth century. Mystery, intrigue and adventure spill from their pages and if she can pull off a thrilling race to save someone’s honour – or a worthy damsel from the noose – it’s time to celebrate with a good single malt Scotch. Beverley lives with her husband, two daughters and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy the size of a pony opposite a picturesque nineteenth century lunatic asylum. She also writes Africa-set adventure-filled romances tarring handsome bush pilot heroes, and historical romances with less steam and more sexual tension, as Beverley Eikli.