In the Arms of a Marquess

By Katharine Ashe

She’d never forgotten him . . .

Miss Octavia Pierce is witty, well-off . . . and shockingly unwed. Still, she is far too successful in society to remain on the shelf forever, and her family has hopes that Octavia will finally make the perfect match. What they don’t know is that, years earlier, Octavia was scandalously tempted by the one man capable of sweeping her off her feet—the man now known as the Marquess of Doreé.

A third son, never meant to inherit, Lord Ben Doreé has abandoned his past and grown accustomed to his illustrious new position of wealth and power. But he has never forgotten Octavia, and now she desperately needs his help in a most dangerous, clandestine matter. Although she claims she has put the memories of the passion they shared behind her, Ben is determined to once again have her in his arms—and in his bed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Aug 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9780062096128

Katharine Ashe

Katharine Ashe is the award-winning author of historical romances that reviewers call “intensely lush” and “sensationally intelligent,” including How to Be a Proper Lady, an Amazon Editors’ Choice for the 10 Best Books of the Year in Romance, and My Lady, My Lord and How to Marry a Highlander, 2015 and 2014 finalists for the prestigious RITA® Award of the Romance Writers of America. Her books are recommended by Publishers Weekly, Women’s World Magazine, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, and many others, and translated into languages across the world. Katharine lives in the wonderfully warm Southeast with her beloved husband, son, dog, and a garden she likes to call romantic rather than unkempt. A professor of European History, she writes fiction because she thinks modern readers deserve grand adventures and breathtaking sensuality too. For more about Katharine’s books, please visit her website or write to her at PO Box 51702, Durham, NC 27717.

Reviews for In the Arms of a Marquess

[eileenlina · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a story set in the early 1800’s between India and England about unrequited love – a love not to be stamped out by any circumstances, but with every Regency Historical Romance it does have a happily- ever-after ending. I use the word unrequited because both the hero and heroine think that their feelings are not reciprocated and try to hide their own from themselves. It’s delicious seeing how they go about finding the truth of their love.This was a story that will resonate long in my mind, reliving the plot. Both main characters were well developed and very likable. The hero fights his own demons aside from his attraction to the heroine. She, being a spunky and vivacious woman underneath all of her aristocratic façade is the woman to bring him to his knees. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.