"Obedient to the wishes of her father, sixteen-year-old Barbara Cornford allows herself to be married to Marcus, Viscount Reyne, the son of her father's childhood friend. However, her mother stipulates that the marriage should not be consummated until Barbara is at least eighteeen. But, by then, her husband, finding marriage unattractive, has joined forces against Napoleon. Returning to England only after eight years have passed, he writes to inform his father-in-law that he intends to claim his bride. But Barbara is not sure that she wants to be claimed by her errant husband!"
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