"She desired nothing more than a biddable husband Emma, having gone at seventeen directly from her father's home to her husband's arms, is now widowed at the age of twenty - and quite naive in the ways of the world: in particular, how to find herself another match! Thus she proposes to Nicholas Arden, Lord Hansard, eyeing him as a husband who would let her enjoy her freedom and discourage the presence of interfering relatives. His blunt refusal is surprising ... and oddly disappointing. Nick, however, has taken it upon himself to procure a suitable man for this outrageous miss, though none of the candidates are nearly as qualified as ... well, himself. Thus Emma begins to suspect that when it comes to a decent proposal, even a gentleman has the right to change his mind."
"Emma was married at seventeen, and widowed at age twenty. Now she is trying to find herself another match."
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