No Such Thing as Luck
John and Margaret, #1
Reeks: John and Margaret
Alix James
- What
- began
- as
- a
- last-chance
- goodbye
- becomes
- the
- future
- she
- never
- dreamed
- possible.John
- Thornton
- is
- facing
- the
- collapse
- of
- everything
- he
- has
- worked
- for
- all
- of
- his
- life.The
- only
- woman
- he
- ever
- loved
- has
- gone
- to
- London
- and
- forgotten
- all
- about
- him.
- Aching
- for
- what
- he
- lost,
- he
- doesn't
- have
- time
- to
- grieve
- because
- his
- cotton
- mill
- is
- on
- the
- brink
- of
- financial
- collapse.Through
- his
- banker,
- he
- hears
- about
- a
- business
- opportunity
- that
- could
- save
- the
- mill.
- His
- only
- hope
- is
- to
- investigate,
- even
- if
- it
- means
- traveling
- to
- Spain
- when
- he
- can
- least
- afford
- it.Margaret
- Hale
- is
- haunted
- by
- regret.Both
- her
- parents
- have
- died,
- and
- she
- has
- thrown
- away
- her
- only
- chance
- at
- love.
- She
- longs
- for
- what
- might
- have
- been,
- and
- wishes
- more
- than
- anything
- for
- one
- more
- chance
- to
- see
- John
- Thornton.Margaret
- is
- surprised
- by
- a
- letter
- from
- her
- godfather
- Mr
- Bell,
- who
- is
- visiting
- her
- brother
- Frederick
- in
- Cadiz,
- Spain.
- Bell
- is
- dying
- and
- asking
- to
- see
- her
- before
- it
- is
- too
- late.
- For
- a
- chance
- to
- set
- something
- right,
- Margaret
- is
- determined
- to
- sailregardless
- of
- the
- risk.An
- accident
- on
- the
- docks
- leaves
- Margaret
- injured,
- and
- throws
- them
- together
- on
- the
- same
- ship.John,
- resolved
- to
- protect
- Margaret's
- honour
- despite
- their
- painful
- history,
- claims
- to
- be
- her
- brother
- to
- keep
- her
- safe.
- Unfortunately,
- pretending
- to
- be
- Margaret's
- brother
- proves
- more
- difficult—and
- more
- dangerous—than
- he
- ever
- could
- have
- imagined.No
- Such
- Thing
- as
- Luck
- is
- a
- fade-to-black
- Victorian
- Romance
- featuring
- the
- characters
- from
- Elizabeth
- Gaskell's
- beloved
- North
- & South.
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