The Quartet's Quandary: an Erotic Regency Romance
Loreli Love
- ~~~This
- is
- a
- 50,000
- word
- erotic
- regency
- romance.~~~Miss
- Abigail
- Buxton
- is
- the
- second
- daughter
- of
- the
- recently
- deceased
- Marquis
- of
- Comerford
- and
- has
- spent
- most
- of
- her
- life
- in
- the
- shadow
- of
- her
- older
- and
- more
- gregarious
- sister,
- Margaret,
- who
- has
- emerged
- victorious
- from
- her
- first
- London
- season
- with
- a
- retinue
- of
- suitors.Sir
- John
- Kingman
- has
- recently
- assumed
- the
- title
- of
- the
- Viscount
- of
- Worthington
- and
- with
- it
- all
- the
- associated
- responsibilities
- and
- duties,
- including
- the
- need
- to
- procure
- a
- wife
- and
- an
- heir.
- When
- he
- meets
- the
- titled
- and
- remarkably
- beautiful
- Lady
- Margaret
- Buxton,
- she
- appears
- to
- be
- the
- perfect
- woman
- for
- him
- in
- every
- way,
- except
- that
- she
- is
- much
- too
- forward
- with
- his
- younger
- brother,
- Charles.As
- a
- dutiful
- second
- son,
- Colonel
- Charles
- Kingman
- joined
- the
- military
- ten
- years
- ago,
- but
- all
- the
- pain
- and
- death
- he
- witnessed
- has
- jaded
- him,
- and
- now
- he
- is
- desperate
- to
- retire
- from
- service
- and
- settle
- down,
- despite
- the
- consequent
- reduction
- in
- his
- pension.
- While
- visiting
- his
- brother
- in
- Cornwall,
- he
- encounters
- the
- lovely
- and
- tempting
- Buxton
- sisters
- and
- decides
- to
- offer
- his
- hand
- to
- the
- younger
- sister,
- Abigail.The
- quandary
- that
- ensues
- arises
- from
- the
- complications
- that
- arise
- when
- the
- ways
- of
- the
- heart
- do
- not
- always
- coincide
- with
- the
- ways
- of
- the head.
