Tour Event for ANY GROOM WILL DO by Charis Michaels

7/2/2018

Any Groom Will Do by Charis Michaels
Series The Brides of Belgravia
Genre Adult Historical Romance
Publisher Avon Impulse
Publication Date February 13, 2018

Lady Willow Hunnicut has always dreamed of living in London. With design talent and aspirations grander than London’s finest houses, she knows an unmarried heiress will never be allowed to live in the capital alone. But a married woman may come and go as she pleases. With a little imagination, a lot of courage, and one carefully worded advertisement, Willow concocts a plan to get everything she wants… even if she must take a husband in exchange.

Lord Brent Caulder, the Earl of Cassin, is destitute, his Yorkshire castle is crumbling, and his tenants are without work. He has an ingenious scheme that’s a surefire moneymaker—if only someone would invest. When he discovers an advertisement seeking adventurers to fund, he is determined to claim the money. But his world is turned upside down when the investor turns out to be a flame-haired heiress.

The deal is simple: In return for marrying Willow, Cassin will receive her substantial dowry—and nothing else. All she asks is that after the wedding, each go their separate ways. But for all her careful preparation, the one thing Willow couldn’t have planned is the way she feels about Cassin… or the desire that threatens to enflame them both.

He thought a moment and said, “So I’m meant to suffer the indignity of poverty and, if I marry you, have all my troubles magically solved because of a wedding?”

“Countless men,” she said, “change their fortunes by taking rich brides.”

“I did not leave Yorkshire to marry my way out of mean times. I intend to earn the money.”

“And yet you deny your first viable investment.” She sat up.

“Collecting your dowry is not an investment.” He followed her up.

“It is £60,000 and complete freedom.” She swung her legs to the floor.

“It is £60,000 and a wife,” he said, “who, apparently, I would never see.”

“You’ve just said that you don’t want a wife.”

“Yes, and you wish to become one tomorrow.”

“No, I wish to marry tomorrow. Not be a wife.”

He made a sound of frustration. “How, exactly, does that happen? That arrangement?”

She opened her mouth to say something but hesitated. “I . . . beg your pardon?” she asked.

“I’m curious,” he said, rolling to his feet, “how a married woman goes about her life as if she is ‘not a wife.’ ”

“I’ll . . . I’ll do as I please,” she told him defensively. “I’ll answer to no one. I’ll be a bother and a burden to no one.”

“Right, right, such isolation. That’s not what I mean, and I think you know it.”

Tour Wide Giveaway

To celebrate the release of ANY GROOM WILL DO, we’re giving away one paperback set of THE BACHELOR LORDS OF LONDON series by Charis Michaels!

GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS: Open to US shipping addresses only. One winner will receive a paperback set of The Bachelor Lords of London series by Charis Michaels. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance. Giveaway ends 2/17/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

About Charis Michaels

USA Today bestselling author CHARIS MICHAELS believes a romance novel is a very long, exciting answer to the question: “So, how did you two meet?” It’s a question she loves to answer again and again with different characters, each time she writes a book. Prior to writing romance, she studied Journalism at Texas A&M and managed PR for a trade association. She has also worked as a tour guide at Disney World, harvested peaches on her family’s farm, and entertained children as the “Story Godmother” at birthday parties. She has lived in Texas, Florida, and London, England. She now makes her home in the Washington, D.C.-metro area.