[bksvol-discuss] Submitted & Waiting: "BSO Reluctant Suitor," Historical Romance
- From: Marilyn Beasley <mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 07:19:20 -0400
Comments: All pages and Chapter headings have been counted and formatted.
Careful proofreading was done on foreign words and all the slang. Spell Check
has been done and all indicated words were checked against the print book. The
"Tool" will fix all page numbers that are in italics.
Long Synopsis: The bestselling author of "A Season Beyond a Kiss" makes her
hardcover original debut with this story of a dashing colonel and the
aristocratic lady he once spurned. For as long as she can remember, Lady
Adriana Sutton has adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an
agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood. As a young girl, she was
wounded by Colton's stubborn refusal to comply with his father's wishes and by
his angry departure. He was too proud and too stubborn to accept a future not
of his own choosing. Rather than submit, he fled from his ancestral home for a
life of adventure and danger as an officer in the British army. The years have
been immensely kind to Lady Adriana. No longer the plain, thin tomboy Colton
had spurned, she has blossomed into an uncommon beauty desired by nearly every
eligible bachelor in the land. Yet the only man she desires is the decorated
hero who has finally come home to claim his rightful title. Arrogant, unmoved,
and seductive as ever, he remains averse to the idea of their betrothal in
spite of his growing desire for her. To demonstrate his belief that love cannot
be forced, Colton agrees to court Lady Adriana for ninety days, after which
time he will be allowed to keep his precious freedom if he so wishes. But much
has changed since he balked at his father's plans. Forced into a courtship with
this stunning, spirited woman, who is as different today from the young chit he
left behind as spring is to winter, the heroic heart that was once closed to
Adriana is moved by her charm, her grace, and her sensuality ... and begins to
yield. But a secret from Colton's past may doom their burgeoning love ... even
as the treacherous schemes of a sinister rival threaten to steal the remarkable
lady from his arms forever.
The Reluctant Suitor -- LIST OF UNUSUAL WORDS
Proper Nouns: Randwulf Manor, Aris, Galia, Elynn, Jaclyn, Melora, Philana,
Gyles, Riordan, Redding, Sir Abercombe, Sedgwick Wyndham, Colton, Berenice
Carvell
NOTE: Edmund Elston, Roger's father, speaks in almost unintelligible slang.
He shows up first in Chapter Four, page 110. Also, later, around page 140, a
boy named Joshua also uses a great deal of slang. On Page 154, Colton's
driver, his name is Bentley, he also speaks with a lot of slang. The same goes
for Samuel Gladstone on page 162, and also later with a woman named Alice.
p. 1, Marquess, and p. 6, marquess
p. 11, Andalusian, ofttimes (one word, no hyphen)
p. 12, unmount, iron-thewed
p. 19, marquessate
p. 23, lordling
p. 54, chit
p. 57, marchioness
p. 102, crape-clad
p. 117, roué (and later roués)
p. 122, dishabille
p. 134, chary
p. 143, shrewishness
p. 165, lutestring (one word, no hyphen)
p. 176, finespun (one word, no hyphen)
p. 196, termagants
p. 215, duchy
p. 220, sweetmeat (one word, no hyphen)
p. 241, gamine
p. 247, ebon (not "ebony")
p. 259, rowelling (and again on page 346)
p. 265, raiment
p. 281, gutstrings (one word, no hyphen)
p. 286, woodwrights
p. 316, tuppence
p. 327, bastardy
p. 357, thews
p. 364, trow
p. 386, rutting, musefully
p. 405, peerage
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