MARRYING THE MAJORBook 2 of Unsuitable Matches seriesMajor Hugo Stratton, a veteran scarred in body and soul. No fit husband for any gentlewoman?Heiress Emma Fitzwilliam has a fond memory of Hugo Stratton as a handsome young officer with a wicked sense of humour. But the Major Stratton who returns from the wars, years later, is a disfigured and prickly recluse who rebuffs all Emma's attempts to get near him.When an unwise romantic encounter in the garden threatens Emma with ruin, marriage is the only way to save her reputation. She longs to have Hugo as her bridegroom, but how can she persuade him to unbend enough to propose? Especially to a woman in disgrace?And, even if he does propose, could a marriage between Hugo and Emma ever be made to work? Revised edition of the novel originally published by Harlequin S.A. in 2002 Joanna Maitland published 13 Regency historicals with Harlequin Mills & Boon which have sold well over a million copies around the world, with readers in countries as diverse as Japan and Brazil. She is now an independently published author. She is continuing to write Regencies, but also hopping over the hedge into lush new pastures, like medieval romance, time-slip and fantasy. Her latest droolworthy hero -- coming soon -- is a vampire who solves mysteries on the side, with help from a couple of female sidekicks.Joanna is one of the founding partners of Libertà Books where there is a blog every Sunday. Joanna herself blogs about twice a month on all sorts of subjects from Regency costume to self-publishing and formatting your book.Read more about Joanna at libertabooks.com/joanna. The blogs are at libertabooks.com/blog. Joanna's books can be found via Books2Read.com/JoannaMaitland.
