ASIN: B09VCQ91XD
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 288
The Honourable Mr Jackson M.P., Maria’s debt-stricken suitor, zones in on the naive damsel after her father reveals the family’s mercantile wealth. Discovering Maria’s sizeable inheritance, the indebted gentleman doesn’t hesitate to claim his new Mrs Jackson. The match is contrary to Maria’s every wish and protestation.Little does Mr Jackson know, Maria is more than just a ticket to financial independence. This ‘very pretty sort of girl’ is also an emotional grenade whose explosions are sometimes comical and, other times, frightening.When Maria begins to take a liking to her new husband, her infatuation borders on obsession. It doesn’t take long for Mr Jackson to realise that he may have married a madwoman, and the dichotomy of resentment from one and infatuation from the other of her newfound brothers-in-law sends Maria on an emotional spiral that beckons both amusement and fear.But ...
