MARRIED TO A PERFECT STRANGER

Mary Fleming, the third of five sisters, has always been rather detached and dreamy, interested in drawing and painting. John Bexley, the third of four brothers, holds a similar position in his family. He's never stood out. Their families think they are ideal for each other, and having no other plans, they go along with the idea. The match is made, and they are married in January 1816. Almost immediately John Bexley learns he has been chosen to be part of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China for twenty months. And so the newlyweds are separated and thrown into new situations, in which they change dramatically. They grow into the exciting people they always had the potential to be. When John returns from China, the Bexleys set up household together in London. Soon they find that everything they thought they knew about each other is wrong. They have to start all over. It's surprising, irritating—and somehow very exciting. The energy and spark that was missing from their earlier lives lights up with a vengeance! JANE ASHFORD's romances have sold over 650,000 copies worldwide. Sourcebooks, the successful publisher of Georgette Heyer, has been republishing Ashford's prized 18-book backlist as well never-before published romances including Once Again a Bride (2013) and The Bride Insists (2014). Ashford's books have been previously published by Warner Books, NAL, and Bantam Dell.