Ghost of the Ton: A Regency Historical Romance

He wants an annulment. She wants her freedom. Neither expected to fall in love.

When Euphramia Lucas is struck down with smallpox, her dream of becoming a doctor is shattered. With days to live, she tasks her lawyer with finding her a husband so her fortune can pass to a worthier man than her wastrel cousin. On her deathbed, she marries Hamish MacLennan, the impoverished Laird of Glenblath. Before he returns to the Highlands, Hamish vows to honor Euphramia's name in memoriam.

But Euphramia makes an unexpected recovery. Weeks later, now scarred and penniless, she travels to Glenblath and interrupts a wedding on her arrival...where Hamish is the groom.

Hamish MacLennan thought he saw a ghost when his late wife turned up at his wedding. But Euphramia is no ghost and Hamish must jilt his wealthy bride. His clan, suspicious of Sassenachs and superstitious about pockmarks, view Euphramia with distaste and hostility, and Hamish offers to annul their marriage and restore her fortune, giving them both their freedom. But when the time for their parting draws near, tragedy threatens Clan MacLennan, and the wife Hamish is about to let go might be the only one to save them all.

Tropes you'll enjoy:

• Highlander romance
• Deathbed marriage
• Marriage of convenience
• Reluctant groom
• Heroine returns from the dead
• Outcast heroine
• Scarred heroine
• Heroine is a doctor