{"product_id":"a-penniless-prospect-9781913915230","title":"A Penniless Prospect","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joanna Maitland\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Joanna Maitland Independent\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Joanna Maitland Independent\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - Historical - Regency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA PENNILESS PROSPECT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1 of Unsuitable Matches series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan a penniless runaway trust her noble rescuer not to betray her into a forced marriage?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlain and penniless Miss Jessamyne Calderwood-Jamie to those who love her-is to be forcibly married to a vile old man in order to pay off her father's gambling debts. Desperate to escape, she dresses as a boy and runs away, helped by her stepmother's former maid. But, on the road, the pair are taken up by Richard, the masterful Earl Hardinge, who has his own reasons for wanting revenge on the Calderwood family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie manages to maintain her disguise as a backward gardener's boy on Richard's estate, but gets into hot water with both master and servants. Can she keep hiding there while her vindictive stepmother and her rejected suitor are searching everywhere for her? It's only for a few more weeks. Soon she will be 21 and her own mistress. But can her disguise keep her safe until then? And will the earl betray her to her despicable family if he discovers she is not what she seems?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA revised edition of the novel originally published by Harlequin S.A. in 2001\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46388890960023,"sku":"9781913915230","price":1362.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781913915230.webp?v=1768797608","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-penniless-prospect-9781913915230","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}