Marianne then knows that she can no longer brush aside her true feelings. She returns to Edenbrooke, where Philip declares his perfect love for her. Towards the end of the book Marianne is taken hostage, because of her fortune, but is saved by Philip and her father, who has come out of hiding. However, Marianne's twin sister desires to marry Philip and Marianne feels that it is her duty to forget her own feelings and allow her sister, Cecily, to be happy first, even if it means pain for her. They each learn about each other deeply, and some would even say that they fall in love. Through the course of the novel Philip and Marianne grow as friends.
In the morning when she later arrives at Edenbrooke she finds that Philip is the son of Lady Caroline. While at the inn Miss Daventry meets a rather dashing but arrogant man, who only reveals himself as Philip. On her journey to Edenbrooke, Marianne's carriage is overcome by a highway man, but she and her maid escape to an inn.
She is sent away to spend her summer at the lovely, English, countryside estate of Edenbrooke, the home of her late mother's friend, Lady Caroline. (Apr.Marianne Daventry has never been much of an elegant lady, but when her grandmother declares Marianne the heiress of her fortune she must learn to become one. Agent: Laurie McLean, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents. This beautiful love story will warm (only) the reader’s heart. When Philip’s true identity is revealed, Marianne must confront her fears as well as her growing affection for him.
But her journey turns tumultuous and she unexpectedly meets Philip, a devastatingly handsome man with an irresistible sense of humor and a great many secrets. When Marianne is allowed to visit the beautiful Edenbrooke estate and reunite with Cecily, she is overjoyed, despite her anxiety about the social niceties she abhors. Daventry sends his beautiful, elegant daughter Cecily to have a season in London and ships her “quiet and dull” twin, Marianne, to her grandmother’s home in Bath. Inspirational publisher Shadow Mountain launches the G-rated Proper Romance line (romance “at its very best-and at its cleanest,” the introduction promises) with this delightful and completely engrossing Heyeresque Regency debut.
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