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In 1763 England passed a law fixing the minimum age for marriage at 16 with parental consent needed for anyone under 21 During the Georgian Period the average age of marriage was 27 Teenage brides were anomalous One can understand why when reading Jo Beverley s latest novel A Scandalous Countess Her heroine Georgia is just twenty and after almost three years of marriage a widowGeorgie was an immature bride she was wed to a neighbor three years her senior when she was 16 and is an immature widow Her husband was killed in a duel over what many believe was Georgie s infidelity She s young lovely and after her year of mourning desperate to regain her place in society She s too immature to live on her own although under the law she could and yet she longs for the freedom she had while married She wants a new husband preferably one with a title and lots of money to buy the outrageous gowns for which she is knownLord Dracy has neither money nor an impressive title He abruptly left the naval life he loved when his fribble of a cousin the previous Lord Dracy died after bankrupting the family holdings Dracy has come to Devon and is trying to raise funds to rebuild his estate One of the only things his cousin left was a fast filly named Cartagena Dracy brings Cartagena to Georgia s father s estate Herne to race her against the Earl of Hernscroft s famous bay mare Fancy Free The race is winner takes all whoever wins gets both horses Dracy wants to win but not to gain Fancy Free He plans to ask the Earl to instead give him one of the Earl s stud horses a prize breeder named Gosling go Dracy wins the race but when he sits down to talk about the trade the Earl really doesn t want to part with Fancy Free Dracy is distressed to find that earlier in the week Gosling go had to be put down The Earl then offers Dracy a trade for a different filly his daughter If Darcy marries the young widow he ll get her portion of twelve thousand pounds cash in hand the day he weds her As the Earl points out Dracy could buy a herd of stallions with that kind of bluntDracy is shocked to hear the Earl s proposal The Earl points out that his daughter who was wild when married although faithful is likely to return to her scandalous ways when she s let loose on the ton again and would probably end up married to a blackguard He s looked into Dracy s background and feels Dracy is a trustworthy solid man The Earl laughs and says You re the type she needs A man of iron used to command The Earl urges Dracy to take his offer the Earl can keep his beloved horse rid himself of a troublesome scandalous daughter and Dracy can wed and bed a gorgeous young girl and gain twelve thousand poundsThis is a partial review To read the entire review please go to All About Romancehttpwwwlikesbookscomcgi binboo उरलं सुरलं [Urla Surla] rumors of her infidelityGeorg. 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