Bride of Dreams - Softcover

Aiken Hodge, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912194821 ISBN 13: 9781912194827

Publisher: Agora Books, 2018

Synopsis

In just one night, all of Amanda’s dreams come true. The following day, they all fall apart.

A confession of long-held love to a childhood friend should have been the first day of a new life, but when he leaves for India without a word of goodbye, she’s left heartbroken and abandoned.

Amanda eventually concedes to her widowed mother’s pleas that she marry to save their family from poverty and weds the wealthy Lord Meynel. She hopes for contentment, if not love, but soon realizes she has made a terrible mistake: though the perfect gentleman during their courtship, Meynel reveals himself to be a cruel and brutish.

With no options, no hope, and a war raging around her, Amanda is swallowed by her misery.

But could the revolution provide Amanda with the spark she needs to carry on? As the violence mounts, Amanda must reclaim her own life to protect those she loves.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Aiken Hodge was born in Massachusetts, but moved with her family to East Sussex in Britain when she was three years old. After reading English in Somerville College, Oxford, she moved to the US to undertake a second degree at Radcliffe College. Whilst she was there, she spent time as a civil servant and worked for Time Magazine before returning to the UK to focus on her career as a novelist. In 1972 she became a British citizen. She is the daughter of the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Conrad Aiken. Aiken Hodge is known for her works of historical romance. In a career spanning nearly fifty years, she published over thirty novels, exploring contemporary settings and the detective genre in her later life. She died in 2009, aged ninety-two.

About this edition

• Publisher: Agora Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1912194821
• ISBN 13: 9781912194827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316