![]() ![]() Matthew has never learned the social niceties of interacting with respectable women, mostly because he views them as being beneath his notice. Later, Matthew complains of her to his friends, who assure him that he might have had a chance if he weren’t so socially inept. In the angry exchange that follows, Matthew is contemptuous and arrogant and Clarissa comes within inches of slapping him. Obviously in haste to get it over with, he asks for her hand within moments of meeting her. Matthew Carstairs, Lord Langdon, blows his chance. Clarissa has misgivings, but reluctantly agrees to give Lord Langdon a chance. ![]() ![]() Her father tells her that he has given Lord Langdon permission to court her, and threatens to kick her out of the house if she doesn’t accept him. She even has a contingency plan: rather than being forced to marry a man who doesn’t suit her, she will pawn her grandmother’s ring and become a governess, no matter what society might say. ![]() Lady Clarissa Denham is resolved to marry only a man she loves, in spite of her father’s attempts to make an eligible match for her. Lord Langdon’s Tutor by first-time Regency Romance author Laura Paquet stars a hero who really needs to be told where to get off, and a heroine who doesn’t hesitate to tell him. ![]()
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