The Sherbrooke Bride
Catherine Coulter
Sherbrooke Brides #1
He wanted her beautiful sister, but married her instead — now she must win the husband who never chose her.
Description
The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter's beloved Bride series. Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged. He must have an heir. Thus he must first provide himself with the requisite bride. Alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford, has loved Douglas since she was fifteen. Unfortunately it is her sister, the incomparable Melissande, he wishes to wed. But life never ladles out what one expects, and Douglas finds himself wed to the wrong sister. If having an unwanted bride isn’t enough, he is also plagued by The Virgin Bride, a ghost that is reputedly seen in the countess’s bedchamber. Does the willowy phantom really appear to Douglas? Does she speak to him?
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