The Lady Chosen by Stephanie Laurens is the first book in the Bastion Club series following the prequel to the series..
Tristan Wemyss is the new Earl of Trentham. Due to his inheritance of the title, one which he never expected, he has left the army where he was a spy working in France and returned to England. Due to battles like Waterloo, many soldiers and spies are finding themselves with new titles.
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A few of the newly retired who worked under the same spy master have decided to create a club, called the Bastion Club. The purpose of the club is to help them deal with society - specifically the ton - who would have them married to eligible young women before they knew what hit them.
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Trentham is part of the club but he has a different situation: if he does not marry within one year of his inheritance, he will keep both homes and the responsibility to take care of 14 older family members, but all of his money will be donated to charity.
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Enter the neighbor to the newly created club, Lenora Carling. When Trentham hears of attempted burglaries and threats against her, he vows to protect her from the unknown threat.
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Laurens's Bastion Club novels are fun reads set in the early 1800s England. They each feature aspects of a Regency Romance, but with characters who do not necessarily follow the typical of society's upper elements.
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Laurens, Stephanie. (2003). The Lady Chosen. New York: Avon Books.
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