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Arabella Sheraton
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Lord Blackwood's Valentine Ball
Romance
Author Insight
Did Age Matter in Regency Times?
Well, nothing much has changed in that of course the man's age did not matter. These days many young women marry much older men for ... let's be blunt ... for the money. Way back in the Regency era, an older man had no problems getting a young and beautiful wife, as long as he was 'plump in the pocket!'
Book Excerpt
Lord Blackwood's Valentine Ball
Lord Blackwood was much older than one would expect the bridegroom of a fresh, young debutante to be. However, many parents were not averse to their daughters marrying older men, more mature and established than some frivolous and spendthrift young coxcomb who would not prove to be as much of a steadying influence on their daughter. A wealthy older man with a title offered a bride the noble weight of historical grandeur behind him, as well as the pinnacle of social achievement any self-respecting mama desired when she announced to her cronies (and the world at large) that Lord Such-and-Such had offered for and been accepted by her darling. If Patience gave her approval to the prospect of Lord Blackwood as a suitor for Lorna, then no doubt Lorna’s parents would look even more kindly upon him.
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