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The Spinster and the Wastrel
Louise Bergin
For Richer or Poorer
Miss Annette Courtney spent many years begging for
donations from the miserly Sir Nigel Montfort on behalf of
the poor tenants residing on his estate. Now that he’s
passed away, she wonders if the new baronet will be just as
stingy. But Annette finds her worries are unfounded—as she
has inherited Sir Nigel’s fortune!
Sir Gerard Montfort is outraged. He knew Uncle Nigel
believed him a wastrel, having refused to bestow even an
allowance upon him, but he never imagined he would be left
vagrant. To settle his gambling debts, he needs the money
that is rightfully his much more than he needs the baronet
title. And now some chit wants to open a school for the
local lower-class urchins with his money and has the
audacity to ask him to be a trustee.
It’s simply an outrage—until he discovers that his duties
as a school trustee include learning some lessons in love
from the generous Miss Courtney…

Signet (Regency), January 2004
224 pages ISBN: 0451210123 Paperback $4.99
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