Love & Rejection, Evangeline (Tillewood Sisters Book 1)

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Evangeline lost her parents at a very young age. She and her two sisters were left in charge of their grandmother. Evangeline had to grow up fast and take her role as the eldest child with great care. She takes an objective approach to love, knowing that her marriage will and should be arranged with the greatest financial match as the Tilleyard estate has recently suffered great financial losses. An auspicious union could save the family from ruin. However, her tall stature and serious disposition have successfully scared off nearly every bachelor thus far. While attending a ball with her dear friend Rosalind, Evangeline meets two interesting young bachelors. She is now surprised that neither is put off by her intellect or height.

Nathaniel Wright is the middle child of the esteemed Judge Thomas Wright and a young barrister. Even if his father had been a grocer, no one would have been shocked to see the chatty Nathaniel pursue law. Out of all his six siblings, Nathaniel is the only one to be unmarried. With his little brother Theodore having just married a lovely girl from Sussex, his mother and father have turned on him. Letters once filled with praise for his success in law school and on becoming a barrister are filled with barbed comments on his singleness. His mother insists he is just terribly picky and pressures him to attend a party with his brothers. At a party, he encounters Lady Evangeline. Nathaniel is enthralled by her directness, her height, and the intensity of her gaze. He decides that night, that he must wed her.

Nicholas Woolfe is the only child of a powerful and domineering father, Nicholas did his best to be invisible for much of his life. His dream is to be a physician. To be the sort of person that his ailing mother could have been saved by. While his title of Physician is admirable, his father still finds him to be a disappointment. This disappointment remained even as Nicholas showed great skill in his studies and graduated top of his class. With his father’s health now failing, the family is placing great pressure on Nicholas to settle down and start a family. After being forced to attend a party by his father, Nicholas meets Evangeline. He is shocked by not only her beauty but by her intellect and genuine interest in medicine. He decides that night, she would be the perfect wife.