# First Comes Marriage

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- Book: [First Comes Marriage](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-balogh/first-comes-marriage) ([First Comes Marriage.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-balogh/first-comes-marriage.md))
- Authors: [Mary Balogh](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-balogh)
- Publisher: piatkus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-4811-741-3
- Published: 2010-04-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The arrival of Elliot Wallace, the irresistibly eligible Viscount Lyngate, has thrown the sleepy village of Throckbridge into a tizzy. It soon becomes clear that Elliot seeks a convenient marriage to a suitable bride, and desperate to rescue her eldest sister Margaret from a loveless union, Vanessa Huxtable - a proud and daring, a young widow - offers herself up instead. In need of a wife, Elliott takes the audacious widow up on her unconventional proposal while he pursues an urgent mission of his own. But then a strange thing happens: as the wedding night approaches they become inexplicably drawn to one another. And, as intrigue swirls around a past secret - one with a striking connection to the Huxtables - Elliott and Vanessa are uncovering the glorious pleasures of the marriage bed and discovering that when it comes to wedded bliss, love can't be far behind.