You can kiss the bride. Penhallow series

After years on a journey as a diplomat, Gabriel Penhallow realizes that the time has come to fulfill his dynastic task: find a wife and generate a couple of heirs running in the rooms of Surmont Hall, his family estate. Cecily Orr is the perfect candidate for the role of consort: daughter of a viscountess, beautifully and polite, has all the cards in rules to become the future Mrs Penhallow. However, just before making the proposal to Cecily, Gabriel comes across Livia Stuart, an orphan of modest, charming and sharp means, and remains completely fascinated. Livia is different from the girls he has met so far, does not flat him, escapes him, challenge him, and yet attracts him like no one else. After the umpteenth beating, Gabriel surrenders to passion and kisses her, but the two are caught on the fact. To safeguard the honor and reputation of both, and certain that they are not in love with each other, Gabriel and Livia agree to a facade union. However, as the great day approaches, feelings burst into engagement and disrupt all plans. What if theirs, in the end, was no longer a marriage of convenience? "You can kiss the bride" is the first novel in the Penhallow series: a family saga for the fans of Regency, the epoeia of a dynasty that, volume after volume, finds love and its happy ending.