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    The Proxy
    The Proxy
    The Proxy
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    The Proxy

    By Andrea R. Cooper

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    During the middle ages, marriage by proxy was common, but not falling in love with the substitute.

    Caroline has found fault with all of her suitors. She thinks she has escaped her duties, until a marriage by proxy arrives. Her future husband is too weak and old to travel. Even the nunnery sounds more appealing than marriage to the old baron.

    Nicholas, the proxy, marries Caroline as a stand-in for her new husband. Nicholas, the baron's servant, must help her to fall in love with the Baron's character.

    When Caroline falls for the proxy instead, what will she do about the Baron? Especially, when she becomes pregnant with Nicholas' child?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrea R. Cooper
    Release dateApr 27, 2018
    ISBN9781386904670
    The Proxy
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    Andrea R. Cooper

    Andrea R. Cooper is an author of fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical romance with a touch of magic. Her Legends of Oblivion series won the Up Author Approved Award and Moonrise's Best Fantasy Romance. Andrea lives with her husband and three kids in Texas where she casts fictional characters into mystical worlds. She practices fighting with plastic swords with her son and daughter or conjuring up dinner with her wizard husband who is the love of her life. She believes in the power of change and counting each moment as a blessing. But most importantly, she believes in love. Sign up for her newsletter for new releases, contests, and more: http://eepurl.com/brJAl5 Follow her on Twitter:  "https://twitter.com/AndreaRCooper Like her Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/1QpGDfU www.andreaRcooper.com

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      The Proxy - Andrea R. Cooper

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      The Proxy

      This ebook license is for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you would like to share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return it and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting copyright laws and the hard work of the author.

      Copyright © 2014 Andrea R. Cooper

      Revised 2nd Edition 2015

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage or retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of the author. The scanning, uploading, or distribution of this book via the Internet or via other means without permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic additions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

      Cover art design: Safari Heat

      Copyright © 2014 Andrea R. Cooper

      Author’s website:http://www.andreaRcooper.com

      Dedication

      To my husband who not only showed me love is real, but opened up a world of magic and fantasy. Who encouraged me to indulge in my love of reading, and never told me to give up my dream of becoming an author. And who wrestled with little ones so I had time to write. Thank you for your support. I love you. To my children, Troy, Levi, and Chloe, may you always follow your dreams, and hold onto them until they come true. Never accept defeat even when friends or family doubt you.

      To my fans who encouraged me with their enthusiasm and words, thank you.

      Chapter One

      Outside the heavy oak door, Caroline hesitated. What waited on the other side? She had been summoned to her parents’ chambers after the first sleep. Now was the time for gatherings and parties, not closed door discussions.

      The servant who fetched her to come straightway to their chambers had an expression of pity when she left.

      Had her parents run out of patience with her refusal to marry? Her father had never beaten her for refusing her suitors, but she did notice their priests and other nobles shaking their heads and whispering in his ear. How long before he succumbed to their disapproval?

      Taking a breath that was shakier than she would have liked, she knocked.

      Enter. Her father bade her, and she pushed the door open.

      Paintings, tapestries, a large wooden bed, and a stone hearth with a sitting area filled her parents’ chambers. The bed sat next to a window and took up most of the space. The small sitting room held two benches lining the wall opposite of the door. Caroline’s mother sat on one with her hands folded and her eyes rimmed red with tears. Her father stared out the window as candles flickered, and the hearth fire popped.

      Next to her mother sat a stranger. His reddish blond hair gave her pause. The slightly tattered tunic he wore; showed skin bronzed from time in the sun and filled with freckles. This couldn’t be a new suitor, even if her father was desperate. He wouldn’t give her to someone so far below her station.

      His brown leggings looked like they might have mud on them. Even his boots were old and worn.

      Perhaps this was a new servant? Yet, Caroline did not understand why he sat on the bench rather than scrubbing the floor or some other task or why she must meet him in such a formal setting.

      She’d rather be forced into the nunnery than stoop so low or have to endure another suitor who wished to curb her preferences. Like why couldn’t a woman ride astride?

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