Slightly Married

Mary Balogh

Apr 2003 · Bedwyn Saga Book 1 · Sold by Dell

About this ebook

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first installment of the beloved Bedwyn saga. 

Meet the Bedwyns: six brothers and sisters—men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction, where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal—and where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all. 

Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heart—and it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldier’s request. Having promised to comfort and protect the man’s sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protection—nor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she can’t refuse: marry him, if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the unveiling of the Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eve’s “business arrangement” is about to be transformed—into something slightly surprising. 


BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.

Ratings and reviews

This series is pretty much the same book over and over again. The only reason I'm reading them all is cuz I need to see it through the end, LOL. All the women are fiercely and uncharacteristically independent for the time in which these books are set. All the men are dead set against getting married, and every single one of the couples in these books have sex long before they even fall in love and get married. While her books are not as gaudy as some other novels of this genre, they're excruciatingly long.

Excellent writing, couldn't put it down very entertaining tale of love and how we all need to love and be love in return, thanks for the hours of fantasy that keep our mind out off this chaotic world

The story pulls you in from the prequel to the meeting of the cousin who inherits the family home. I cannot wait to find out what happens next .

About the author

Mary Balogh has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, more than thirty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, the seven-part Survivors’ Club series, and the Westcott series.