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An Offer of Marriage
Paperback
Series: The Blackwood Novels, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
An Offer of Marriage is a Regency romance centered on Sarah Ellsworth, the practical and thoughtful eldest daughter of a respectable but financially strained family. With household expenses mounting and few promising prospects before her, Sarah has long understood that marriage, if it comes, must be considered with judgment rather than sentiment.
Her quiet life is unsettled when she receives an unexpected letter from Mr. Matthew Blackwood, a gentleman she scarcely knows, offering marriage with unusual directness and very little romance. Recently returned from London under circumstances he will not fully explain, Matthew carries both a respectable estate and a reputation shadowed by rumor. His proposal is not one of passion, but of honesty: he offers security, stability, and a partnership built on mutual respect rather than illusion.
Sarah is wary. His motives are practical, his past uncertain, and the offer itself feels more like an agreement than a courtship. Yet the more she speaks with him, the more she finds herself believing in the quiet integrity beneath his reserve. While her spirited younger sister Eliza objects, and village whispers raise further questions, Sarah must decide whether refusing uncertainty is wisdom or merely fear.
As she weighs duty against doubt, and security against the unknown, Sarah chooses the path she believes may be right. Their marriage begins not with trust carefully offered and cautiously accepted instead of romance.
At its heart, An Offer of Marriage is a story of duty before affection, of choosing faithfulness over fantasy, and of two people learning that love is sometimes built most deeply where it was never expected to begin.
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