"An Unwilling Bride" is a delightful classic, hailed by Romantic Times as the "splendid love story of a young miss forced to wed a charming rake....A veritable feast of delight for the true connoisseur". The heroine, Beth Armitage, is a woman content with her life. Her work as a teacher gives her the independence she always craved and a life free from the shackles of matrimony. Yet after a harrowing meeting with the Duke of Belcraven, Beth finds herself caught in a web of aristocratic power -- and engaged to marry his rakish heir, Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden. She is determined to despise her betrothed, but when Arden decides to seduce her, she needs all of her strength to keep from surrendering her heart.