Teaser Tuesday 240: The Aristocrat

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

* Grab your current book or recent read.
* Share a few "teaser" sentences from somewhere in the book.
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author so that other participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser!


I spent the weekend reading a contemporary romance plucked out of Mount TBR, The Aristocrat by Catherine Coulter. Pretty good, considering it is one of her earlier works. Here's a bit from early in the book:

"Well, you see, there are some stipulations in the late Lord Asherwood's will."

"Stipulations?"


(Chapter 2)

ABOUT THE BOOK:

What would an American football star do if he suddenly found himself an English lord? It wasn't something pro quarterback Brant Asher had ever bothered to think about—until the day he learned of his inheritance. He was now Viscount Asherwood, heir to an English estate, and a whole lot of trouble.

Brant had inherited the obligation to marry Daphne, charitably described to him as an ugly duckling. This wasn't an attractive prospect for a man who enjoyed the pleasures of bachelor life— until he met the lady in question. Her reputation was obviously undeserved, because this was no ugly duckling; this was a beautiful swan.