Bride by Arrangement

Chloe was more than happy working for Madame Albertin as her secretary and companion in remote Cornwall. When her employer's nephew - the wildly handsome Pierre - arrived on the scene, she became most distracted. Though she found him to be quite infuriating, she was also beginning to fall madly in love with him. Too bad that he only seemed to have eyes for the lovely Fern de Lisle. The 20th-century love story was written by Rose Burghley, one of the pseudonyms of the prolific romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate. Rose Burghley is a pseudonym of Ida Pollock (1908 - 2013), a highly successful British writer of over 125 romance novels translated into numerous languages and published across the world.
Ida Pollock has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. Pollock began writing when she was 10 years old. Ida has travelled widely, living in several different countries. She continues to be popular amongst both her devoted fan base and new readers alike. Pollock has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death. On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members. Ida Pollock wrote in a wide variety of pseudonyms: Joan M.
Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.