The Unwilling Smuggler

The Unwilling Smuggler is a historical romance novel, set in London in 1793.

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Jean de Lacey is a jaded French migr who reluctantly decides the only way to revive his fortunes is by marrying a wealthy wife. But before he proposes to anyone, he must free himself of the smuggling gang he has been involved with since his arrival in England.

He woos young, beautiful Eugenie Ponnette, a fellow migr , however de Lacey resists agreeing to the love match she insists on, even though his passion for Eugenie is different to anything he has experienced before.

Before he can offer marriage, they are both caught up in danger - he from the smugglers he once called friends, and she from de Lacey's deranged ex-lover.

But Eugenie is no damsel in distress - except from her suppressed memories of the horrors she experienced in Paris, and her own discoveries of de Lacey's deceptions.

Can de Lacey convince Eugenie that he is truly in love with her? Can they settle their differences and find true happiness together?