Marrying The Royal Marine

By Carla Kelly

Pages: 304
Imprint: Historical
Publication Date: 1st August 2014
ISBN: 9781488782145

From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan

Illegitimate Polly Brandon has never felt like more than an ugly duckling. So she's amazed when Hugh Philippe Junot pays her such close attention as they sail for Portugal.

Under ordinary circumstances she knows this distinguished Lieutenant Colonel of Marines would never have looked at her, but having his protection for the journey is comforting – and something more that she's afraid to give a name to.

Should she trust what she sees in Hugh's eyes – that she's turned from ugly duckling to beautiful, desirable swan?

About the author

Carla Kelly

Carla has always said that she only writes the books that she wants to read, which has made this whole writing business extra fun.

She wrote her first book at age six. It was called The Old Mill, and she wrote it on her mother's Olivetti-Underwood typewriter. It had a cover (she spent more time on the cover than the narrative), and consisted of two sentences. But Carla said it had a plot.

Carla was always writing something. She admits to going through that awkward, poetry-writing phase. Luckily, it passed. In high school (A.C.... more