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Romance · 2003 · PG-13

Slightly Married

by Mary Balogh

A dying soldier asks a stranger to marry him so his sister inherits—she says yes.

For14+GenreRomanceLength372 pagesRead time~10.3 hoursCommunity ratings0

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What's in this book, at a glance — five things readers want to know before they start.

Violence

Barely any

Napoleonic war background; some combat referenced

Language

Barely any

Period language

Sexual Content

Some

Mild romantic scenes that build; some explicit-adjacent moments

Substance Use

None

Period social drinking

Emotional Intensity

Some

The awkwardness and possibility of a marriage built on a lie; a soldier processing war

What this book is about

Colonel Aidan Bedwyn asks Eve Morris—a stranger—to marry him on his possible deathbed so his illegitimate niece can inherit his estate. He survives. Now they're married and have to figure out what to do with each other. Slightly Married opens Balogh's Bedwyn family series with characteristic emotional depth and a marriage-of-convenience that's genuinely tender.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Marriage of convenience—strangers start

Napoleonic war trauma in backstory

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