That book is the first in the Marriage Mart Mayhem series.

If you lived in the Regency period, what would you hate the most? What would you like the most? One commenter will win a $5 Amazon gift card, along with an ebook copy of the USA Today best-selling book The Elusive Wife. In 2006, Scotland was the last European jurisdiction to abolish this old style common-law marriage or “marriage by cohabitation with repute”, by the passing of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006. Prior to this act, any citizen was able to witness a public promise… A marriage by “cohabitation with repute” as it was known in Scots Law could still be formed popularly described as “by habit and repute”, with repute being the crucial element to be proved. All but the last of these were abolished by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, from 1 January 1940. An irregular marriage could result from mutual agreement, by a public promise followed by consummation, or by cohabitation and repute. Under early modern Scots law, there were three forms of “irregular marriage” which can be summarized as the agreement of the couple to be married and some form of witnessing or evidence of such. Sarah A bit of history on ‘irregular marriages’ from Wikipedia: I wish there was another way to say this. It appears somehow in the confusion of trying to obtain a room at an inn that was quite full, I inadvertently… Well, I accidentally… It was while traveling with the professor that my situation… changed. Mother, you will never guess, but one of the professors is cousin to Lady Margaret’s husband, Laird Duncan McKinnon! I was quite relieved to discover that since Professor McKinnon offered-well actually I asked-his company for the remainder of the journey to Sybil’s home. We met two lovely gentlemen on the road, professors at the University of Scotland, who assisted us to reach the nearest inn. The carriage was also destroyed in the accident.Īlice and I are unhurt, however. I was merely not in a frame of mind at the time to consider my words.įirst, it saddens me to inform you that the driver and footman you hired to accompany me and my maid on the journey to visit Sybil was killed in a carriage crash.

Please do not think from my actions that I in any way disavowed your upbringing or teachings. This is a difficult letter to write since I have done something very foolish.

The Elusive Wife by Callie Hutton