<CENTER><B>"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."</B></CENTER><P>Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to arich man--any rich man, no matter how awful. <P>But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all. <P> Unfortunately, he is also the richest. <P> Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father? <P> Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it! <P>Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man--any rich man, no mater how awful.<br>But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.<br>Unfortunately, he is also the richest.<br>Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actualy lose the battle against an ill-mannared, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father?<br>Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!</P>