This book was good in fact one of Jo Beverley’s best written story of ‘an arranged marriage’. Though I did not care for Lucian hitting Beth, I did understand were. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jo Beverley has won the Following the highly-acclaimed An Arranged Marriage, “An Unwilling Bride” is. Read “An Unwilling Bride (The Company of Rogues Series, Book 2)” by Jo Beverley online on Bookmate – The Duchess of Belcraven committed a folly, and .
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And I usually don’t like such actions in romance novels, but the author made it work within the story of the two.
For the pervy factor, there’s a pretty good build up of tension throughout the book, but note that there’s only one sexytimes scene, and it’s kind of bsverley door. Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, after a long battle with cancer. When I pick up one of her books, I kn Ahhhh She could have eloped with another man. In his jealous outburst, he backhands her.
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Elizabeth is constantly described as being an intelligent and sensisible woman, despite being painfully shallow and stupid. GoldenDarter Sep 15, Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden and heir to a dukedom, is about to offer marriage jnwilling a young lady when his father stops him.
Now, over twenty years later, the duke discovers that he has a daughter, a child of his blood, and he compels the two to marry — the arrogant unwil,ing heir, devastated to learn for the first time that he is illegitimate; and the independent schoolteacher raised in the principles of the Rights of Women.
This conversation colors their every succeeding encounter, despite her attempts to right what she said. The one sex scene was kind of dull.
The story basically is character driven as we see them navigate their prickly relationship, which starts on not-too-stable grounds when Beth tells a scandalous lie in her efforts to force the marquess’s hand to renege on the arrangement.
The couple plot stupidities and the ludicrous final adventure dropped me from charity enough to put this in the two-star “it’s okay” final category.
He vowed to win her submission–for he was a master player at seduction, and Miss Armitage would soon learn she’d begun a dangerous game I guess this will appeal to a lot of female readers but it just didn’t appeal to me personally. At the age of eleven she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool.
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Oh, and completely out of character for all involved. I don’t expect anybody to understand this and yes, I know it is a bit shallow of me, but that’s the way I feel.
I did not find this an easy or always pleasant read. In romance, I like to see a couple fall in love emotionally. So every time they get a step closer, they tend to take 2 steps back the next moment. This story has made me think. Published November 1st by Zebra first published February 1st Honestly, she wonders why he threatens her with violence?
And then the shoving and the backslapping. This was my first Jo Beverley and I was underwhelmed.
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And I thought it was weird that his best friend fell in love with Blanche and wanted to marry her, and there were things said about her becoming his mistress until he could get her to marry him. At the same time it had been further improved by the addition of an island, complete with a Grecian temple from which fireworks had been exploded.
I was told that. That’s more a convention of historical romances like Woodiwiss, one that deadens the heart. Here man and wife both have illegitimate children that now have to marry to make it all good, and the reason Duke didn’t mount Duchess was he didn’t want to be tempted to kill bastard if he got a real son, so hey, there is actual reason and thought behind the plot tanglements.
Beth does not want to be a lady, and tries everything, including sabotaging her percei It is a truth universally accepted that a young woman of independent career and feminist leanings is not going to be happy about being forced to marry a titled young noble.
As a whole, it’s a bit of a mess. Westall’s employer was not in the habit of studying his estate.
They both felt terrible about it, but you know what? As I predicted, the book lost some of its shine, but it’s still quite good. The H was another reason I hated this book. Want to read more of Ms.