An Unwilling Bride (Company of Rogues, #2)

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The Duchess of Belcraven committed a folly, and bore her husband another man s child Only a third son, however, so all was patched over Then the two older boys drowned, leaving disaster 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 ducal 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 Is there any common ground at all Read An Unwilling Bride (Company of Rogues, #2) author Jo Beverley – kino-fada.fr Ahhhh sigh Jo Beverley It s likecoming home Reading one of your novels is like wrapping myself up in a cozy blanket and sipping some hot cocoa and marshmallows while snuggling up with my teddy bear They are just comfy, cozy, feel good reads I really liked this story Jo Beverley s historicals always set the perfect tone for the period, with the impeccably detailed settings, the lively cant and jargon, and the mannerisms at all levels of society When I pick up one of her books, I kn Ahhhh sigh Jo Beverley It s likecoming home Reading one of your novels is like wrapping myself up in a cozy blanket and sipping some hot cocoa and marshmallows while snuggling up with my teddy bear They are just comfy, cozy, feel good reads I really liked this story Jo Beverley s historicals always set the perfect tone for the period, with the impeccably detailed settings, the lively cant and jargon, and the mannerisms at all levels of society When I pick up one of her books, I know that I can almost always just lose myself into the experience This book was no exception, and I really enjoyed seeing the characters and their relationship grow.THE STORY, BRIEFLYThrough some shocking news, our heroine, 24 year old schoolteacher Beth, is forced to confront a new reality for herself one in which she is now betrothed to marry the glittering, dazzling and charming Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden Neither is necessarily going into this with a happy face, but neither really has the means not to ...This book is a real mess, but at least it wasn t obnoxiously so as the first in the series was It s a bit of a problem that it s tied as tightly to the first as it is You can probably read this one without the first, but you d miss quite a bit of the characterization.Part of my trouble is that I didn t really like either main character Beth was beyond merely prickly and was outright self destructive Worse, she was a very well drawn example of a smart person being their own worst enemy thro This book is a real mess, but at least it wasn t obnoxiously so as the first in the series was It s a bit of a problem that it s tied as tightly to the first as it is You can probably read this one without the first, but you d miss quite a bit of the characterization.Part of my trouble is that I didn t really like either main character Beth was beyond merely prickly and was outright self destructive Worse, she was a very well drawn example of a smart person being their own worst enemy through unchallenged assumptions and arrogance This is compounded by Lucien being the same with his own unchallenged assumptions and arrogance Which made their relationship...This was my first Jo Beverley and I was underwhelmed Too bad, because I love the arranged marriage marriage of convenience theme, and I do like my bluestocking heroines I m glad I decided to read her again after this one I didn t like Lucien at all, and I found Beth rather cold I wasn t buying the romance in this one, and I felt like I never got pulled into the story But I do have to say that Beverley is a great writer, because I did finish the book I liked that Lucien s mistress, Blanche This was my first Jo Beverley and I was underwhelmed Too bad, because I love the arranged marriage marriage of convenience theme, and I do like my bluestocking heroines I m glad I decided to read her again after this one I didn t like Lucien at all, and I found Beth rather cold I wasn t buying the romance in this one, and I felt like I never got pulled into the story But I ...Very long commentary, but I think it is an example of this writer s progress and various genres and gender conventions uptoandincluding18 He finally backhanded her so she is thrown bruisingly against the wall verbatim I ve anticipated this event with as much anticipation as she did her deflowerment, which still hasn t happened and won t take much space from the few pages that are left Before he hit her they told each other they loved each other, which was necessary because Beverley was so t Very long commentary, b...I m not sure how many books of Beverley s I ve read three or four including this one but I always have the same reaction dismay I ve read so many glowing reviews of her work, and I really enjoy traditional regency romances, so it seems weird to not enjoy her books This one starts out with a promising device the arranged marriage between two unwilling protagonists I ll admit I like this device, as artificial as it is I typically really enjoy the often slow process of overcoming the var I m not sure how many books of Beverley s I ve read three or four including this one but I always have the same reaction dismay I ve read so many glowing reviews of her work, and I really enjoy traditional regency romances, so it seems weird t...Just ok, not emotionally entertaining enough I liked some of the points made, but it could have been better.I wasn t pulled in to the characters I didn t see how they fell in love There was a lot of emotional coldness and distance for a long time She tried to make herself unattractive to him and then was hurt when he said he found her unattractive She lied to him, making him think she had had many lovers and that his touch bored her When he touched her breast, she said to him must you mak Just ok, not emotionally entertaining enough I liked some of the points made, but it could have been better.I wasn t pulled in to the characters I didn t see how they fell in love There was a lot of emotional coldness and distance for a long time She tried to make herself unattractive to him and then was hurt when he said he found her unattractive She lied to him, making him think she had had many lovers and that his touch bored her When he touched her breast, she said to him must you make such a meal of it Can t you just get on with it H...I had forgotten how much I hated book 1 Actually I didn t realise this was book 2 at all It was slightly better than the first, but not by much All her supposed intelligence and you don t see an inch of it Yes, she has wit and learning, but brain No, not much.All her hate for an the other victim, and never for the culprits She doesn t act the way she supposedly feel once You know, it wouldn t be proper to offend the duke and that idiot of wife of his Facepal...Que horror de libro, me ha costado acabarlo y casi lo dejo por aburrimiento, la historia prometia pero va perdiendo fuelle segun pasan las paginas para llegar a un final sin pies ni cabeza He leido muchos libros de esta autora pero este podia haberselo ahorrado lo dicho malo y sin argumentoI LOVE the angst involved in arranged forced marriages, and in that aspect, this book was a joy While the romance between Lucian and Beth wasn t really full of chemistry or sexual tension, I did enjoy their battles of wits, and the injustice of having to give up everything you ve ever wanted in life because of the whims of someonepowerful However, the fact that we get the same level of explicit detail which, I admit, isn t all that much when the hero schtups his mistress as when he d I LOVE the angst involved in arranged forced marriages, and in that aspect, this book was a joy While the...Good book but the heroine got on my nerves for the majority of the book I am going to read book 1 of the series now.

An Unwilling Bride (Company of Rogues, #2)
  • English
  • 08 June 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 351 pages
  • 0821767240
  • Jo Beverley
  • An Unwilling Bride (Company of Rogues, #2)