The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2)

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While you were sleeping With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby He s unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier s life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie I told everyone I was your wife When Edward comes to, he s than a little confused The blow to his head knocked out six months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is even if he does not recall her face and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he d always assumed he d marry his neighbor back in England If only it were true Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself completely to the man she loves But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs Rokesby. Download The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2) – kino-fada.fr Type of Characters and my choices according to pictures Edward RokesbyCecilia Harcourt known as Cecilia RokesbyChapter developmentAfter the news that Cecilia brother Thomas was injured she went looking for him, traveled from Derbyshire to find him, but upon arrival she learned that he was missing, at the hospital she found his best friend in a hospital unconscious, and made up a story that she was Edward Rokesby wife, Edward suffering from memory loss when he wakes up, he was shocked to learn Type of Characters and my choices according to pictures Edward RokesbyCecilia Harcourt known as Cecilia RokesbyChapter developmentAfter the news that Cecilia brother Thomas was injured she went looking for him, traveled from Derbyshire to find him, but upon arrival she learned that he was missing, at the hospital she found his...ARC provided by Edelweiss and publisher for an honest review.I have enjoyed Julia Quinn s books in the past but have had problems with several of her stories having slow pacing and being on the dry dull side Unfortunately this one fell in the later camp This story I found to be quite slow the first third to half of the book and not very engaging or intriguing enough of for me, sadly.Cecilia Harcourt leaves the English colonies and h...I wish I could say the book was as good as its ending Should I base my rating on my feelings at the end of the book I could easily tell you that I finished The Girl With The Make Believe Husband geez, that s a mouthful with a big smile on my face There s even a chance I could say that the ending left me satisfied and excited forI d even go as far as to say that that ending was a 5 star ending Unfortunately, I can t rate a book on the ending alone For most of this journey, I wanted to I wish I could say the book was as good as its ending Should I base my rating on my feelings at the end of the book I could easily tell you that I finished The Girl With The Make Believe Husband geez, that s a mouthful...I have to get back to this one someday when I get a print copy My library only had an audible and I honestly don t know how y all stand it Someone else reading to me They read too slow They put on stupid voices and accents They read wrong And, then when there is some smut and some English chick is reading it aloud to me The wrongness tripled.I got about halfway through and it was okay ish, but I didn t like that the heroine continued lying to the hero for so long The dude was injured, le I have to get back to this one someday when I get a print copy My library only had an audible and I honestly don t know how y all stand it Someone else reading to me They read too slow They put on stupid voices and accents They read wrong And, then when there is some smut and some English chick is reading it aloud to me The wrongness tripled.I got about halfway through and i...While the mystery part about the spying wwas lame for me, I liked both the hero and the heroine A little bitthe hero, though The heroine kept her lies too long, IMHO She berates herself about that too, but she still find a 1000 excuses to not tell the truth until the very end But she was sweet and a little bit naive, so I could forgive her.The hero was better He was honorable and in a difficult situation having lost his memory St...The Girl with the Make Believe Husband was a disappointment for me In short, it was full of lies and short on joy.I will be the first to admit that I love Julia Quinn novels However, this series has been an enormous disappointment to me I think I may need to take a break from Quinn novels for a while I know this is an unpopular opinion since people love JQ and think her writing is light and funny In most cases, it is Some of her novels are on my favorites shelf forever I even own two copi The Girl with the Make Believe Husband was a disappointment for me In short, it was full of lies and short on joy.I will be the first to admit that I love Julia Quinn novels However, this series has been an enormous disappointment to me I think I may need to take a break from Quinn novels for a while I know this is an unpopular opinion since people love JQ and think her writing is light and funny In most cases, it is Some of her novels are on my favo...Good gosh this book THIS BOOK I had a really lovely experience with it, and I can t tell you how much I ended up loving The Girl with the Make Believe Husband It s poignant, emotional, and heartbreaking in its utter gorgeousness I m not up to date with all of Julia Quinn s books, but for me, this is the best story that she has ever crafted.With any romance that involves amnesia and one person lying about the nature of their relationship, there s this fear that it will lead to unnecessary dra Good gosh this book THIS BOOK I had a really lovely experience with it, and I can t tell you how much I ended up loving The Girl with the Make Believe Husband It s poignant, emotional, and heartbreaking in its utter gorgeousness I m not up to date with all of Julia Quinn s books, but for me, this is the best story that she has ever crafted.With any romance that involves amnesia and one person lying about the nature of their relationship, there s this fear that it will l...This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceThe Girl with the Make Believe Husband is a story I will admit that I was nervous about, especially since I haven t read the first book in the series But then I heard some great things about this one, and decided that I really needed to try it out I will say that I really stuggled with this one pretty much the first half of the book I just couldn t get interested in the story that much, but then once I hit between the 50 60%, then I was This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceThe Girl with the Make Believe Husband is a story I will admit that I was nervous about, especially since I haven t read the first book in the series But then I heard some great things about this one, and decided that I really needed to try it out I will say that I really stuggled with this one pretty much the first half of the book I just couldn t get interested in the story that much, but then once I hit between the 50 60%, then I was golden So this rating that I have is really based on the latter half of the book for the most part or it would be a lower rating.The story sets off when our heroine has come to the Colonies to find her injured brother, but when she learns her brothers closest friend, has been...This was a buddy read with a bunch of girls from the Historical Romance Book Club Pretty much everyone rated this 3 to 4 stars, but honestly, this did not work for me I disliked it about as much as The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy so if you liked that one, chances are you might enjoy this one, too So, unpopular opinion alert I did not like this book It pains me to say this about something that comes from one of my all time favorite authors whose books I have re read countless times beca This was a buddy read with a bunch of girls from the Historical Romance Book Club Pretty much everyone rated this 3 to 4 stars, but honestly, this did not work for me I disliked it about as much as The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy so if you liked that one, chances are you might enjoy this one, too So, unpopular opinion alert I did not like this book It pains me to say this ab...I can t wait for Edward s story We have Kleypas Devil in the Spring out in April followed by this in May Springtime is going to be glorious Sigh But so far away.

The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2)
  • English
  • 27 July 2018
  • ebook
  • 384 pages
  • 0062388185
  • Julia Quinn
  • The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2)