The Obedient Bride (Signet Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Mary Balogh (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Regency Romance | Publication Date: June 6, 1989

Miss Arabella Wilson knows perfectly well that the handsome Lord Geoffrey Astor is marrying her only out of a sense of duty. She resigns herself to this bargain and expects no more--until she commits the most scandalous of sins: she falls in love with her own husband. Regency Romance reissue.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Signet (June 6, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451159624
• ISBN-13: 978-0451159625
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #867,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mary Balogh is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Slightly novels: Slightly Married, Slightly Wicked, Slightly Scandalous, Slightly Tempted, Slightly Sinful, and Slightly Dangerous, as well as the romances No Man's Mistress, More than a Mistress, and One Night for Love. She is also the author of Simply Love, Simply Unforgettable, Simply Magic, and Simply Perfect, her dazzling quartet of novels set at Miss Martin's School for Girls. A former teacher herself, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Obedient Bride, May 22, 2000

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This review is from: The Obedient Bride (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Arabella marries Geoffrey to save her older sister from a marraige of convenience. She does it out of a sense of duty. Geoffrey marries Arabella out of a sense of duty as well. Several weeks into the marriage she finds out he has been keeping a mistress, Ginny Cox. Arabella is extremely hurt by this. Geoffrey does not want to, but he feels some guilt and is very sorry Arabella has been hurt. He doesn't not know why he should feel guilt since theirs is not a love match and it is common practice for husbands of the ton to keep mistresses.

I don't usually like any kind of adultery in my romance books. However, I'll make an exception for THE OBEDIENT BRIDE. Mary Balogh writes about it in a very satisfying way. By the end of the book, I was rooting for Geoffrey and Arabella. I was extremely happy by Geoffrey's actions after Arabella found out about his mistress. Did he become angry and arrogant? No. Did he become immediately contrite and admit he was wrong. No.

Read this book! It is wondurful.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The morally good will triumph in love!, July 30, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Obedient Bride (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

A young self-sacrificing type ends up married to her father's heir so her sensitive older sister can marry her true love. This is a very low key novel where love triumphs because the heroine insists on nothing less than full fidelity from the hero (who's a little thoughtless and a lot unfaithful, but reforms fully). A nice little romp in the park.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If It Were Longer, It Would Be Better, September 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Obedient Bride (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book, and would probably have loved it, if it hadn't been so underdeveloped. The outline or the bones of this book are great, but the story really needs to be fleshed out. I also think this would have been a bit more interesting if the heroine were older than 18. In short, this would have been absolutely wonderful if it had been a full-length book. Maybe this is one of those instances when an author ought to consider an update or rewrite, because this has the potential of being a best seller. (But, please, please don't do it, Miss Ballogh, unless you love the story and characters enough to do a better job than Catherine Coulter in her attempts at rewrites). With these provisos, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. If not entirely satisfying, it was nonetheless a quick and enjoyable read.