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I foresee awards...Marvelous!, October 1, 2002
This review is from: An Unforgettable Rogue (Ballad Romances) (Paperback)
Alexandra "Alex" Huntington had loved Bryceson Wakefield, the Fifth Duke of Hawksworth, since childhood. She knew he married her to care for his relatives, freeing him to join the war against Boney. She never expected him to leave only moments after their vows had been spoken though! When she received word Bryceson had been killed at Waterloo, it was up to her to care for his nieces, his uncle, and her own aunt. Hard to do, since Bryceson never provided for them in case of his death! Everything went to his cousin, Baxter, who cast the lot of them out and began spending his new fortune. A year after her husband's reported death, things became desperate. Alex made a bargain with Judson Broderick, Viscount Chesterfield. She would marry him if he would pay off all debts. Judson kept the bargain. He paid everything. Yet in the church, only seconds before Alex said "I do", her deceased husband walked into the church to claim her! Bryceson was horribly scarred, inside and out. As he and Alex courted, the Ton had called them Beauty And The Beast. He had been the golden one. She had been the plain one. As he claimed his wife, Bryceson could not help but notice their roles had been reversed. While he had been away, Alexandra had become a beauty! Feeling she deserved better than he, Bryceson planned to give her an annulment. However, not until his childhood nemesis, Chesterfield, had married elsewhere. Until then he would keep his hands to himself, no matter how hard that would be. What he did NOT expect was for his wife to set out to seduce him! <P...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another war-wounded peer who needs love and healing, March 14, 2003
This review is from: An Unforgettable Rogue (Ballad Romances) (Paperback)
Alexandra has loved Bryce all her life. To Bryce, she was his childhood shadow always following him around and getting him into trouble. In a last (and futile) effort to gain his father's approval and respect, Bryce honors his father's deathbed request to go and fight Napoleon. But before he leaves, he decides to marry Alex so that she can take care of his family (two nieces and uncle) while he is gone. He leaves immediately after the vows are exchanged without a wedding night or staying for the reading of his father's will. He should have stayed for that one, since the will stated that if Bryce married Alex (his father disliked and disapproved of her), he would lose everything but his title. Alex does all she can to care for the family, tossed out by the new heir when Bryce is reported killed in action. They move into Alex's run-down family manor but need money. After grieving for a year, Alex agrees to marry Viscount Chesterfield for financial security. But the ceremony is halted by a disheveled, limping, bearded Bryce seemingly back from the dead. Yes, he's back but for how long? Though he claims her from Chesterfield (his nemesis) he plans to annull their marriage and set Alex free to marry a man she can love. She deserves better than a dispirited, broken man like him. As he discovers what she's had to deal with in his absence he becomes increasingly ashamed of himself. He's returned, but has nothing to offer her - no money, no estates only his loser self. If only he knew that she has never stopped loving him. But she won't show him that because she is still smarting from the fact that he waited a year to tell her that he was alive. She decides to teach him a lesson by seducing him and then walking away. See how he likes being left! Alex slowly learns, however, that Bryce's war experiences have left him damaged not only physically, but spiritually and she longs to help him heal. Will he let her? I liked the family dynamic. Love and concern for family is ultimately what keeps them together. I found the soon-to-come-out Claudia and her relentless pursuit of Chesterfield amusing ("he's my destiny!") and six year old eavesdropper Beatrix ("Bumble Bea") just adorable. It was also refreshing that Bryce (along with Alex) has to start over and build a new future instead inheriting one. A good read, if a bit on the slow side.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Story, March 12, 2003
This review is from: An Unforgettable Rogue (Ballad Romances) (Paperback)
This second book of the Rogure's Club is as good as the first. Ms. Blair is a wonderful storyteller. Her characters so well written that you can almsot feel their joy and their anguish. Bryce had been terribly wounded in the war and feels that he is no longer worthy of Alexandra. Bryce has never been very confident about himself, so the wounds only make the problem worse. His father was a real jerk and never showed Bryce that he ever thought he was a good person. Alexandera has loved Bryce all her life and is excited to have him back. She has learn a lot while is gone and is determined that Bryce make her his wife in fact. Bryce stops Alex's wedding, everyone thinks he is dead, thinking only to keep her from marrying his enemy. He thinks to give her an annualment after he sets things straight. What follws is a wonderful story of hope, love, and forgiveness. There are also lots of secondary characters.
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