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Summary: Convenience, Love, or Infatuation
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the characters and more importantly **liked** the characters. The hero has been disappointed by his first marriage having realized that though he married for love (or more exactly for infatuation) he and his lovely first wife were complete opposites with little or nothing in common. Determined to not make the same mistake twice he sees the quiet Jane as the perfect companion for the country life with his daughters that he wishes to lead. It's all very practical. Jane on the other hand has been quite infatuated with the handsome, titled nobleman, but she has a good head on her shoulders and a good heart. When he proposes and speaks of little but duty and comfort she realizes that in her heart that could never be enough. Stunning the hero (and herself), she tells him no. She could never accept a marriage of convenience. I enjoyed the way the author looked at love and took in its facets. Infatuation exists in the novel but it isn't mistaken for love. Neither is comfort an adequate substitute. When the lovers finally find one another you feel that they both know what real love is and that they truly love one another. A nice read.
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Summary: This one grew on me
Review: I wasn't absolutely positive I liked this Balogh, at first. I thought it was kind of silly for the heroine to engage herself to a man she wasn't absolutely in love with, after turning the hero down for that reason (and because she realized the hero didn't love her.) But after considering it, and re-reading the story a few weeks later, I began to understand it and could recommend the book. It began to make sense to me; the heroine felt that the man she engaged herself to, felt more affection for her than the hero did; his feelings were honest at least. The way the hero & heroine eventually began to feel love for each other was perfectly written. (Her refusal of the hero's proposal was his wake-up call!) The subplots & the supporting characters are all well-drawn, as usual.
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Summary: This one grew on me
Review: I wasn't absolutely positive I liked this Balogh, at first. I thought it was kind of silly for the heroine to engage herself to a man she wasn't absolutely in love with, after turning the hero down for that reason (and because she realized the hero didn't love her.) But after considering it, and re-reading the story a few weeks later, I began to understand it and could recommend the book. It began to make sense to me; the heroine felt that the man she engaged herself to, felt more affection for her than the hero did; his feelings were honest at least. The way the hero & heroine eventually began to feel love for each other was perfectly written. (Her refusal of the hero's proposal was his wake-up call!) The subplots & the supporting characters are all well-drawn, as usual.
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