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Summary: good story & great hero, but the heroine...
Review: "The Bride Wore Blue" is actually a rather fun 5 star Regency romance novel -- and if it wasn't for the fact that I desperately wanted to shake the heroine, Felicity Harrison, rather hard, I probably would have awarded it the 5 star rating it deserved. The novel starts in 1807, when a very young Felicity Pembrooke rescues a young man who had been wounded in a robbery and left to die. Not only does she obtain medical help for him, but she also gets her fiance, Captain Michael Harrison to procure passage for this unknown unfortunate to India. The novel then fast forwards to 1813, where Felicity is now a young widow and living in Bath with her brother, George, and younger sister, Glee, and they are almost penniless. And that's when Thomas Moreland, a very rich and newly returned Indian nabob approaches Felicity with a business proposition. He will settle all the Pembrooke debts as well as set up an annuity for both Felicity and Glee, if Felicity agrees to introduce Thomas and his sister, Dianna, to Bath society. Felicity is torn: she'd like nothing better than to throw Thomas's money back at his face, but she cannot deny that she and her siblings need the money desperately, esp if she wishes to launch Glee into Bath society in style. And so gritting her teeth, Felicity agrees to sponsor the Morelands. The more time she spends with them, the more she begins to like and respect them, esp Thomas who intrigues her, and whose ardent attention makes her feel young and alive again. Could she be falling for the 'vulgar' nabob? Many years ago, Thomas Moreland fell in love with the ministering angel who rescued him. She, however, was about to marry someone else. Now, years later, Thomas is in a position to both help and woo Felicity Harrison. However, it is a well known fact that Felicity is still in deep mourning for her husband, and that she has no desire to ever marry again. Thomas is nothing if not persistent. With patience, kindness and devotion, he hopes to win Felicity's affections. But there are those who disapporve of the developing relationship between Thomas and Felicity, and they begin a campaign of whispers and slanders against Thomas, hoping to drive a wedge between Felicity and Thomas. Will Felicity believe the slanders and turn her back on Thomas or will she believe in his love and intregity? The Bride Wore Blue" is quite a fun read, even if the language was at times a tad too Americanized, as well as a little high flown in parts. The characters were all rather well developed, and it is hard not to take the hero of this romance novel to heart. After all what is there not to like? He is kind, generous, good looking and utterly ardent in his courtship of Felicity. Which was probably why I wanted to shake her ever so often. When Felicity first meets Thomas (in 1813) he makes her feel intimated and petty about her snobbishness, and so she takes him into great dislike. And while I understood her snobbish attitude (let's face it: aristocrats still behave the same way in this day and age), it still grated. It takes quite a while before she softens towards him, and just when things are beginning to look good Thomas, she discovers that he is the man she rescued all those years ago, and jumps to the conclusion that he is being condescending and sneering about her behind her back. How she arrived at this conclusion left me totally in the dark, esp given that up till then she'd decided that he was quite and honourable man. Again, it takes a lot of persistence and patience on Thomas's part to win her favour. And again just as things are going his way, something else happens and Felicity turns her back on him once more. And while I had begun to wonder about Thomas's devotion to Felicity, I simply couldn't understand what was going on in Felicity's mind. For an intelligent woman, she persisted in acting like a snobbish nitwit! One couldn't even claim that it was a case of past history making her unsure and wary of men, as the sketchy history Cheryl Bolen provides us with about Felicity's marriage seems to suggest that it was a good one, if not a terribly passionate one. Felicity seemed to need others to interpret Thomas's behaviour for her, and that made very little sense to me. All in all however, this was an enjoyable read. I liked the hero, and wished that there were more romance heroes like him. I'd recommend reading this novel as well as the next one in the series, "With This Ring."
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Summary: Bath at its Best
Review: Cheryl Bolen proves once again that she is totally comfortable in the Regency period. Her stories are always passionate and interesting and The Bride Wore Blue is no exception. Her widowed heroine takes on her unruly siblings and is stalked by a villian that gave me chills. Bath is a great setting and I look forward to reading more in this series. The combination of romance and suspense can't be beat. I'd recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: The Bride Wore Blue
Review: Cheryl Bolen's The Bride Wore Blue is the kind of book I fell in love with when I first started reading the romance genre. Set in Regency Bath, it comes complete with a darlky handsome hero, and a beautiful, straitlaced heroine. You'll also love the secondary characters, especially the heroine's young sister, whose story is told in an upcoming release, With This Ring.
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Summary: The Bride Wore Blue
Review: Cheryl Bolen's The Bride Wore Blue is the kind of book I fell in love with when I first started reading the romance genre. Set in Regency Bath, it comes complete with a darlky handsome hero, and a beautiful, straitlaced heroine. You'll also love the secondary characters, especially the heroine's young sister, whose story is told in an upcoming release, With This Ring.
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Summary: Predictable
Review: This is a good book for what it is. The characters are intruging and although it is predictable its its still good. This book itsn't the best but by no means is it the worst. I recommend this nice "fluffy' book as a nice break and its great for light reading.
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Summary: Predictable
Review: This is a good book for what it is. The characters are intruging and although it is predictable its its still good. This book itsn't the best but by no means is it the worst. I recommend this nice "fluffy' book as a nice break and its great for light reading.
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