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Bezig met laden... The Perfect Stranger (Berkley Sensation) The Perfect Stranger (editie 2006)door Anne Gracie (Auteur)
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() I enjoy this author's work. The story felt fresh and was a road trip story which is a plot line I like. Kudos to the author for having a "ruined" heroine who was actually ruined. I also enjoyed that their marriage was consummated early in the story as I like stories where a couple in a convenient marriage do have sex and the story is about other elements. I think that is more realistic than having married couples not having sex for months because of some weird pact or something. One of the things that makes convenient marriages so convenient is that the couple involved is 'getting some.' The reason for the road trip was obvious but that just added to the tension I think. I could have taken or left the paranormal element. I enjoyed the well written characters. The heroine was sweet and brave and the hero kind and charming. Fleeing from the man she thought to be her husband but turns out to be a lying adulterer, the heroine is set upon by thugs in the French countryside. There, she meets the hero. A dying war vet who suffers from sever a crippling migraines that leave him in extremely pain for hours. He saves her and once discovering she is homeless, penniless and without protection demands that she marry him. She's of course stand offish at first as she has had her fill of lying men but the hero is so gentle and kind that she finally decides it would not be so bad to marry for real. She is however racked by guilt at the fact that he's sacrificing himself to marry a spoiled women for the sake of her reputation but that's just who the hero is. He does have the ulterior motive of gaining a wife to make his mother happy but he also does it for the heroines sake, though she is a strange to him. They marry in a church and though the hero states their marriage will be unconsummated and immediately after the wedding, she'll return to England, the heroine has a sudden change of heart and vows to become the best wife she can be. To repay him for his kindness, she applies herself to becoming useful to him and it was so heartwarming. She was timid and insecure to start with but as she spent more and more time with her new husband, who treats her with the love he absolutely refuses to admit, she becomes more confident. He regularly sleeps with his new wife and his mannerisms can't deny his secret feelings but he's quick to demand that it means nothing. He checks after any tender moment to be sure she hasn't grown attached to him and the heroine becomes very good at hiding the fact that she has. He knows he's dying so he doesn't want to burden her with losing him but he spends their short time together in happiness and contentment. There is a paranormal aspect to this story but it doesn't come to the very end. It's in the form of a gypsy woman who uses her powers to heal him and save his life by mentality remaining the shrapnel from his brain. This was a very lovely story and the interaction and love between the two characters was truly a lovely thing to read. I loved both characters from the instant they appeared and never once did I become disenchanted by their story. I felt the hero's noble air in the face of his certain death was touching and inspiring as he never once burdened anyone else with his fears or troubles. The heroine was insanely sweet and was the perfect contradiction of shy and bold, obedient and stubborn. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
They vow to love, honor, cherish . . . With her signature spirit, Faith Merridew has left everything she's ever known for the man she thought was the love of her life. Instead he leaves her name-and dreams-in the dust. That is, until she crosses paths with Nicholas Blacklock, a Waterloo veteran, who offers to save her reputation with a marriage of convenience. . . . and then get to know one other. A hardened soldier, Nick hides a deadly secret-and tries to keep Faith at arm's length. But even though Nick can command legions of men with a word, his orders go sweetly ignored by his convenient bride. And as they come to know one another more deeply, she brings out in him things he thought dead: gentleness, laughter . . . and love . . . Contains mature themes. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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