Fiction.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:One reckless man . . . One passionate woman.
Enter the world of Mary Baloghâ??the glittering ballrooms and vast country estates of Regency-era England, where romance, with all its mystery, magic, and surprises, comes vibrantly alive. /> It was a perfect morning in May . . .
Neville Wyatt, Earl of Kilbourne, awaited his bride at the altarâ??when a ragged beggar woman raced down the aisle instead. The cream of the ton saw him stare, shocked, then declare that this was his wife! One night of passion was all he remembered as he beheld Lily, the woman he'd wed, loved, and lost on the battlefield in Portugal. Now he said he'd honor his commitment to herâ??regardless of the gulf that lay between them.
Then Lily spoke her mind . . .
She said she wanted only to start a new lifeâ??wanted only a husband who truly loved her. She had to leave him to learn how to meet his world on her terms. So Lily agreed to earn her keep as his aunt's companion and study the genteel arts. Soon she was the toast of the ton, every inch a countess fit for the earl, who vowed to prove to his remarkable wife that what he felt for her was far more than desire, that what he wanted from her was much more than . . . One Night f… (plus d'informations)
This is an interesting book. It's the first book in the world of the Bedwyns - while they are not in this book at all, Lauren, the jilted bride in this book, continues on to marry Kit Butler in "A Summer to Remember." While perhaps not the best written of Balogh's book, this book has its own charms. Lily is an interesting character - ethereal, beautiful, but not quite real, while Neville is honorable and kind and wants only to do the right thing. Watching Lily come into herself is interesting as well. I enjoyed this book a great deal despite the strange aura it passes on to the reader. ( )
Cuando Neville Wyatt espera en el altar a su prometida, Lauren, se imagina una ceremonia tan perfecta como su novia. Pero justo cuando Lauren está a punto de iniciar el recorrido nupcial, aparece otra mujer, vestida con un traje raÃdo. Neville se vuelve blanco como la cera, ya que se trata de Lily, su mujer, a quien daba por muerta desde hacÃa dos años, y de quien apenas conserva en el recuerdo y en la piel una gloriosa noche de amor. Ahora que ella ha vuelto, los problemas son numerosos. Neville debe solucionar la situación con la disgustada Lauren, que ha estado esperando esta boda desde hace años. Y es que en el recuerdo de Neville y Lily ha quedado algo más fuerte que el deseo, algo más que una simple noche de amor.
Oh my goodness, all the stars! This was my first Mary Balogh, and I can't tell you how excited I am to read all the rest! This made other historical romances seem overly glossy in comparison. I hadn't fully realized how female leads are hardly ever given a genuine problem to overcome, more than just an annoying family, or being poor, or not being considered a proper match for the man. Where as male leads are often given disfiguring battle scars, or severe dyslexia, or PTSD, or someone who wants them dead- something substantial to wrestle with and perhaps overcome on their way towards growth. What a missed opportunity that is to show the strength of the women! Or how there is rarely any risk of something awful *actually* happening and not just the threat of it. This is not overly fairytale and I liked it all the more for that! Adventure! Mystery! Growth! A truly good man who isn't just a thinly veiled asshole! =D This just delighted my heart all the way through! ( )
This was lovely with a ton going on. Warning for past sexual assault which was hard to read about (nothing graphic but still). Lily went through a ridiculous amount here, and I’m glad that she’ll have her HEA with Neville. Since I’ve read all the different books after this already, it was interesting to see how Balogh structured the suspense/mystery happening here too. Also I’m glad I’ve already seen Lauren and Gwen get their happy endings; Gwen wasn’t shown in that great a light here. The different class systems shown here were very interesting, and I’m not sure if it worked or not at the place where Lily ended up. ( )
Fiction.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:One reckless man . . . One passionate woman.
Enter the world of Mary Baloghâ??the glittering ballrooms and vast country estates of Regency-era England, where romance, with all its mystery, magic, and surprises, comes vibrantly alive.
It was a perfect morning in May . . .
Neville Wyatt, Earl of Kilbourne, awaited his bride at the altarâ??when a ragged beggar woman raced down the aisle instead. The cream of the ton saw him stare, shocked, then declare that this was his wife! One night of passion was all he remembered as he beheld Lily, the woman he'd wed, loved, and lost on the battlefield in Portugal. Now he said he'd honor his commitment to herâ??regardless of the gulf that lay between them.
Then Lily spoke her mind . . .
She said she wanted only to start a new lifeâ??wanted only a husband who truly loved her. She had to leave him to learn how to meet his world on her terms. So Lily agreed to earn her keep as his aunt's companion and study the genteel arts. Soon she was the toast of the ton, every inch a countess fit for the earl, who vowed to prove to his remarkable wife that what he felt for her was far more than desire, that what he wanted from her was much more than . . . One Night f
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