A Bride for His Convenience
Review by Michelle Chrzanowski
Review by Michelle Chrzanowski
ISBN: 9780061253676
Pages: 371
Publisher: Avon Books
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Audience: Adults
Ian Sutcombe needs a wife… a rich wife. He is in such dire straits that he is willing to overlook his pride to marry below his station as long as his future wife comes with a large sum of money. Hannah Leeds is lonely and thinks she is in love. After she is cruelly disappointed, her father arranges a marriage for her. Ian must choose between three heiresses to secure his position in society. After two horrible meetings, he had begun to lose hope.
When Ian and Hannah meet it doesn’t take long for them to come to an agreement. Before the wedding Ian busies himself with rebuilding the family homes. Hannah is fascinated by her soon to be husband and begins to long for him as she slowly comes out of the fog she is in. After marriage, the two become closer and Hannah soon realizes she loves her husband. Her happiness is short lived as someone from her past suddenly reappears into her life and might ruin her chance for true love.
This was a sweet story, but it lacked a real emotion. It seemed to take forever to even get to the wedding and the rest of the story. Too much time was spent on the time before they married, than on the marriage itself. Once the characters are together, they didn’t seem to have much chemistry. It was hard to imagine that they actually did love each other as little time was spent on the time they were together. All in all a slow read that has very little emotion.
Score: 2.5 out of 5
Subjects: Forced Marriage, Historical Romance, Regency England
Date: January 30, 2009