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  <title><![CDATA[The Bride (Lairds' Fiancees, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>By edict of the King, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, youngest daughter of Baron Jamison . . . a feisty, violet-eyed beauty. Alec ached to touch her, to tame her, to possess her. . . forever. But Jamie vowed never to surrender to this Highland barbarian.

He was everything her heart warned against--an arrogant scoundrel whose rough good looks spoke of savage pleasures. And though Kincaid's scorching kisses fired her blood, she brazenly resisted him... until one rapturous moment quelled their clash of wills, and something far more dangerous than desire threatened to conquer her senses...</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1989</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Bride (Lairds' Fiancees, #1)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Julie Garwood]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 22 10:06:30 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, quick read. Takes place in historical Scotland, when nearly naked kilt-wearing Scots were everywhere. I have no idea how historically (in)accurate this story is, and I don't care. The heroine has pretty modern ideas and manners, which I don't mind either. This story had a nice balance of eye ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35379039">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39563631">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[romance readers who like their books set in Scottish Highlands.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 20:18:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 06:09:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Maybe I was just in the mood for a really good romance but I loved this book. It reminded me of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew which is my favourite Shakespeare. The characters where interesting and the book had a twist to it that added an element of mystery to the story. Over the years my favour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39563631">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62111214">
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    <name><![CDATA[Arlene]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 07:27:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 07 23:49:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Bride, by Julie Garword, is a love story that is enjoyable to read and full of likeable characters and humorous events and dialog.  It's fast paced and full of heartfelt scenes that will keep you smiling and turning the pages well into the night.<br/><br/>The Bride is about Jamie, the daughter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62111214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48149043">
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    <name><![CDATA[Melissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tuckerton, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 03 15:31:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 03 15:34:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am kind of shocked to see that this book has a rating of 4.22.  Granted, I liked the book but over a 4? Really?  I found myself having a hard time getting into the story, which takes place hundreds of years ago, mainly in Scotland.  Jamie and her three sisters have been told that one of them is to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48149043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73902866">
    <user id="447260">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelly ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 08 15:36:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 16:00:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish they gave 1/2 stars. Beacaues I would have given this 4.5 <br/>I was so pleasantly surprised by this book.  The cover just shouted books your mother reads! So I really didn't expect to like it as much as I did.  I found myself laughing a lot I loved the banter between Alec and Jamie.  Althou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73902866">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63863993">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stevie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Barrington, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[lovers of alpha males and spitfire women]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 09:59:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 09:41:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I loved this story. I happen to be a fan of alpha males and spitfire women. Alec is one of my favorite characters. You have to love highlander type books to love him. That said, my favorite thing about him is his character doesn't change once he finds himself in love. Some characters start out...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63863993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69206376">
    <user id="759975">
    <name><![CDATA[Tasha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Powell, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 07:27:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love Julie Garwodd and her medieval stories.  This is one of my favorites.  Probably would have gone 3.5 stars.  This is the story of an amazing women who is so strong and giving and such a compassionate person but who is never appreciated or loved the way she should be and doesn't even know ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69206376">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52909723">
    <user id="1943703">
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Clara, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 16 10:49:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 27 12:10:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow Wow Wow! This book was absolutely amazing! It's the very fist novel I have read by Julie Garwood and also the very first Historical Novel I have read and I am sold on both! <br/><br/>This takes place during a time when the Scots and the English despise one another. Alec Kincaid, a Scottish Lai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52909723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45214339">
    <user id="1973062">
    <name><![CDATA[Mindy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Metairie, LA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 02 20:21:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 20:34:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I pretty much love all of Julie's historical romances and The Bride is one of my favorites.  I especially enjoy her Scottish romance stories.  The Bride is the story of Alec and Jamie.  In order to promote peace between the English and Scottish, Alec and his friend go to England to marry two of Baro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45214339">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70516065">
    <user id="1774581">
    <name><![CDATA[Diane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Fallon, NV]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 15:41:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 15:49:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great read.  I found myself drawn into the story and held captive.  The author reminded me of the feelings of discovering &quot;love&quot; for the first time.<br/><br/>I wish that a glimpse into my man's mind would reveal the same love and caring that the Laird Alec had.  I think that t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70516065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62257390">
    <user id="2207055">
    <name><![CDATA[kari-s]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 24 07:32:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This historical Romance novel is the story of Jamie, a youg English woman who has a forced marriage to Alec, a Scottish Laird, in order to help relations between England and Scotland.<br/>Jamie is a funny heroine, stubborn and headstrong but willing to bend when she must.<br/>Alec is a warrior, pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62257390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39928389">
    <user id="1612410">
    <name><![CDATA[Sheree]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brisbane, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 20:22:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Upon reading the 4th line in the prologue of &quot;The Bride&quot; I nearly gave up in dismay &quot;...clan members gathered around the burial sight atop the stark ridge.&quot;  Burial 'sight' instead of burial 'site', shame on you editors! This spelling error annoyed me so much (and there were othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39928389">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21386891">
    <user id="134980">
    <name><![CDATA[Kym]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 26 08:24:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lady Jamie Jamison is used to running a household, caring for her father, and protecting her older sisters. The youngest daughter of a baron, Jamie was never treated as an equal in her household. She was expected to manage the cooking, cleaning, hunt for food, and be a pillar of strength for her fat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21386891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67438988">
    <user id="2610113">
    <name><![CDATA[Grain de Beaute]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 14 18:56:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 14 18:57:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The most memorable part of the this story was when Jamie wore black to her wedding. It had all the elements of a good romance novel. There were passion, love, humor, and intrigue. I love the character of Alec Kincaid and Jamie was admirable too. The two are so different from each other. Jamie's Engl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67438988">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72695108">
    <user id="1060439">
    <name><![CDATA[Relyn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clever, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 27 16:16:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 27 16:18:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>5+</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really, really enjoy this book.  It's nothing but brain candy, I know, but what fun brain candy it is.  I pick this one up when things are not going well at work and I just need to be entertained and not have my brain taxed in the slightest.  The way my school year has been going, I have a feeling...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72695108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55018352">
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    <name><![CDATA[Poppy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book over ten years ago and still smile when I think of it. There is nothing better than a hard headed, handsome, kilt wearing scot being dociled by a smart woman that keeps the pulse racing. A real page turner. It was this book that lead me to the Diana Galbadon series which provided da...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55018352">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue May 26 18:50:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 26 18:53:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book.  I've read it at least 7 or 8 times.  Whenever I wanted a pick-me-up this was a go to book.  I love books where you have a strong female character and a strong male character that she turns his world upside down.  Her kindness, but strength of character were wonderful.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 06:37:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book before many times and it is always good. I love romance novels and the historical romance pieces are my favorite. This book just makes me laugh. Definitely recommended for anyone who has even a small interest in historical romance or just romance, at least try it. See if you like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67365919">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 23 16:38:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 22:04:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again I'm suckered in (happily, I might add) by the strong dominant male whose heart softens as he learns love is a strength rather than a weakness. I like this book so well that I own 2 of them, just on the off chance that a burglar might break in to my home and be interested in stealing one o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44110384">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 18:09:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 18:11:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome book from cover to cover. This is a period romance book but it has alot of humor and passion and romance and a little murder. If you like this when you read it you should also read Rebellious Desire as well]]></body>
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