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The Wedding Affair
by
Leigh Michaels (Goodreads Author)
You're invited to the wedding of the year!
The Duke of Somervale, whose sister's wedding is the event of the ton, is fighting off debutantes and desperately needs help from beautiful, stubborn Olivia Reyne. But she is engrossed with problems engulfing her dearest friends and family. The last thing Olivia needs is to be embroiled with a duke whose dark gaze makes her forget...more
The Duke of Somervale, whose sister's wedding is the event of the ton, is fighting off debutantes and desperately needs help from beautiful, stubborn Olivia Reyne. But she is engrossed with problems engulfing her dearest friends and family. The last thing Olivia needs is to be embroiled with a duke whose dark gaze makes her forget...more
Paperback, 375 pages
Published
September 6th 2011
by Sourcebooks Casablanca
(first published September 1st 2011)
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A young woman in need of a future, a widow hiding from her past and a Lady who is a wife in name only: All three will have to prove they have the courage to take their destinies in hand. Their reward will be worth far more than silver and gold but the risk to their hearts may be just as pricey.
If a theme could be set for the first trilogy by Leigh Michaels, Just One Season in London, it would be “Sacrifice”. In this new trio of stori...more
A young woman in need of a future, a widow hiding from her past and a Lady who is a wife in name only: All three will have to prove they have the courage to take their destinies in hand. Their reward will be worth far more than silver and gold but the risk to their hearts may be just as pricey.
If a theme could be set for the first trilogy by Leigh Michaels, Just One Season in London, it would be “Sacrifice”. In this new trio of stori...more
THE WEDDING AFFAIR by Leigh Michaels is an exciting historical romance set in Regency England. It is written with depth, details, characters will capture your heart who are also engaging and full of spunk.The plot is believable,enjoyable with a little humor between characters. While,you are invited to the wedding of the year,you will find that behind the scenes,three heros,three heroines,and three romance stories are taking place. First, three Lady Olivia Reyne,the widow of a earl with a three y...more
Again there are three couples that will find love in this regency romance by Leigh Michaels. And I do like that there is more romance to go around.
First we have Olivia who after her husband's death is poor, and living with her daughter in a little cottage. She meets Simon, the Duke of Somervale and the first meeting is not a good one. But then by the look of her he does not think she is a lady either. But he has every young woman in the area after him and he comes up with the perfect plan. These...more
First we have Olivia who after her husband's death is poor, and living with her daughter in a little cottage. She meets Simon, the Duke of Somervale and the first meeting is not a good one. But then by the look of her he does not think she is a lady either. But he has every young woman in the area after him and he comes up with the perfect plan. These...more
A wedding is a wonderful event. Love is in the air and everyone is happy.
Well, not quite. Not if you're the Simon, the Duke of Somervale, whose sister's twelve (twelve!) bridesmaids are on the hunt for a ducal matrimonial prize. What to do? Why, hire the beautiful widow, Lady Olivia Reyne, as your pretend fiancée until after your sister's wedding. Especially after she propositions you. And not if you're Charles, the Earl of Townsend, who married cit's daughter Penelope for her money to save the...more
Well, not quite. Not if you're the Simon, the Duke of Somervale, whose sister's twelve (twelve!) bridesmaids are on the hunt for a ducal matrimonial prize. What to do? Why, hire the beautiful widow, Lady Olivia Reyne, as your pretend fiancée until after your sister's wedding. Especially after she propositions you. And not if you're Charles, the Earl of Townsend, who married cit's daughter Penelope for her money to save the...more
THE WEDDING AFFAIR is a triple treat of Regency pageantry, romance, and humor. The main event – Lady Daphne’s wedding at her family’s estate – wreaks havoc on her family, the staff, the village, and even the guests.
Daphne’s mother, the Dowager Duchess of Somervale, invited the 12 bridesmaids for an extended visit to the ducal estate before the wedding. Her unwed son, Simon, the Duke of Somervale, suspects matchmaking will be a side activity for both his mother and the bridesmaids. So he calls fo...more
Daphne’s mother, the Dowager Duchess of Somervale, invited the 12 bridesmaids for an extended visit to the ducal estate before the wedding. Her unwed son, Simon, the Duke of Somervale, suspects matchmaking will be a side activity for both his mother and the bridesmaids. So he calls fo...more
GENRE: Adult - Historical Romance
FORM: Book - ARC
REVIEW: In a book of new beginnings, rekindled love, new love and a lot of passion, Leigh Michaels gives you the ultimate romance novel topped with three cherries!
I enjoyed The Wedding Affair from beginning to end. The characters were very well developed and entertaining, each having individual personalities but are so great that you fall in love with them all.
I love books about weddings, and while many historical romance novels end in a wedding...more
FORM: Book - ARC
REVIEW: In a book of new beginnings, rekindled love, new love and a lot of passion, Leigh Michaels gives you the ultimate romance novel topped with three cherries!
I enjoyed The Wedding Affair from beginning to end. The characters were very well developed and entertaining, each having individual personalities but are so great that you fall in love with them all.
I love books about weddings, and while many historical romance novels end in a wedding...more
The Wedding Affair by Leigh Michaels
Historical Romance – Sept. 1st, 2011
3 1/2 stars
Three lovely Regency ladies try to find love.
Lady Olivia Reyne is widowed and impoverished, even though her late husband was an earl. Meanwhile, the village is abuzz with Lady Daphne’s wedding, and Olivis finds the Duke of Somervale thrust into her life, all charms and vitality. Forced into a difficult situation, Olivia proposes to be his mistress and ‘bodyguard’ against the horde of marriage minded females in exc...more
Historical Romance – Sept. 1st, 2011
3 1/2 stars
Three lovely Regency ladies try to find love.
Lady Olivia Reyne is widowed and impoverished, even though her late husband was an earl. Meanwhile, the village is abuzz with Lady Daphne’s wedding, and Olivis finds the Duke of Somervale thrust into her life, all charms and vitality. Forced into a difficult situation, Olivia proposes to be his mistress and ‘bodyguard’ against the horde of marriage minded females in exc...more
Leigh Michaels special with a three-in-one romance and a LOT going on. This time, it's a Duke who's dealing with his sister's marriage... and all of the sister's friends who his mother invited along. He decides that he's going to hire a local widow to pretend to be his fiancee.
At the same time, she had taken in the local vicar's daughter and that daughter, Kate, is hired as a companion/chaperone to the girls coming in. Kate's childhood crush, Andrew Carlisle, has been invited to help protect th...more
At the same time, she had taken in the local vicar's daughter and that daughter, Kate, is hired as a companion/chaperone to the girls coming in. Kate's childhood crush, Andrew Carlisle, has been invited to help protect th...more
The book consists of three intertwined stories. The backdrop is a wedding of a duke's sister on a country estate. A lot of people (including matrimony hungry bridesmaids) came. And six of them went home much happier.
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The first story is about a poor widowed countess, who out of desperation agrees to play a fiancee to a duke (so that she could intervene if a bridesmaid tries to trap the duke), while of course being his mistress as well.
The story was interesting, and I liked the duke, even tho...more
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The first story is about a poor widowed countess, who out of desperation agrees to play a fiancee to a duke (so that she could intervene if a bridesmaid tries to trap the duke), while of course being his mistress as well.
The story was interesting, and I liked the duke, even tho...more
This was a thoroughly delightful story packed with action and romance. Three couples all set with their own story lines but entangled like a spider's web. This was great fun trying to guess who is going to compromise whom, when and where. Gotta watch those dark corners and sneaky out of the way places dear Duke!
We actually have six characters in this story that are the focus of plenty of to do's. How our author keeps her head on straight is a miracle in itself.
First there is the Duke of Somerva...more
We actually have six characters in this story that are the focus of plenty of to do's. How our author keeps her head on straight is a miracle in itself.
First there is the Duke of Somerva...more
Simon and Olivia, penny and Charles, and Kate and Andrew. Also lady stone who I thought was in the last book, but wasn't confined until the very end. I suppose she has a romance if her own. The only male character's pov we get is Simon's, which was kind of annoying. I really loved penny and her husband's story line, but would have liked to have been in his head for some of it. Kate's was cute in parts, too. But the main story was pretty generic. I loved the first book in this pairing, and this...more
I thought that the same story told from three points of view was going to be needlessly complicated and confusing. To be honest it was for the first few chapters and then I caught on to this author's storytelling style. I really enjoyed this story about three women from different backgrounds but equally helpless in their life choices because historical England left very little for a well-born woman to do to be independent. In fact, they are entirely dependent on the men in their lives; fathers,...more
I have heard wonderful things about Leigh Michaels so when I was offered Just One Season in London to review I decided to chance it. Talk about taking risks paying off. I fell in love with that book and was so excited to be given the opportunity to review The Wedding Affair. While not a 5 star read for me it did solidly place Leigh Michaels in my must read historical romance authors list.
I loved all the characters but especially the Duke and Lady Reyne. The chemistry between the two sizzles when...more
I loved all the characters but especially the Duke and Lady Reyne. The chemistry between the two sizzles when...more
Leigh Michaels is a new author to me although she has published over eighty books. I don’t know how I have missed her all this time. After reading The Wedding Affair, I will certainly be looking into her backlist.This book actually focuses on three separate romances. I originally thought they would be treated as separate stories in an anthology. However, there is a single storyline with the three relationships interwoven together.
The first couple introduced, and to me the primary one, are Lady O...more
The first couple introduced, and to me the primary one, are Lady O...more
It started out great but eventually the story becomes dull.
It's about 3 individual, 3 stories intertwined to come up with a bigger story which happens during the upcoming wedding affair.
It's kinda fresh for me because this is the first book that I read where 3 stories are joined to come up with one. However it has it's con, because you tend to prefer the story of one while forced to read the story of others.
At first it really wasn't that bad, it's just that I want to focus more on the story of...more
It's about 3 individual, 3 stories intertwined to come up with a bigger story which happens during the upcoming wedding affair.
It's kinda fresh for me because this is the first book that I read where 3 stories are joined to come up with one. However it has it's con, because you tend to prefer the story of one while forced to read the story of others.
At first it really wasn't that bad, it's just that I want to focus more on the story of...more
Favorite lines:
Kate was speechless. The sheer conceit of the man, to think she'd had nothing better to do on any given day than to contemplate where in the world he might be! "The only thing I wonder," she said tartly, "is why no cannibal ever boiled you in your own impertinence. Since none has, the obvious conclusion is that you have never come face to face with one!" --p. 111
Kate was speechless. The sheer conceit of the man, to think she'd had nothing better to do on any given day than to contemplate where in the world he might be! "The only thing I wonder," she said tartly, "is why no cannibal ever boiled you in your own impertinence. Since none has, the obvious conclusion is that you have never come face to face with one!" --p. 111
The Wedding Affair is a delightfully sexy novel with a cast of characters that you just have to love. The entire story circles around the wedding of a debutante although the soon to be bride and groom are not the main characters of the story, in fact the reader never 'meets' the groom. The book was a fast and fun read. Readers of Leigh Michaels will want to add this book to their collection.
I wasn't sure how this book was going to be seeing as how it toggles three different stories. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the author handled it beautifully. All three stories and their characters all connect and work together simultaneously. Very well done.
Three stories woven artfully together, all with equal emphasis. That's quite a feat. I was equally involved in all of them, and the plots and emotional arcs all worked beautifully. A quick read. I finished it in one day.
This is the first book I've read by Leigh Michaels and I was pleased with the read. I will be reading more of her books.
My complete review can be found on my blog.
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Leigh Michaels turns a wedding party into two or more. Most enjoyable.
this was a really good read, I really enjoyed it.
3 1/2 stars.
Oct 02, 2011
Angela Simmons
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2½ Stars
Jun 04, 2013
Maisha
marked it as to-read
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Leigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (b. July 27 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 85 romance novels. She published her novels in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1984. She also teaches romance writing.
Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years o...more
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Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years o...more
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