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Rules of Engagement: The Reasons for Marriage\The Wedding Party\Unlaced
by
Stephanie Laurens (Goodreads Author),
Kasey Michaels, Delilah Marvelle (Goodreads Author)
Everyone loves a wedding. The quiet country girl. The sophisticated member of the ton. A graceful duchess. Follow these charming ladies and their handsome suitors on their journeys down the aisles of England's grand cathedrals and castles as they make—and break—society's most sacred rules.Rules of Engagement� A lady shall never be caught unchaperoned with a stranger.� A ge...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
May 1st 2012
by Harlequin
(first published April 17th 2012)
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I was bored with the first story "The Reasons for Marriage." In fact, the story was so forgettable that it wasn't until I reached about chapter ten that I realized I had read this book before.
The hero and heroine don't really do anything original. There's no mystery to be solved or an antagonist to be delt with.
They meet and to cover a possible scandal, they agree to marry for convienance. She gets a whole new wardrobe and goes shopping for accessories. After the wedding, they have lots of great...more
The hero and heroine don't really do anything original. There's no mystery to be solved or an antagonist to be delt with.
They meet and to cover a possible scandal, they agree to marry for convienance. She gets a whole new wardrobe and goes shopping for accessories. After the wedding, they have lots of great...more
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My biggest complaint about this anthology has nothing to do with the authors or their writing. I'm tired of publishers forcing you to purchase previously published stories in order to get the new one you want, in this case a story written 17 years ago. I have owned the Laurens' novel for years but I wanted to read the Michaels' story, so I bought the book. I did re-read The Reasons for Marriage and this time I was just annoyed by the repeated miscommunications by the couple. By the end, I was pr...more
Rules of engagement is an anthology consisting of three books. There is The Reasons for Marriage by Stephanie Laurens, The Wedding Party by Kasey Michaels, and Unlaced by Delilah Marvelle. Anthologies normally aren't my thing, but this one sounded too good to pass up. The first book is The Reasons for Marriage by Stephanie Laurens. The story was thoroughly enjoyable. The characters were easy to connect to and fall in love with. I have a soft spot for stories about women during this time period w...more
For me, Stephanie Laurens is on auto purchase. This is something I am having to review! Please be warned that this book is a re-issue of her "Reason for Marriage" book. Don't get me wrong, I loved this book when first released, what I don't love is paying out again for it, under the impression that this book is a new release.
I must point out that their are two other stories in this book, one by Kasey Michaels and the other by Delilah Marvelle. Both these stories are really, really short, as Step...more
I must point out that their are two other stories in this book, one by Kasey Michaels and the other by Delilah Marvelle. Both these stories are really, really short, as Step...more
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Disappointing. The first story is a reprint of a 1995 book by Stephanie Laurens, and while the story was engaging the first time around it was too long to be included in this anthology. The two shorter stories were too short, with little time for character development. As a result, I couldn't bring myself to care much about any of the characters or whether they lived happily ever after.
A trio of stories. Not much more than that comes to mind. The first was too long, the second just odd, and the third was weird. They amount to a 2.5 star for me. None were too particularly enjoyable and do not encourage me to read more from the authors. (I still will, but then, I read everything.)
I found this book disappointing. I expected 3 new short stories only to find the one by Stephanie Laurens was a reprint of one I already owned. Don't get me wrong, I like the story, but 3/4 of the book was something I already had. I did enjoy Unlaced, however. The Wedding Party was just filler for me. Overall, only one/three stories was a hit for me.
I only read the Kasey Michaels and Delilah Marvelle stories. The Stephanie Laurens is a reprint and takes up 315 out of 442 pages of this book so the two new stories were very short but both were enjoyable. The KM story is a set up for her new series and it looks like it will be fun and the DM story was sexy and very enjoyable about a slightly older couple who were friends and one kiss changes everything. Just for those two stories only, 3 1/2 stars.
I personally think it would have been better...more
I personally think it would have been better...more
It was a good book, a romance anthology. The Stephanie Laurens book was a reprint of one of her Lester books, but I was a good one to re-read. The other two short stories were ones I hadn't read before and really enjoyed.
Enjoyable and a good way to get to see three good writers. Lenore is interesting as a woman deliberatley hiding in plain sight, sure she doesn't ever want to marry.
This was a full length novel by Stephanie Laurens accompanied by two novellas, one by Kasey Michaels, and the other by Delilah Marvelle.
Interesting, but uneven story collection. A pity that the longest novella is also the least interesting.
All 2.5s across the board. All the stories were easy to walk away from until I had time later.
Good story. One full length novel by Laurens then 2 very short from other authors.
A quick skim-through. None of the 3 stories caught my attention at all.
Enjoyable at certain points but overall, very underwhelming.
Miniseries: Lester Family
Category: Historical Romance
Category: Historical Romance
Only the Laurens short.
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I'm not a huge fan of anthologies.
Like many of the other reviewers, I was very disappointed to find that I'd already read the first story in the anthology. With that said, I really enjoyed that story the first time around.. I just find rereading romance novels anticlimactic unless very well-written. I couldn't get into the other two stories and found them boring compared to other historical romances I've read.
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Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London.
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