This was a charming Beauty and the Beast tale, which is a favorite theme of mine, mixed with a "love at first sight" story.

Hartley Wade, the Marquess of Carew, was the self-titled "Beast". Crippled by a riding "accident" at the age of six, he walked with a limp and had a crooked and useless right hand. Despite that - or, should I say, because of that - he'd grown up to become one of the most confident and emotionally strong heroes I've met. He was nice, caring, supportive and, wonder of all wond More...

Second in the series (Dark Angel is the first book) but can be read as a stand alone.

Be warned that there isn't a sudden physical reaction between the H/h. The sex scenes are sensual not erotic.

As an arc from the first hook, the heroine's physical attraction is for the antagonist who is a charming, handsome, bad guy. She has confused her intense physical feelings - betrayal, anger, hatred, and attraction - for love. She does not want to ever feel passion again and therefore does not want to fal More...

I really enjoyed this book because it went along easily and was missing the angst that plagues so many historical romances, that I sometimes really enjoy and get into but then I also sometimes just want a read where I don't feel torn up every other page. The characters were so very likeable in this book and Hartley, our hero, may have been a 'cripple' (the author's and time's words, not my own politically incorrect-ness) but he never really felt sorry for himself except for once in regards to ou More...

After her cousin Jennifer's fiance, Viscount Kersey, used her in a scheme that wounded her and and her cousin's feelings quite deeply, she's decided that the volatile nature of love is emphatically not for her. Six years after her London debut, and her disastrous run-in with Kersey, Samantha Newman is quite happily unmarried. Now visiting her cousin in the country, she decides to take a long walk to put some space between herself and the happy young family. She encounters a charming landscape ar More...

This is a somewhat unusual Regency romance for two reasons. Firstly, the hero isn't an emotionally damaged Adonis, and Secondly - not very much happens! But that's not a bad thing at all - in fact it's rather refreshing. There's no big "misunderstanding" or evil relative trying to get hold of the hero's/heroine's title or fortune; instead this is the story of a young woman who is determined to play safe when it comes to love. Samantha had her heart broken several years before and at the ripe old More...

Come mi è successo anche in altri libri della Balogh, non sono riuscita a farmi piacere la protagonista femminile. Samantha ha la spina dorsale di un mollusco... (tira fuori un pò di carattere solo alla fine XD). Il nostro lui e gentile e dolce, ha avuto un'infanzia difficile e si innamora di lei a prima vista... Mi aspettavo che quando avesse scoperto di essere stato usato da lei tirasse fuori un pò di grinta, ma il suo sentimento di tradimento e rabbia dura tipo un capitolo X°D Insomma i due p More...

I read this book in one sitting. The emotions were so clearly felt. I felt so sad for Samantha at the beginning of the book. She had clearly suffered for what she felt was a betrayal for falling in love with her cousin's fiance only to find out that he never cared for her. I understood Hartley's wanting Samantha to like him for the man he was and not his title or money. I loved the growing friendship and eventually love.

Seeing that Hartley fell so early and hard for Samantha I knew that it was g More...

"Lui memorizzò il suo profilo:gli occhi azzurri dalle lunghe ciglia,il nasino dritto,i luminosi riccioli biondi....Si chiese se era poco realista e disperatamente romantico a credere che mai l'avrebbe dimenticata,che l'avrebbe amata per sempre."

Questa è prima di tutto una storia di amicizia tra un uomo e una donna,cosa alquanto scabrosa per quei tempi....Samantha e Wade si incontrano ed è simpatia a prima vista,persino il silenzio li unisce,i loro appuntmenti segreti sono momenti intimi che non More...

3.5
Another charming but untaxing novel from Balogh. This one has the wonderful Hartley Wade (Lord Carew) as the hero. I enjoyed both of the first two Dark Angel novels. Easy reading without the frustration of contrived plot or assembly-line characterization.

I particularly like the themes of both novels, which are deeper than the seemingly fluffy book would initially suggest. Dark Angel tackled Revenge- and how it is in the nature of revenge to corrupt and destroy the person seeking it, no matte More...

The plot reminded me of The Squire's Daughter by Pushkin, where two noble birth neighbors dress in peasant garb to go snooping in the neighbor's woods to get an eyeful of each other and, of course, end up falling in love. This one is a bit more tedious, there is a lot of "smiling" in her behalf the meaning of which is ambiguous. She seems a bit slow witted actually. For example, she is not even angry, when he reveals the big deception. "You lied to me" she says and then all is good again. This m More...

Great sequel/follow up to Dark Angel.

Six years have passed since Jenny and Gabriel's marriage and Samantha, who had been involved in the awful happenings that surrounded their needing to marry, has always nursed an awful guilt. She was Jenny's cousin and best friend and yet, she could have headed off some of the terrible scandal that resulted is she hadn't put her own interests first.

But now, Jenny is happy, in love and a very contented countess with her own children. But Samantha, still an inco More...

I read this one back years ago, and remembered loving it, but I didn't remember part of it--kind of the biggest part of the conflict. The heroine's heart was broken when she was quite young by a ruthless rake who manipulated her, and she's all confused about what love is. And while on a walk, she meets a landscape artist--or so she thinks. He's nothing much to look at, and is "crippled" besides--bad limp, mangled hand. But he's so nice. Of course, he is actually the titled neighbor of the friend More...

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Samantha had a bad experience during her first Season in London and decided not to marry, ever. Six years later, while visiting her cousin out in the country, she encounters Hartley, a Marchess. Hartley's leg and arm were crippled due to a riding accident when he was six, and he walks with a heavy limp. As they become friends, he lets Samantha continue to think that he's just a gardener on the estate, not wanting their friendship to be spoiled by her suddenly having designs on his fortune. When More...

I think the reason that I loved this book so much was because of Carew. He is, to me, an incredibly different hero because he was physically challenged and not 'gorgeous.' I really fell in love with him as a character. IF anyone who reads this knows of other books with a hero like this, please let me know! Great book, highly recommend.

one of my favorites from Balogh. A gentle hero, a kind heroine, a love not entirely born from sexual attraction. The love scenes were not overly sexual. The conflict was not forced. The hero and heroine were not stupid nor irritating. Their love was beautifully written.

It was nice to see love and romance blossom from the innocence of friendship, though there was a definite lack of something in the story for me. It felt too placid and was a little dull at places, though the story never really lagged either. It's just not to my taste...

I liked the hero more than the heroine. She seemed less strong than many Balogh heroines, at least initially. Once she decided to fight for her marriage though, she really stepped up! Again, ghastly villain. What a toad.

Not bad, but not amazing. A very sweet story, but I'm not sure that I could say anything more glowing than that about it. I did like it better than the previous book though, and it was an incredibly quick read.

Loved this story where Hartley brings Samantha out of the welter of hurt and guilt from six years' ago. And wonderful to have a non Grrek god like hero!

Lord Carew's Bride (Signet Regency Romance) by Mary Balogh (1995)

I love Mary Balogh but this was not one of my favorites.

I stayed up until 3 AM to finish this I liked it so much.

One I hadn't read already a dozen times, what a find!

warm heart, easy lovely read one

I loved the David and Goliath story

beauty and the beast <3

Very romantic

A great sequel to Dark Angel. Hoping to get the opportunity to read the next 3 books. Love Balogh she is definitely a favorite of mine.

Wonderfully charming story that leaves you with a smile =)