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Bought: The Penniless Lady (Gentlemen of Fortune #2)
by
Deborah Hale (Goodreads Author)
Desperate to safeguard the future of her precious nephew, penniless Lady Artemis Dearing will do anything—even marry the man whose brother ruined her darling sister!Hadrian Northmore's suffered enough heartbreak— he will not lose his brother's son, too. Calculating and deceitful as Lady Artemis may be, he will marry her if he must! But Hadrian isn't prepared for overwhelmi...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
February 15th 2011
by Harlequin
(first published December 1st 2010)
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The premise was intriguing but everything felt a little rushed in this book. First, the marriage...
- We didn't undergo the journey of pondering actions and decisions - was it the right choice? etc.
- We didn't really undergo the change of feelings - it was kinda there from the beginning.
- Why the hell didn't Artemis bring up the "Margaret" thing earlier? If I were snogging my husband and he said some other woman's name, even if I didn't dare bring it up at the time I wouldn't have just forgott...more
- We didn't undergo the journey of pondering actions and decisions - was it the right choice? etc.
- We didn't really undergo the change of feelings - it was kinda there from the beginning.
- Why the hell didn't Artemis bring up the "Margaret" thing earlier? If I were snogging my husband and he said some other woman's name, even if I didn't dare bring it up at the time I wouldn't have just forgott...more
Cute read. Sweet romance. I seem to dwell on negatives when writing reviews. So here goes. The book was a fast read. Took maybe three hours. It was so fast I felt like the story was being rushed. There is a few parts where I had to go back, because I was sure I missed something. However, I didn't. It was like writer started a though, but never finished it. Slight Spoiler.... The worst was, the heroine woke up and was remembering the night before, and said she was embarrassed for telling the hero...more
Hadrian Northmore climbed from the coal mines of Durham to a position of wealth through his business ventures in the East Indies. He provides his youngest brother with the education and means to win a place in Parliament and abolish the dismal conditions that killed the rest of their family. When Hadrian returns to England only to discover that Julian died in a duel, he is devastated. He is also determined to gain custody of his illegitimate nephew. However, Lady Artemis Dearing, who has raised...more
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This is the second book in the Gentlemen of Fortune series by Deborah Hale. I liked the first Married: The Virgin Widow it was a tasty meal of secrets and bitterness, just as I like it with family and first love trauma/drama.
This is filled with secret past suffering mixed with present grief of lost siblings for Hadrian Northmore (his last brother) and Lady Artemis Dearing (both her brother and sister in less then a year). I really wanted to throw darts at Lady Artemis's two uncles, they were the...more
This is filled with secret past suffering mixed with present grief of lost siblings for Hadrian Northmore (his last brother) and Lady Artemis Dearing (both her brother and sister in less then a year). I really wanted to throw darts at Lady Artemis's two uncles, they were the...more
Hadrian and Artemis marry in spite of their mutual hostility to raise their nephew. Their nephew is the son of her sister and his brother, both now dead. She died in childbirth or shortly after and Artemis' brother fought Hadrian's brother in a duel that killed them both. Hadrian returns from the Orient a year after to discover his brother dead and that he has a nephew. He wants custody. Artemis is desperate to find a way to raise her nephew because her Uncle says he will not have him in his hou...more
The heroine's uncle has just inherited because her brother died in a duel. Uncle's trying to pressure her into giving up her nephew, her sister's illegitimate child, and the heroine is determined not to, ever, at all. (Sister's dead, also the baby's father.) It's all a big mess, and gets messier when the baby daddy's brother comes back to England and discovers that his reason for going to India--his brother--was killed in a duel with the heroine's brother. (Follow all that?) This is all in the f...more
I received this book from the Goodreads First Reads giveaway, THANK YOU! I did enjoy it. I read it in about 3 sittings. <<<>> I found the writing to be very good but the storyline leaving something to be desired. I wasn't expecting them to get married so abruptly. There was no build up, no inner conflict. Artemis mentioned it and two pages later they were married. It would have been better to go through that decision making journey with her. To understand why it was the only choic...more
Penniless Lady Artemis is the last child of the Dearing old Lordship. Her sister has died leaving her with an illegitimate child. He brother has died from wounds from the duel from the offender who took their sister virtue out of wedlock. The scoundrel, Julian Northmore, has died from the wound from the dual…The Dearing’s new Lords DON’T want the illegitimate baby, but Lady Artemis wants the last connect to her family.
When Hadrian Northmore learns of his nephew he rushes back from Asia to claim...more
When Hadrian Northmore learns of his nephew he rushes back from Asia to claim...more
A 'comfortable', well-written story. Both the H&H were emotionally scarred in some way - he by the horrific death of his family in a mining accident, she by the betrayal of the man she thought loved her - and I thought that the way that each managed to gradually break down the other's defences was well done.
It wasn't a bad book, there wasn't enough within the story to make me care for the characters. I felt like Hadrian's problems were a bit much, and had I lived through what he had I don't think that I would have gone about things the way that he had.
I finished this book last night. I hated to put it down. It was a very good read and I highly recommend it. It's the story of Hadrian and Artemis. Hadrian is a business man who has had a life-full of terrible tribulations. Now he's lost his younger brother in a duel. BUT... the brother has left a son. Artemis lost her parents at a young age and has raised her younger sister & brother. Now she's raising her sister's son. I don't want to disclose any more but, rest assured, their story is a ve...more
Romance is the quickest to read, and I'm so behind on my challenge I thought why not.. And I fell in to just like old times, it's pretty standard historical romance.
More like 2 1/2 stars -- it was especially interesting to read about the financial difficulties and decision points of the hero. Not a keeper though, for me.
A historical romance that managed to address real issues, relay some history, AND avoid "ick factor" in scenes of, shall we say, romance.
Una historia muy bien llegada. Me ha encantado pero claro es que Deborah Hale me gusta mucho.
Enjoyed it enough to seek out the remaining series.
Review hopefully to follow.
3.5/5 Stars
3.5/5 Stars
Interesting enough. Goodreads!
Miniseries: Gentlemen of Fortune
A penniless aristocrat and a self-made man marry for convenience, so they can raise their mutual nephew.
From Harlequin only on PC.
blah blah.
Believable characters. I like her writing.
It was alright, theres not anything great about it and the characters were kinda annoying.
Miniseries: Gentlemen of Fortune
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