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The Bridegroom's Bargain
"Till death us do part."
A solemn wedding vow, and one Lord Deverell's young bride most ardently wishes to bring about — sooner rather than later! Only minutes after the wedding ceremony Alexandra is brandishing a pistol, accusing her husband of ruining her family.
So Deverell makes one more vow — that he's completely innocent and will prove it. If she isn't totally convinced, then he'll take the consequences. He sets about winning Alexandra's trust — using every means at his disposal….
A solemn wedding vow, and one Lord Deverell's young bride most ardently wishes to bring about — sooner rather than later! Only minutes after the wedding ceremony Alexandra is brandishing a pistol, accusing her husband of ruining her family.
So Deverell makes one more vow — that he's completely innocent and will prove it. If she isn't totally convinced, then he'll take the consequences. He sets about winning Alexandra's trust — using every means at his disposal….
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2005
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Sylvia Andrew
85 books20 followersSylvia is a great reader, whose preference in fiction is for thrillers and historical romances. She married Simon Andrew, the boy next door, and they have one daughter, Catherine, who is married and works in London. Catherine lives in Maidenhead quite near the river, and they have a small house in Normandy, which they visit whenever they can. They are great travelers — from a shopping weekend in Paris to a three week tour of Vietnam on a bicycle!
They both took early retirement and now live in the West Country with their dog and cat. Simon is an active town councillor in Crewkerne, and very well-known there. Until Sylvia retired she was busy to write, Teaching full-time as vice principal of a large comprehensive sixth form college, while also running a house and a family didn't really give her much time. She never attempted to have anything published before she sent in her first historical romance to Mills & Boon, in the days when the series was called "Masquerade." She was somewhat flabbergasted — though absolutely delighted — when it was accepted. Perdita first appeared in 1991, and she is still surprised at the idea of herself as a writer.
They both took early retirement and now live in the West Country with their dog and cat. Simon is an active town councillor in Crewkerne, and very well-known there. Until Sylvia retired she was busy to write, Teaching full-time as vice principal of a large comprehensive sixth form college, while also running a house and a family didn't really give her much time. She never attempted to have anything published before she sent in her first historical romance to Mills & Boon, in the days when the series was called "Masquerade." She was somewhat flabbergasted — though absolutely delighted — when it was accepted. Perdita first appeared in 1991, and she is still surprised at the idea of herself as a writer.
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July 24, 2017
Leído en Enero 2010
September 13, 2025
September Readathon
I found the pacing and structure off. The numerous flashbacks at the beginning, the yo-yo happy/not happy the couple went through, and the many cuts within scenes to get different povs or snippets of action.
It just didn't quite seam together.
The hero is a good man and I liked him the best of anyone; I understood his motives but not always his decisions. The heroine was too distrustful and flighty--for a childhood friendship that was 'always going to be love,' she should have been far more willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and work with him to unravel the mystery thrust on them at the start. Every time I thought she'd at last gotten her wits about her she went and did something impulsive or stupid, mostly to get a plot wrench at her expense.
We knew they were MTB because we're told so, and that's fine. I enjoy several stories like that. But these two didn't earn much by way of proving it.
I found the pacing and structure off. The numerous flashbacks at the beginning, the yo-yo happy/not happy the couple went through, and the many cuts within scenes to get different povs or snippets of action.
It just didn't quite seam together.
The hero is a good man and I liked him the best of anyone; I understood his motives but not always his decisions. The heroine was too distrustful and flighty--for a childhood friendship that was 'always going to be love,' she should have been far more willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and work with him to unravel the mystery thrust on them at the start. Every time I thought she'd at last gotten her wits about her she went and did something impulsive or stupid, mostly to get a plot wrench at her expense.
We knew they were MTB because we're told so, and that's fine. I enjoy several stories like that. But these two didn't earn much by way of proving it.
May 28, 2017
terrible
July 11, 2017
terribly complex and slow at times.
October 16, 2019
Another good story.
July 20, 2021
Está bien, pero resulta un poco superficial a veces, aunque es una historia que podría dar mucho juego si se mencionasen más recuerdos y se profundizase en los sentimientos.
February 23, 2023
Read in 2007. Started again in 2023 and DNF.
Boring. Donated.
Boring. Donated.
July 8, 2024
Ick. Boring, predictable, not fun. Probably being a little harsh but skimmed more than read.
May 1, 2014
La premisa era excelente, y tenía bastantes expectativas sobre este libro, pero antes de la mitad, ya se me habían hundido, y tenía la sensación de cuál podía ser el final. Y mi intuición no me falló. Una lástima, porque si algunas cosas hubieran sido enfocadas de otra forma, hubiera mejorado mucho.
July 9, 2015
2,5 stars.
She was a bit annoying for not having any confidence in her husband, she knew him for so long- from when they were children, ff's!!! She trusted more a perfect stranger, than her own husband. Poor Richard. =__=
She was a bit annoying for not having any confidence in her husband, she knew him for so long- from when they were children, ff's!!! She trusted more a perfect stranger, than her own husband. Poor Richard. =__=
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February 3, 2013Hubo momentos en que queria golpear a Alexandra, ugh, lejos el personaje que mas me gusto fue el sargento Chalmers
February 2, 2016
Hero was very good..heroine was extremely annoying and illogical
October 26, 2013
Light reading with a little twist.
July 25, 2017
Que puedo decir, me encantan las historias de romance y esta me llamó bastante la atención al leer la sinopsis.
Me gustó bastante la historia, el hecho de que en aquella época, una mujer tuviera el suficiente carácter para hacer lo que hizo la protagonista al apenas concluir su boda es bastante interesante. A medida que iba leyendo, muchas cosas se fueron descubriendo, lo que me llevó a leer sin detenerme e ir haciendo suposiciones desde el comienzo; tuvo giros inesperados, pero que tuvieron un desenlace bastante predecible, por lo que fue un poco decepcionante.
Con respecto a los personajes, me parecieron que a pesar de tener una buena base, tuvieron uno que otro fallo; me gustó que la protagonista fuera perspicaz, pero a veces me sacó de quicio por sacar rápidas conclusiones y desconfiar de Richard, siendo una de las personas que más conocía y confiando en cambio en alguien que acababa de aparecer; creo que el hecho de que a veces fuera impulsiva fue algo entendible por su edad, pero que hizo que resaltara bastante lo leal que es. En cuanto a Richard, me gustó bastante su carácter, acorde con su pasado, pero me parece que el hecho de que decidiera ocultar las cosas lo que hizo fue entorpecer mucho más las cosas.
Un libro entretenido, con buena trama y de rápida lectura.
Me gustó bastante la historia, el hecho de que en aquella época, una mujer tuviera el suficiente carácter para hacer lo que hizo la protagonista al apenas concluir su boda es bastante interesante. A medida que iba leyendo, muchas cosas se fueron descubriendo, lo que me llevó a leer sin detenerme e ir haciendo suposiciones desde el comienzo; tuvo giros inesperados, pero que tuvieron un desenlace bastante predecible, por lo que fue un poco decepcionante.
Con respecto a los personajes, me parecieron que a pesar de tener una buena base, tuvieron uno que otro fallo; me gustó que la protagonista fuera perspicaz, pero a veces me sacó de quicio por sacar rápidas conclusiones y desconfiar de Richard, siendo una de las personas que más conocía y confiando en cambio en alguien que acababa de aparecer; creo que el hecho de que a veces fuera impulsiva fue algo entendible por su edad, pero que hizo que resaltara bastante lo leal que es. En cuanto a Richard, me gustó bastante su carácter, acorde con su pasado, pero me parece que el hecho de que decidiera ocultar las cosas lo que hizo fue entorpecer mucho más las cosas.
Un libro entretenido, con buena trama y de rápida lectura.
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