The French Count's Pregnant Bride

by Catherine Spencer

Diana Reeves's search to find her birth mother takes her to a French village, and into the employ of Anton, Comte de Valois.

It's not long before their shared passion leads to pregnancy and Anton insists on marrying Diana. But his intense desire to father a child causes Diana to question his motives for marriage….

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Harlequin Presents, Contemporary, Fiction, Ebooks

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

In the past, Catherine Spencer has been an English teacher which was the springboard for her writing career. Heathcliff, Rochester, Romeo and Rhett were all responsible for her love of brooding heroes! Catherine has had the lucky honour of being a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist and has been a guest speaker at both international and local conferences and was the only Canadian chosen to appear on the television special, Harlequin goes Prime Time.

Reviews

[Mattie]

It was ok, but I wouldn't want to re-read it.

The characters weren't bad, there was just miscommunication between them. He overheard a conversation and jumped to conclusiona and then operated on that belief. He wasn't cruel to her but he believed she was a reporter and so relationship didn't progress how it would have without that belief.

I'm unsure if they would have ended up together if she hadn't been pregnant, just because he didn't pursue anything in the weeks of waiting to see if she was pregnant, he barely even talked to her. Then once he knew she was pregnant, he was all about being married. P.

[Rebecca]

The story begins with the female character being told by her husband that he is leaving her for another woman. Deeply hurt by this Diana takes a long time to recover and during that time decides that she finally wants to find her birth mother, she was previously put off this by her adoptive mother's sensitivity to the subject and her husbands disapproval. She discovers that she was born in France and travels to the small village where she has discovered that her mother lived. Upon arriving she meets Anton, a French count, who is suspicious of Diana's reasons for being there. Anton's wife killed herself 3 years ago however at the time there was suspicions relating to Anton's involvement in her death, which caused a scandal and the press to swarm into the village.
Anton asks her to help out with tour guides on his estate, with the intention of keeping an eye on her. Diana thinks she has found her birth mother working on Anton's estate and tries to get to know her, causing Anton to be even more suspicious. Eventually passion ignites between the two and Diana gets pregnant. Anton insists on marriage but they both remain suspicious of each others reasons for getting married.

This is a very emotional book, and very well written. Both characters have trouble trusting and have demons that prevents them from admitting their feelings for one another. There is also a fantastic 'other woman' character who stirs up just the right amount of trouble between the two of them.

I have read other Catherine Spencer books and have always found that her writing is beautiful and her characters are always well developed with just the right amount of emotional baggage, and this book certainly doesn't disappoint.

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[Tia]

I originally read this novel in 2009 and did like it. It was one of my first harlequins. After reading it again, I still think it was a good read, however there are better ones out there. There was little to the story line and hardly any villain, except for maybe Sophie herself, who was just had a vicious tongue.

[Kobie]

I do love baby stories!

[Jacqueline J]

This was an okay quick read. Never really felt drawn in to the story.

[Kara]

I just didn't get all the hype I needed to whenever I read this kind of read.

[Desi]

Terminado de leer el 03/01/2010