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I really enjoyed this story! I definitely love a book centered around revenge and a marriage of convenience.
The Marquess of Bourne lost everything he ever had except for his title when he was twenty one years old in a game of cards. Ten years later, after amassing quite the fortune, he is ready to take his revenge on the man responsible for his downfall even if it means marrying spinster Penelope Marbury, who held the key in getting his lands back.
Penelope is a twenty eight year old spinster hol ...more
The Marquess of Bourne lost everything he ever had except for his title when he was twenty one years old in a game of cards. Ten years later, after amassing quite the fortune, he is ready to take his revenge on the man responsible for his downfall even if it means marrying spinster Penelope Marbury, who held the key in getting his lands back.
Penelope is a twenty eight year old spinster hol ...more
Overall this was a good story. I say this because it kept me interested the entire time.
The Marquess of Borne is one of the most infuriating hero's that I have read about in a long time. Reading this story drove me crazy, because even though I was getting some of the story from his point of view it still was not doing enough to endear him to me. Even knowing his reasoning didn't do it for me, because of the way he interacted with Penelope. I could understand everything else that he did except f ...more
The Marquess of Borne is one of the most infuriating hero's that I have read about in a long time. Reading this story drove me crazy, because even though I was getting some of the story from his point of view it still was not doing enough to endear him to me. Even knowing his reasoning didn't do it for me, because of the way he interacted with Penelope. I could understand everything else that he did except f ...more
Romance novels have such dumb titles. It bugs me because it makes me not want to read them... I know, I know, don't judge a book by it's cover-erm-title. This was a surprisingly delightful bit of romance, though the title put me off. This was one of those, "I haven't read any historical trashy romance novels in a while and I want to, so I'll just grab the first one I get to on the shelf" type of novels. Sometimes when I'm in the library, I have these moods.
So, anyway. The book was really good. V ...more
So, anyway. The book was really good. V ...more
Sep 11, 2012
Kari
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May 05, 2015
Jennifer
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