Header PromotionFrom Waif to His Wife by Lindsay Armstrong (HP 2712)
Back Cover:
A mousy music teacher, Maisie's hardly a seductive siren. But her lack of worldliness turns her life upside down, and, abandoned and alone, she knows she has to confront the man who deceived her….
Rafael Sanderson is rich, successful and a master of marriage avoidance. He's never seen Maisie before, but she seems to think she knows him. And even though it's his rule never to get involved, this time he's compelled to make this waif his wife!
My Review:
This was a creative story, haven't seen a pregnancy plot done this way before (she's pregnant by another man - his cousin who was angry at the hero and used his identity). I liked the friendship and tenderness that developed between the hero/heroine. I liked that it was naturally progressing and seemed to be enduring.
I would have preferred for them to have a passionate connection from the start, and have acted on it from the start though! Rationally I know that it was unique of the author to bind them together without sex, but I enjoy the bond that sex gives a couple and I would have found their marriage more believable on the grounds of intense passion than avoiding scandal (what hero really cares about gossip?).
I also would have liked to see one tiny scene at the beginning of this book removed: the hero has bored sex with his current mistress and then ambiguously leaves her (did he end it? I couldn't tell). This scene bugged me because he'd just met and been attracted to the heroine, kissed her, experienced feelings for her, and though he didn't owe the heroine anything by any means at that point, it still wasn't necessary to the book and just put doubt in my head. As I read the book, I kept wondering if he was still just as casually seeing his ambiguous mistress on the side. He doesn't owe the heroine fidelity YET because the H/h aren't having sex, but they are still having an emotional relationship if not a physical one and the heroine sure isn't seeing anyone else.
Rating: 3/5 stars, this was a unique story with sympathetic H/h, but I missed the bond of sex in this book.
It sounds interesting, but . . .
It sounds interesting, but the points you raise are valid and might cause the book to hit the wall.
I've had a few too many wallbangers lately. I will have to think carefully before I read this one.
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w-w-w, the book ain't bad,
w-w-w, the book ain't bad, it's just not a keeper for me. My reviews are about my tastes. But if you've been disappointed lately and you're looking for a read that won't disappoint, read a book off my keeper list...
http://community.eharlequin.com/content/janets-keeper-list-regularly-updated
About WALLBANGERS... *grin* I know people use that expression to refer to bad books, but someone once called a Blaze book a wall-banger because of wall sex. And now every time I hear that term I think of a little glorious wall sex... *wider grin*
I may have to change
I may have to change the expression I use. I prefer the visual of great sex against the wall to the splat sound the book makes when it hits the same wall.
The best I can say about a book I send flying is that it raised some emotion in me. Most books I suffer through and wonder why I wasted my money on them. :)
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I'm afraid I'm not very
I'm afraid I'm not very adventurous. In the few times that I've actually been UPSET with the book (usually on issues of fidelity), I'd rather have read a boring book than read a book that angered me!
I like books that provide strong emotional connections... I don't mind an occasional weepy emotional one... but is it wrong for my preference to be a flagrantly sensual kind of connection? *grin*
I like your style!
Janet,
I like the way you think.
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*evil grin* It's fun
*evil grin* It's fun to meet people who share my interests!