• Sandra Heath
• Historical Romance
• Regency

Handsome and wealthy, Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honor-bound to keep that vow. Proud and beautiful, Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but ma Handsome and wealthy, Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honor-bound to keep that vow.

Sandra Heath

Proud and beautiful, Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but made no secret of the ravishing woman who was his mistress. Louisa, too, was bowing to the wishes of her late brother, who wanted to rescue her from poverty and the peril of Captain Geoffrey Lawrence, the notorious rake who was in hot pursuit of her. Thus, these two were bound to marry—and bound to wonder what would happen. A proud beauty weds a handsome lord who promises her everything but love ALTAR-BOUND Handsome and wealthy Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honour-bound to keep that vow. Proud and beautiful Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but made no secret of the ravishing woman who was A proud beauty weds a handsome lord who promises her everything but love ALTAR-BOUND Handsome and wealthy Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honour-bound to keep that vow.

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Historical Romance

Proud and beautiful Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but made no secret of the ravishing woman who was his mistress. Louisa, too, was bowing to the wishes of her late brother, who wanted to rescue her from poverty and the peril of Captain Geoffrey Lawrence, the notorious rake who was in hot pursuit of her. Thus these two were bound to marry - and bound to wonder what would happen then A MATTER OF DUTY I really enjoyed the beginning of this story. Both the main characters were nice, sensible people. They were ready to enter in a marriage of convenience and making the best of it.

Although they marry because the hero has made a vow to Louisa's brother and she wants some security after being dismissed from the house she works in as a governess they find themselves pleased with each other and ready to develop warmer feelings to one another. However Louisa had been dismissed because the older brother of the girl she teached was pursuing her and his young stepmother was jealous (yes the stepmother was having an affair with the stepson). Looking for revenge the woman sends Louisa a gift pretending to be her stepson. This originates a huge misunderstanding between Louisa and her husband and everything goes bad after that. Louisa discovers her husband had a mistress and doesn't believe that it is over between them. And Christopher refuses to believe that Louisa did not accept gladly Captain Lawrence's advances.

The tension rises when all four meet for a regatta on the Island of Wight, it made for an interesting setting, and Louisa believes Christopher to be enamoured of Thea still and he still thinks she might have responded to Captain Lawrence's advances. It doesn't help that Thea is determined to get Christopher back and does everything to make Louisa jealous. Although I do like some conflict I thought this one went on for too long. If they had just talked to one another many a misunderstanding and harsh words could have been avoided.

Also the happy ending was a bit rushed as everything is solved in one final scene. I don't feel justified in providing my usual diplomatic review, so here is the breakdown: 1. Instead of one, there are two Big Misunderstanding tropes; one is credible, the other not.

Regency

My reading journey was fraught with frustration at the hero and the heroine. It is quite sad that the one character with any perspicacity is a secondary character - the hero's grandfather.

In fact, if it were for him pushing the heroine to declare her love at the end, there would be no HEA. And might I add this e I don't feel justified in providing my usual diplomatic review, so here is the breakdown: 1. Instead of one, there are two Big Misunderstanding tropes; one is credible, the other not.

My reading journey was fraught with frustration at the hero and the heroine. It is quite sad that the one character with any perspicacity is a secondary character - the hero's grandfather. In fact, if it were for him pushing the heroine to declare her love at the end, there would be no HEA. And might I add this end reconciliation happened near the absolute end? I simply would not recommend this to anyone. It would be a waste of your money - considering the possible shipping fees for this older book - and time. Given the scarce number of reviews up for this book, I felt compelled to voice my opinion on it.

The entire book is filled with unresolved misunderstandings which, unlike the usual Big Mis trope, was not resolved through communication because neither the hero nor the heroine believed what the other said. And faced with such a fact, what else can be done? Just okay Was expecting a good drama, a gut wrenching plot and see how H work hard to redeem himself after all this book on the list of 'Heroes who grovel and heroines that make them work hard for h forgiveness'. And after seeing solid 5 stars so here I am writing feeling unfulfilled. Our H is in love with OW but since he cannot marry her so he agreed to marry h, MOC.

The OW tries to win him back and h won't have it. Our H is not really a cheater both H/ h just try to make their union work based Just okay Was expecting a good drama, a gut wrenching plot and see how H work hard to redeem himself after all this book on the list of 'Heroes who grovel and heroines that make them work hard for h forgiveness'. And after seeing solid 5 stars so here I am writing feeling unfulfilled. Our H is in love with OW but since he cannot marry her so he agreed to marry h, MOC.

The OW tries to win him back and h won't have it. Our H is not really a cheater both H/ h just try to make their union work based on what they know about each other pasts. Again just okay.

Summary Handsome and wealthy, Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honor-bound to keep that vow. Proud and beautiful, Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but made no secret of the ravishing woman who was his mistress. Louisa, too, was bowing to the wishes of her late brother, who wanted to rescue her from poverty and the peril of Captain Geoffrey Lawrence, the notorious rake who was in hot pursuit of her. Thus, these two were bound to marry—and bound to wonder what would happen. Label A matter of duty Title A matter of duty Statement of responsibility Sandra Heath.

Language eng Summary Handsome and wealthy, Lord Christopher Highclare made it painfully clear why he was asking a virtual nobody like Miss Louisa Cherington to be his wife. He had made a promise to her dying brother to do so, and was honor-bound to keep that vow. Proud and beautiful, Louisa made it just as clear why she was accepting this man who not only made no pretence of loving her, but made no secret of the ravishing woman who was his mistress. Louisa, too, was bowing to the wishes of her late brother, who wanted to rescue her from poverty and the peril of Captain Geoffrey Lawrence, the notorious rake who was in hot pursuit of her. Thus, these two were bound to marry—and bound to wonder what would happen Index no index present LC call number PR6073.I4745 Literary form novels Nature of contents dictionaries. Label A matter of duty, Sandra Heath, (electronic resource eBook).

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