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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780440244622 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0440244625 Label: Dell Manufacturer: Dell Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: June 24, 2008 Publisher: Dell Release Date: June 24, 2008 Studio: Dell Editorial Review: Product Description: In this classic tale, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh introduces a hero like no other: Miles Ripley, London’s most irresistible bachelor, who’s about to lose his heart to the last person he ever expected to love—his wife. When Abigail Gardiner knocks at the door of Miles Ripley, Earl of Severn, the last thing she expects is a marriage proposal. Desperate, she’d come to this charismatic stranger’s home to plead for her future. Instead she shocks them both by saying yes. Her impulsive decision will have consequences neither she nor her new husband can foresee. For Miles has his own reasons for marrying her. And Abigail is harboring a secret of her own. As distrust gives way to desire . . . as, together, they give in to the pleasures of the marriage bed, a devastating scandal threatens their future. Now these two wary hearts will risk ruin and disgrace for a love that has changed them both forever—the kind all seek, but few ever find. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DisappointedI think I started when Mary Balogh had crafted her skill. The first book I read by her was "A Summer to Remember." It left me eager to read more of the author's work. If "The Ideal Wife" would have been the first book I read by Balogh, I would have stopped and probably never read anymore of her work. Needless to say, I was very, very disappointed with this book. It wasn't as bad as "Web of Love," but it wasn't good, either. I was several chapters into the book, and I gasped, "HORRIBLE!" The ... Read More Rating:  - Good for what it isDon't understand all the negative reviews. It's pretty much a typical romance, quick read not much thinking involved. Rating:  - not idealThis is a boring book about an immature young lady who is a liar and a bland, bad in bed, dull hero. I got this book for free and its obvious why. Forget wasting you money, don't waste your time. Rating: - Balogh's Worst -- A real disappointmentI have every book by Mary Balogh. I wasn't interested in reading this book and it stayed on the tbr shelf for a while. I should have left it there. It was a huge disappointment. I couldn't even finish reading it. The characters have no substance. The plot was a sleeper. Balogh just didn't write it believable. The heroine talks so much (and during the love scenes too) that it becomes overwhelming. I just kept thinking "okay I understand that she is talkative, let's move on." Also ... Read More Rating: - not such a great idea...This came in a glossy new cover, and I ordered it from the library, but half way through I checked the publication date and saw that my suspicions were correct - it was originally written in 1991. I now also realize it's been padded because the original book was far shorter. I found both the characters and the situation very irritating. The Earl of Severn, all because he cannot say no to his mother, proposes to a woman who he has just met, having totally mistaken her character. And the annoying ... Read More |
