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Title: Wedded Bliss by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0-451-20859-5 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: I must have read a different book....
Comment: I didn't like this book. I can't believe I read the same book as others who reviewed it. I didn't find any humor in it. Adultery is not humorous. I throughly disliked Robert Rothmore, the Earl of Rockfort. What a selfish jerk. Alissa started out with some backbone and promptly lost it after she married the aforementioned jerk. Her sister Aminta was drab to the point of colorlesness. Rockfort's sister Eleanor and her Duke proved to be the most interesting couple in the book. Rockfort and Alissa had absolutely no chemistry. I couldn't make myself like them. He spends his nights with his fat Austrian princess who he doesn't even like rather than be home with his wife and children. Yuck. Who can like someone like that?
I like to read romance novels with characters who are likeable. I don't like to read about adultery, rape or other unpleasant things that are so prevalent in life today. I read these books to escape that kind of thing. Unfortunately I have noticed that these nasty kinds of things are being written into more and more so-called romance novels. They aren't romantic. I don't think I will be buying anymore Barbara Metzger books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb Regency-era Romance
Comment: Humorous and romantic, Ms. Metzger's latest Regency-era romance features strong-willed heroine, Alissa Henning, widowed wife of a duke's disinherited younger son. Alissa cares for her two young sons, her teenaged sister, Amy, and William, the young son of her absent neighbor, Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford after Rockford's estate manager ran off with the earl's spinster sister. In a bold move, Rockford, after visiting his abandoned estate, proposes marriage to Alissa if she will continue to look after his son William and his heir Hugo, in exchange for his providing for herself, Amy, and her two fatherless boys.
What begins as a marriage of convenience turns into much more when Alissa and her brood travel to London shortly after Robert abandons her for London on their wedding night. With the tumult caused by four young boys and their puppies, Rockford is forced to change his solitary lifestyle, as he admits Alissa and their combined brood into his life and his heart. A subplot involving a lecherous old nobleman questing after Alissa's sister Amy strengthens Robert's feelings for his newfound family in this enthralling stand-out historical romance.
Rating: 4
Summary: An earl desperately needs a mother for his sons.
Comment: He doesn't need another wife--he's already had two of those--but he needs someone trustworthy to care for his two neglected sons, and the widowed Mrs. Henning is ideal. But the situation is that she has made a powerful enemy, and the only way he can protect her is by making her his wife. In a marriage of convenience. And then he takes off for London to resume his diplomatic career and his demanding German princess of a mistress.
Alissa, however, is no meek miss to be taken for granted. Having been a true wife and mother before, she is determined to force her new husband to face up to his responsibilities. It isn't long before the neglectful earl comes home to find his beautiful London home invaded by four mischievous boys, their mongrel puppies, and an indignant wife who demands to know why their marriage has not been consummated. He got a mother for his children; on her side, she wants a daughter out of the deal.
While not one of the most entertaining stories I've read by Barbara Metzger, the story is full of humorous situations as Alissa and the earl are gradually drawn together in a true marriage that becomes the foundation of a strong family unit. No young miss could have exhibited the kind of determination and backbone that was necessary to accomplish the task. As a penniless widow with two children to provide for, Alissa was ideal for the job.
Nevertheless, it doesn't get five stars from me, because I felt the hero was a little too reluctant, at least in the beginning. And I agree with earlier reviewers that the adultery that is hinted at after their marriage tarnishes his character somewhat, even taking into consideration the status of the marriage at the time. Leaving her to go to London (and his mistress) on their wedding night is not something that can be quickly forgiven, especially when it left the heroine open to malicious gossip about the true nature of the marriage.
Perhaps it's because I'm used to the shorter Regency format, but it seems to me that this book would have been more effective with about 50 fewer pages. As it is, there seem to be too many scenes that don't necessarily advance the plot.
All in all, however, I find the time spent reading this book to be well spent. You won't regret it!
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