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Title: Slightly Married by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0-440-24104-9 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Slightly Perfect
Comment: This is my first Mary Balogh and I was impressed. Ms. Balogh's portrayal of the duty-bound and honorable man in this book, Col. Aidan Bedwyn, was truly moving. My heart ached for Aidan's, whose mile-wide streak of honor makes him unable to declare his feelings easily. Misunderstanding pride for honor is proving a stumbling block to true happiness. The heroine, Eve, not daring to dream that it is possible for him to love her in return, was also believable and human (she even has a past!). Their happy ending was delightful.
I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 simply because, in my opinion, Aidan's quick acceptance of Eve's eccentric household, and vice versa, was done a bit too glibly. It seemed to this reader that Eve's home of 'lame ducks' was fraught with dynamic potential enough to fill another book. I am not sure if this plot twist was done to show the depths of Aidan's gallantry or Eve's, but it all seemed to go too smoothly and felt a little like a plot afterthought, of some sort.
...But I have it BAD for the Wulf, Duke of Bewcastle, Aidan's older brother, and was disappointed that the younger brother and sister are to have their stories told next. I was literally PINING for Wulf at the close of his scene in this book when Aidan, observes that his brother Wulf is "now a cold, lonely aristocrat." I can assure you all that this Little Red Riding Hood wouldn't leave that 'Wulf' out in the cold! Besides me, what kind of woman will Balogh decide is good enough for the arrogant, handsome, powerful Duke? I can hardly WAIT for Wulf's story to be told!
Rating: 5
Summary: More Than Slightly Brilliant
Comment: In this first installment of the story of the Bedwyn family, Mary Balogh takes a plot line that has been used hundreds of times before--the marriage of convenience--and somehow makes it seem fresh and new. This is the story of Colonel Lord Aidan Bedwyn, second son of the late Duke of Bewcastle and brother to the current Duke, whose devotion to duty and honor leads him to find love in a most unexpected place. On a dusty battlefield in France, he promises the dying Captain Percy Morris to do "whatever it takes" to protect the Captain's sister, Eve Morris. When Aidan takes the news of her brother's death to Eve, he discovers that she and her "lame ducks," a menagerie consisting of two orphaned children, an impoverished aunt, a lame dog, and a houseful of unusual servants that no one would else would hire, are about to be turned out onto the streets by Eve's slimy cousin, Cecil. In order to do "whatever it takes" to honor his vow to a dying man, Aidan persuades Eve to agree to a marriage of convenience to save her home and inheritance under a clause of her father's will. Eve feels that she has no choice but to accept Aidan's offer, despite the fact that she is in love with a neighbor who is in the diplomatic service and whom she has been expecting home "any day." What neither Aidan nor Eve can forsee is that, by marrying, Eve will inextricably become part of the Bedwyn clan, overseen by Aidan's brother, the imperious Duke of Bedwyn, and that Aidan will just as inextricably become part of Eve's menagerie of "lame ducks." This is a brilliant and beautifully written story of two very different people--different in temperment, station, and experience--who gradually come to know, appreciate and love each other. Like the talented artist that she is, Mary Balogh does not tell us who these characters are, she lets us discover them for outselves, through their words and their deeds. Aidan and Eve grow more beautiful to the reader with each passing page, just as they appear more and more beautiful and wonderful to each other as they reluctantly begin to fall in love. This novel is a work of great art and great heart, and I am eagerly awaiting the next two novels in the series. Bravo, Mary!
Rating: 1
Summary: If this is supposed to be romance....
Comment: I'm sorry, maybe I'm old fashioned, but I had no respect for Eve in this book. She let herself be used physically and emotionally by her first lover (who was a complete jerk) and then also by Aidan. I just couldn't root for her, or for Aidan either, who just did not tug at my heartstrings at all. I didn't find this book at all romantic and I hope Ms. Balogh doesn't screw up Wulfric's story the way she did this one.
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Title: Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0440241111 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0440236630 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Slightly Tempted by MARY BALOGH ISBN: 0440241065 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Slightly Sinful by MARY BALOGH ISBN: 0440236606 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: More than a Mistress by MARY BALOGH ISBN: 0440226015 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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