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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781402210167
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1402210167
Label: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 01, 2007
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Studio: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Features:- ISBN13: 9781402210167
- Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Caroline Torrington is large, and she wears glasses. Beside the beauties of her day, she feels dowdy and unattractive. Since the death of her father the Vicar, she and her sisters have fallen on hard times.
Meanwhile, Lucas, Lord Foxhaven, a noted rake for his wild and reckless behavior, is once again in dispute with his father, who won’t give him his grandmama’s fortune unless he marries Caroline Torrington. Lucas and Caroline arrange a marriage of convenience and go off to London for the season.
Little does Caroline know that her voluptuous body is driving Lucas to distraction. Each time he pulls back, Caroline thinks that he is disgusted by her body.
In the midst of this deepening mutual attraction and misunderstanding, Caroline gets embroiled in a scandal and is kidnapped. Lucas comes to her rescue and in a dangerous escape they discover they are each other’s true love.
Average Rating: 
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The premise of this book and unusual heroine compelled me to buy it. The hero, however, is not all that likeable, particularly in the beginning. The author doesn't really convince me of why/how the hero fell in love with the heroine, though they have been friends since childhood. I agree with other reviewers that the hero's dark secret that keeps them apart is not such a big deal and is simply another device to keep the hero and heroine apart. Well written ending though.
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Although the hero has the hots for his "lusciously rounded" old-friend-turned-new-wife, he spends nearly the entire book trying to stay away from her. (While thinking lustful thoughts about her most of the time, and working on a charity project that he tells her nothing about, hiding this aspect of his life for no apparent reason.) This is stupid. And she, long-suffering martyr, tries to make him happy by staying out of his way, thereby getting into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd, racing ... Read More
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Miss Caroline (Caro) Torrington was nothing like the ideal svelte beauties of the day; in fact bespectacled and heavily endowed, she felt quite the opposite. Without a dowry how could any man find her in the least appealing? So when her childhood friend, as well as her secret love, Lucas Foxhaven suggested a marriage of convenience in order to have access to his inheritance which would also insure her younger sisters' future, she agreed.
Unknown to Caro, Foxhaven is anything but immune ... Read More
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Carolyn Torrington has sadly fallen on hard times. She desperately needs to find employment suitable for a genteel, well-read female in order to provide a home for her younger sisters after their father's death. Unless she finds something soon, they'll be homeless when the new vicar arrives. Her only other option is to accept Lucas Rivers, whose obvious resentment at being forced by his father to offer for her had been perfectly clear for over a year. She might not compare to other women, but she has the ... Read More
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I can't recommend this book to anyone who might be reading for prose style as well as plot. The author's style seems flat and forced to me. I have the impression that although she loves the regency era and wants to tell a story, she's not in love with language. In a regency, that's bad, because the regency was a period in which poetry, fine writing and eloquent speech were much admired.
The book could have used a talented editor's help -- it would have prevented such things as the scene in ... Read More
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