"interesting regency romance"
In 1815 Lady Isabel Pelham and Lord Gerard Faulkner agree
on a marriage of convenience as friends in which they can
continue to pursue their "outside interests". She would
remain Markham's mistress and he would continue to dally
with Lady Sinclair, who carries his offspring. Months
later he learns from his nasty mother that his beloved
Emily died giving birth to his stillborn offspring.
Shocked as he loved the married Emily, Gerald flees
England. Four years later, Gerard returns to London no longer the
carefree youth who enjoyed scandal. Instead he is gloomy
and demanding. He informs his wife that he wants a real
marriage with her. Stunned Pel prefers her freedom though
his kisses are like none she ever tasted before. As
Gerard seduces his wife with rough sexual encounters, they
fall in love; but neither will hand the power of that
emotion to the other because trust outside of the bedroom
remains lacking in their relationship. This is a fresh and very interesting regency romance that
focuses on an older woman with a younger man scandalizing
society when they married and more so when they fall in
love. As a warning the hardball sex is graphic though
well written and a major segment of the relationship that
develops between this likable lead three dimensional (in
and out of the boudoir) couple involves exploring sex.
Sylvia Day spices up the sub-genre with her hot THE
STRANGER I MARRIED historical relationship drama. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 3, 2007
SummaryLady Pelham could not have designed a husband more suited
to her needs. The Marquess of Grayson is a dear and
enchanting friend and an unrepentant ladies' man. Their
union is solid; their hearts safe from one another. But
every marriage has its surprises...
THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS...
They are London's most scandalous couple. Isabel, Lady
Pelham, and Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Grayson, are well
matched in all things—their lusty appetites, constant
paramours, wicked wits, provocative reputations, and their
absolute refusal ever to ruin their marriage of convenience
by falling in love with one another. Isabel knows such a
charming rake will never appeal to her guarded heart, nor
will she sway his philandering one. It is a most agreeable
sham...until a shocking turn of events sends Gerard from her
side.
Now, four years later, Gerard has come home to Isabel. But
the carefree, boyish rogue who left has been replaced by a
brooding, powerful, irresistible man who is determined to
seduce his way into her affections. Gone is the
devil-may-care companion who shared her friendship and
nothing more, and in his place is temptation itself...a
husband who desires Isabel body and soul and who will stop
at nothing to win her love. No, this is not at all the man
she had married. But he is the man who might finally steal
her heart...
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