Review: A must read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
Charles Swinter is 80 years old, and his wife just recently passed away. He decides to take a trip to Thailand to find a new wife. He asks his friends Edward, George, and Thanongsak to take care of his house while he is gone, and watch out for his trouble making daughter and granddaughter.While in Thailand Charles meets a marriage broker named David, who sets him up with Noonie, a beautiful young woman. Charles extends his trip in hat he can get to know Noonie better.Edward worries that Charles has gone missing because no one has heard from him since he left for his trip. Edward decides to fly to Thailand to find Charles. Upon arrival in Thailand, Edward meets up with his two friends, Mark and Lek. They want to set Edward up with Noonie. However, Mark and Lek have never met Charles nor do they know that Noonie is dating him. Noonie and Edward hit it off instantly and start to have feelings for each other.The very next day, Charles proposes to Noonie. Noonie is fooled by David into thinking her family is in desperate need of money. She says yes to the proposal because she will get a good amount of money for marrying him.Edward goes to meet Charles at his hotel. Charles announces that he is getting married to Noonie. Edward is heartbroken and Noonie begins to second-guess her decision.I don't want to give away the whole story, but as you can see this book will have you sitting on the edge of your seat wondering who Noonie will end up with: young handsome Edward, or 80 year old rich Charles.  Will Noonie find out that David lied to her about her brother needing money just so he could seal the deal and get his percent of the dowry money from Charles?Overall, I really enjoyed reading The House of Charles Swinter. The author could use some work on dialogue / narrative though. At times when people were talking, I had trouble knowing who was saying what, and would get confused.