Review: A FORCED MARRIAGE
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
Gil Truman the eldest son and heir to the Earl of Stanhope is forced to marry Rose Davenport. The Earl had got himself into a hole and the only way out was for Gil to marry Rose. Unfortunately Rose does not discover that Gil does not wish to be married to her until it's too late. She soon realises that after their disastrous attempts at intimacy.Gil deposits Rose at his northern estate and abandons her for five long years. Rose had been seventeen when they married, and just prior to that she had been seriously ill, she was thin and her skin had been red and splotchy. But in the five years she had regained her strength and beauty. Taking herself off to London she has decided that her errant husband and his philandering ways must stop, she wants a proper marriage. Rose attends a masked ball where she knows he will be a guest, fully intending to unmask herself and reveal her identity to him. Gil does dance with her, and he seems attracted to her, but when she removes her mask he doesn't recognise her. But worse he confides to her why he had to marry. Worse of all was that he had been in love with another. Rose knows then she cannot reveal to him who she really is.This is a very well written romance full of passion and emotion. It was difficult to take sides, both Gil and Rose had been wronged. The way forward for these two people is not easy there are hurt feelings on both sides. This is one of those stories that draws the reader in right from the first page.