Review: A nice story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
Our heroine is to be forced to marry a man she doesn't wish to marry.  Her mother made the arrangement with a duke who has already been married twice.  The man is a sadist and enjoys toying with the women he marries, and both his previous wives were redheads like the heroine.Our girl has one encounter with the hero and decides the only way to avoid marriage to the duke is to disgrace herself with our hero, a man in trade.  He doesn't seduce her but instead offers marriage.  Off they go to Gretna Green.He has made it clear he is not interested in consumating their marriage.  He wants a wife to be his hostess and to run the household.  Also he doesn't want children, but finds their marriage getting complicated as his attraction to her grows.Of course she has had feelings for him from the beginning and doesn't care he isn't in her sphere.  So begins her attempt to make their marriage work.The villainous duke does make another appearance at the end.This was a pretty good read.  A few times I got tired of description, and something about the way the couple conversed with each other just didn't seem to ring true.  Overall it was interesting and I would recommend it.