Review: The Wedding Bed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
Derek Jeffords, Lord Keating, with his mixed ancestry, is barely accepted in English society but he is rich and society tolerates him for that reason mainly. His name is frequently in the scandal sheets. He has an English woman, Calla Staunton, and her Hindu maid show up at the affair he is attending and announce to him that Calla has been bought for him as his wife. Derek remembers Calla from his childhood, the troublemaker. He goes along with the plans that have already have been set in motion and weds Calla. Calla has informed him that she will do her duty as his wife but to not expect love and that he would not light a fire in her, her "nature" was not of that bent. Calla views the marriage as a sacrifice for her family and remaining sisters at home; the money paid as her bride price will lessen the financial straits her family is experiencing. Derek accepts the challenge that he cannot stir her passion and rapidly proves her wrong.