num_pages: 254
description: WHY LOOK FOR THE IDEAL WIFE...Marriage is a serious matter according to wealthy businessman Gabriel Carr, not to be influenced by anything so frivolous as emotion--or the usually giddy female reaction to his striking good looks. Drawing up a list of the traits he requires in a bride is the first step; the second is asking his merchant tenants to introduce him to suitable young women. Lady Nola Grenvale, the first candidate, is far from ideal--especially when Gabriel learns that her interest in him has nothing to do with marriage, but with his Soho Square warehouse instead! WHEN TRUE LOVE HAS JUST ARRIVED?Nola's fondest dream is to create a bazaar where war widows might sell their handiwork, and Gabriel's warehouse is a perfect site for the enterprise. Yet the stubborn man--ridiculously handsome though he may be--refuses to lease it to her! Determined to prove that her scheme is sensible, Nola agrees to lend her aid to some of his other projects--and soon realizes that Gabriel's masculine appeal is not the only thing about him she admires. It's clear that that she fulfills none of his stated ideals, yet before long she yearns to offer the irresistible man the one thing he hasn't listed...her love.
language: English
title: The Ideal Bride
titlecomplete: The Ideal Bride (Zebra Regency Romance)
genres: Historical, British Literature, Humor, Romance, Regency, Regency Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
ratings_count: 74
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll
category: Best Traditional Regency Romance, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: First Book & Nominee for Regency Romance
publisher: Kensington Pub Corp