Imagine his surprise when Clementine comes back to London after seven years and tells him she won't marry him.Īfter witnessing her parents' unhappy marriage and her mother's declining health from several failed pregnancies, Clementine has developed an aversion to the married state and is determined to avoid it.
When he marries Clementine, he would get an astounding amount money and the most fascinating girl in one single act - and he didn't even have to lift a finger to achieve it (save to sign the marriage contracts) - because she was his from the very beginning. This is an amazingly emotional story from dear Miss Marvelle, and my favourite, so far, in her School of Gallantry series.ĭerek Holcomb thought the world was his oyster. A most unusual courtship: And so dear Delilah Marvelle unveils the engrossing story of two people figuring out a relationship when they already engaged to each other and, in between, you get yearning, passion, pain, and heartbreak.
An interesting complication: But the heroine does not feel the same way about the hero and plans to abandon him at the altar.Ĥ. And, in those years, the hero has never looked at another woman and has saved himself and his heart for her.ģ. A unique arrangement: Then it is discovered that theirs is a pre-arranged marriage, but they would have to wait seven years for the heroine to come of age. Then he started talking to her, and fell even more in love with her. A hero who falls (head over heels) in love with the heroine first: Even before he knew her name or her circumstances, Derek saw Clementine walking into their house and was instantly smitten. Very few books have kept me past my bedtime. A few hours later, I was still reading and I ended up finishing Night of Pleasure in one sitting. When I started reading this book, I had planned to read just a few chapters, then put the book down to go to sleep. Enter your link below so we can visit your TBT: HR Edition post for the week! (Then go here to copy the Link code to your blogs.) Head over to Mary Buried Under Romance and Ki Pha of Doing Some Reading for their picks for Throwback Thursday.^_^įellow historical romance readers are welcome to join us. To find out more about Gaelen Foley and her books, click below: I've read other books by this author, including some books from her ongoing Inferno Club series - but I haven't been following her works too closely. Still, I did appreciate Foley's attempt at world building.
But I also remember being confused by the concept of a fictitious kingdom and the different set of rules in that kingdom - it didn't help my case that this is the last book in her Ascension Trilogy and I hadn't read the first two books. I also remember the reason why I got this book: I loved the idea of a lady masquerading as a highwayman. I remembered which bookstore I got this from.
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