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Mourning the loss of her husband, who died in the Crimean War, beautiful Rebecca Cardwell enters into a marriage of convenience with her husband's best friend, only to discover that he has awakened her deepest passions.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Book description, May 13 2004

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This review is from: Tangled (Paperback)

Her beautiful eyes flashing with hate, Rebecca faced Lord David Tavistock. He had come back, wounded but still vibrantly, sensually alive, from the Crimean War. Julian Cardwell, her sweet, gentle bridegroom-and David's foster brother-had not. She blamed wild, reckless David for Julian's decision to enter the Queen's Guards, and for the devastating loss of her perfect young husband, whose memory even now broke her heart and filled her dreams.

His blue eyes shadowed by dark secrets, David had come to claim the woman he had always loved. All his life he had protected the charming Julian, hiding the truth from Rebecca about the women Julian dallied with, the child he had fathered, the scandalous way he died. Now David offered Rebecca a life of privilege and wealth-as his wife. She wanted a marriage of convenience, but he intended to awake her deepest passions, to make her forget Julian Cardwell...and to find in his bed all the ecstasy of a man's true love.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just too many words for the storyline., Feb 16 2004

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MaryGrace Meloche (Ontario, Canada.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tangled (Paperback)

To be kind, I will only say this book is tedious. Maybe the problem lies in the fact Mary Balogh had been successfully writing a string of Regency Romance Books, which run approximately 225 pages, unfortunately this endeavor is almost 400 pages. Although the story's idea is good, it is the extent the author took, to tell the story, that is the burden. This novel is a test of endurance for Balogh's reader.

David Tavistock grew up protecting his stepbrother, Julian. David loved him, shielded him, and covered for him. David Tavistock grew up loving their mutual childhood friend, Rebecca. Rebecca grew up and married Julian. David and Julian went off to war, only David returned. He returned and married his brother's widow, Rebecca. Their marriage became a marathon of guilt. In "Tangled," Balogh pens a story about two people who do not communicate and her story exposes the consequences.

The book's setting is Victorian England, an era engrossed in straitlaced thinking. Proper young ladies were taught that the marriage bed was a duty not a pleasure, and polite people were groomed to keep their uncomfortable concerns to themselves.

The opening of the novel is in the year of 1854. Balogh furnishes an uncommon Victorian setting, during and after the Crimean War. This is an area in which Mary Balogh shines, she presents history but presents it entertainingly. "Tangled" would have been an excellent novelette, but as a full-length project it is monotonous.

Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tangled is Wonderful, Jan 5 2002

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Stephanie Alvarado (Holt, MI) - See all my reviews

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i could not put this one down. The twists and turns were excellent. I can not see anyone not wanting to read this book.

YOU MUST READ IT
wonderful!

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