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Best-selling author Catherine Palmer brings readers another stand-alone Regency-period romance in the vein of Jane Austen. When Ruel Chouteau returns home after his supposed death, he shocks everyone. They are even more surprised when he mock-proposes to a common housemaid as proof that no woman in her right mind would marry him. Anne Webster is no ordinary woman, and when she is shot through the leg, it appears that she will surely die. She decides to accept Ruels proposal so he will be obligated to save and provide for her family. Since he will have a year to mourn her death, Ruel will be spared the hounding from his family and the many families of single women in the community. But after the marriage on Annes deathbed, she surprises them all by returning to full health! Now Ruel and Anne must face a future they never expected!
About the Author
Catherine Palmer lives in Missouri with her husband, Tim, and sons Geoffrey and Andrei. She is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published nearly forty novels, many of them national bestsellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. Twice she has been nominated for the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Total sales of her novels number nearly two million copies.
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fast-paced one sitting historical, Oct 9 2006
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bachelors Bargain (Paperback)
In 1815 Devon, England, servant Anne Webster desperately hopes to sell the Honiton lace to her employer Alexander Chouteau, son of an earl, so that she can use the money to hire a barrister to represent her incarcerated father. His crime was supporting the Luddites who complained about working conditions before rioting. However after a prayer for help though she knows God is aware of her family's predicament, but before she can offer her wares, his long thought dead brother, the Marquess of Blackthorne and the actual heir to the earldom, has come home.Ruel Chouteau assumes no woman would marry an adventuress rogue like him but wants to keep the mothers from throwing their singles at him so he proposes to Anne to prove his worthlessness, but before she can respond she is accidentally shot and is apparently dying. On her death bed she accepts his offer thinking he would have to help her family as honor dictates he does. However, to their shock, Anne miraculously recovers forcing the duo to face marital survival as the tabloids look forward to much scandal from them.
The sequel to THE AFFECTIONATE ADVERSARY (the link being Society Tattler Miss Pickworth) is an intelligent Regency romance starring a strong support cast and two interesting obstinate lead protagonists. The story line is action-packed but driven by the lead pair as she needs his wealth and power to assist her father and her family while he sees her skill with silk as a means for his future. Fans will appreciate Catherine Palmer's fast-paced one sitting historical.
Harriet Klausner
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious!, Jan 16 2007
By Miss Courtadoo "imagineforever" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bachelors Bargain (Paperback)
This is a GREAT story about a marquee and a housemaid, and how they try to use each other without falling in love. Anne is a housemaid who gets caught up in marriage proposal from the spiteful and rakish Marquees Ruel. She has a lot of courage and spunk for a woman in the Regency time period, which I was pleased to see. Even lying on her sick bed, she can still cop an attitude. Later on in the story, I found it rather witty when Anne refused to sleep with him even after they were married and he started quoting the Songs of Solomon, trying to seduce her. I will agree with others that this book is written much better than the previous book in this series. Palmer did her research with this book, with great details about the lace industry and the Napoleonic wars. All in all, I thought this book was a great lighthearted afternoon read with a sweet ending.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book!, Nov 16 2006
By romancelvr - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bachelors Bargain (Paperback)
The Bachelor's Bargain was a great book. Who doesn't love a heroine with spunk and wit, and a hero who is an absolute "rake" (at least to the heroine) but somehow manages to capture the her heart? To the person who wondered if christians ever had sex, yes they obviously did. But do we really want to hear about it? If you want to read about sex read a harlequin romance etc. If you have no appreciation for higher reading which is great even without sex, well that is your own fault. The book was fabulous and kept me enthralled the entire time. It was historically correct and I was interested in hearing about the lace ban, which I was not aware of prior to reading this book. If you didn't enjoy the first book very much, which I didn't, try this one! It was a great read for those of us who love adventure just as much as romance. I'm so glad that Catherine Palmer's writing is improving so much that she is now good enough to include in the list of great Christian romance authors. It's a fabulous book from a fabulous author! Now go and read it!
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