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Bride For A Night
Bride For A Night
Bride For A Night
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Bride For A Night

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New York Times bestselling author Rosemary Rogers returns with a breathtaking new novel of consuming passion and daring adventure…

After Talia Dobson is jilted at the altar, she endures another humiliation: a substitute groom! The elder brother of her runaway betrothed has taken matters into his own hands.

Shy Talia has long held a secret attraction for Gabriel Richardson, the handsome Earl of Ashcombe. But when she's wedded, bedded and dispatched alone to his country estate, the timid beauty discovers one night of passion has ignited a bold inner fire.

While his lovely green–eyed bride is out of sight, she is not far from Andrew's mind – and when Talia is abducted by French spies, the earl fears he may lose what he's only just found. Yet the wife he races to rescue is a far cry from the gentle bride he abandoned – she's a woman who dares to demand forever after from her husband!
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2012
ISBN9781460845585
Bride For A Night
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Rosemary Rogers

Bestselling author Rosemary Rogers, dubbed "The Queen of Historical Romance" by the New York Times Book Review, was born into a wealthy family in the colonial splendor of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Prone to daydreams and fantasies since childhood, she wrote her first novel at the age of eight, and throughout her teens penned passionately romantic epics in the style of her favourite writers. Rosemary began her writing career while working full-time as a secretary for the California Parks Department. A divorced mother of four, Rosemary was struggling to raise her children on a meager secretary's salary. During lunch hours and late at night after the children had fallen asleep, Rosemary put pen to paper, capturing the steamy romantic fantasy that played itself out so vividly in her imagination. A stickler for detail, Rosemary rewrote her first manuscript 23 times, toiling over the historical accuracies. Until the day her teenage daughter found the manuscript in a drawer, and encouraged her mother to send her novel off to a publishing house. The hours of revision paid off when the unsolicited, unagented manuscript was accepted immediately for publication. That novel, Sweet Savage Love, skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists, and became one of the most popular historical romances of all time. Throughout her career, Rosemary has written over 16 novels, sold millions upon millions of copies worldwide, and her novels have been translated into 11 languages. Rosemary makes her home in Connecticut.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Requested from NetGalleyOverall Rating 3.75Story Rating 4.00Character Rating 3.50NOTE: This was a fantastic historical romance. I was able to escape into the story for a few hours and that is always a good thing.What I Loved: This is one of the few times that the leading man was not whom I was rooting for---it was his bride. Talia was pretty much treated like property by her dad and then married off to Gabriel who immediately shipped her off to the country. However, she had a spirit and perseverance that made you want to root for her HEA. I am glad that Gabriel ended up proving to be a good match for her and more importantly, that he worked for it! It was a fun match to see!What I Liked: Hugo! He is Gabriel's best friend and total source of humor the whole entire story. I am kind of disappointed that Hugo's HEA won't be told in a story (not that I can see) because that would be fun to read.Complaints: NoneWhy I Gave it a 3.75: I found the story delightful to read!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This romance story tells the story of Talia Dobson who was forced to marry Earl of Ascombe; thereafter being despatched off to the countryside soon after their night of passion. Talia who has a timid personality changed with her newfound courage, was kidnapped by a vicar to France and Gabriel found himself surprised with her transformation. Through their journey to to escape from the kidnapper, both Talia and Gabriel learned the meaning of companionship and it was then that Gabriel admitted his feeling to Talia.Reading this book bought tears to me as it was rather sad to see how both of them struggle to understand each other's feeling and at the same time, the mixed feeling that they have for each other has threaten the newly found relationship. I like seeing how both of them readily sacrificed their life for each other and it never failed to give me the warmth feeling knowing that their love is sufficient to overcome all the odds obstacles that they are facing ;)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I thourghly enjoyed this book.Talia's father Silas Dobson's a selfmade rich man who wants to be someone in high society. Silas has spent a lot of money on his daughter to make a marriage but the ton does not accept her or her father.Harry is a gambler and heavy in debt the second son and Silas makes him an offer to marry his daughter and he will give him enough money for a house and small allowance for his daughter.Harry is a no show at his fancy wedding, he took the money and disappeared. Silas blackmails his older brother Lord Ashcombe to marry her. Gabriel marrys her in a quiet ceremony than after one night sends her to one of his homes in the country.Talia blossoms away from her overbearing father and husband. She cares about his servants and tenets. Tries to make life better for them. The vicar jack cares for her too and when she over hears about treason. Jack kidnapps her to france before she can tell anyone.The servants and tenets all look for her because they care and her husband back in London finds out she has been kidnapped and goes to rescue her.Thier is a lot of rescuing each other and by others kidnapping plots and more treason. It is a good story.I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    BRIDE FOR A NIGHT by Rosemary Rogers is an exciting historical romance with a twist set in Regency England. A wonderful story of love,romance,trust,sweet sensuality,forgiveness,spies,misunderstanding, intrigue,espionage,secrets,betrayal,danger,passion,hidden goals,finding happiness and peace.I enjoyed this story of Talia Dobson and Gabriel, the Earl of Ashcombe as they learn each other,and find their happiness together. Although,forced together by Talia’s father,who is dying,and a rich merchant,Talia and Gabriel learn to deal well together as they navigate the marriage waters and the dangers around them. Gabriel learns a truth about his brother,who was supposed to marry Talia,but instead Gabriel was forced to marry in his stead. A wonderful story of how two people can grow to love each other. “Bride For A Night” is a must for any historical,romance,espionage,readers. It is a fast paced,action paced story that will have you turning pages from beginning to end as you love some characters you will want to through some off a cliff.Received for review from Net Galley and the publisher. Details can be found at HQN and My Book Addiction Reviews.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Talia is into her third season when her father informs her he has found her a husband. He is a self made man who wants his daughter to marry someone with a title. Talia finds herself awkward around the ton, and much to her father's disappointment, hasn't snatched up a husband. He takes it upon himself to find one for her. Not the greatest father, he picks the worst type of fellow – a gambler. But on her wedding day this man disappears, leaving Talia embarrassed on the alter. Her father blackmails the runaway groom's older brother into taking his place and marrying Talia.Gabriel is an earl, and very pissed he is being forced into this marriage. He decides he will banish her to one of his country estates. Even though they end up having a passion filled wedding night together, he still sends her away from London. Talia finds herself flourishing in the country away from her overbearing father and cold husband. Her quiet life in the country is interrupted when she accidentally over hears the plans of some french spies. They discover her and she is kidnapped to France. When Gabriel discovers this, he takes it upon himself to rescue her.It doesn't take Gabriel long to realize he cares for Talia. Actually I was surprised how quickly his feelings turned. It took Talia longer to trust Gabriel and to express her feelings for him. But she isn't annoying about her stubbornness to trust him. It would also take me a while to trust someone who treated me the way Gabriel first treated Talia.I don't know how probable this story is with the French spies and all, but it was fun and not so over the top to be ridiculous. Overall – good characters, pleasant romance, and exciting plot. Not bad read at all.ARC provided by NetGalley.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Olivia is the shy & timid daughter of a very wealthy & very pushy merchant determined to see her married into the nobility. He arranges for her to marry, against her will, Jack, the younger brother of the Earl of Ashcombe but Jack takes her marriage settlement & runs off, leaving her at the altar & his older brother, Andrew to pick up the pieces. Andrew salvages the family honor by reluctantly marrying Olivia himself, all the while thinking she is every bit as mercenary as her father. The day after the wedding he has her sent off to his estate so he can forget she exists. But he can’t forget her. Before he can get to the estate, to try to get to know her better, Olivia is abducted by French spies. By the time Andrew catches up with her, Olivia is no longer quite so timid, or willing to be ordered around. She is done with being dragged hither and yon at the will of men and is standing up for herself.It’s a good plot, full or treason, spies, rescues that go awry and even the bad guys are not all that bad at heart. I enjoyed it a good deal.* disclaimer – I was given this book free from NetGalley in return for this review

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