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The Perfect Wife
A young bride questions her new husband's true motives for marriage in this surprising novel of playful revenge and ravishing romance.
An outsider among Newport's debutantes, modest Anne Foster was the perfect choice to fulfil the desires of at least one man. But Henry Owen's intentions were far from honorable -- marriage was merely his last recourse to secure his inheritance. For a time it gave Anne a chance to dream -- until she was abandoned and discovered her first love's true motive... The perfect wife has devised the perfect revenge: become a jewel among her peers, draw her errant husband back into her arms -- and break his heart. Yet nothing is as simple as it seems...
An outsider among Newport's debutantes, modest Anne Foster was the perfect choice to fulfil the desires of at least one man. But Henry Owen's intentions were far from honorable -- marriage was merely his last recourse to secure his inheritance. For a time it gave Anne a chance to dream -- until she was abandoned and discovered her first love's true motive... The perfect wife has devised the perfect revenge: become a jewel among her peers, draw her errant husband back into her arms -- and break his heart. Yet nothing is as simple as it seems...
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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Jane Goodger
24 books285 followersI grew up in western Massachusetts and have lived most my adult life in New England. Thanks to my adventurous husband, I've also done brief stints in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Naples, Italy. Although I've written four contemporary romances under the name Jane Blackwood, my first love is historical romances set in Victorian times. I've written 17 of those with more on the way.
I have three kids, one a college grad, one in college, and one still in high school (who's a fantastic writer). I love the Red Sox and the New England Patriots. I work full time, have an editing business, and in my free time write like a fanatic.
Above the desk in my office is this sign: "And They All Lived Happily Ever After." It may not be reality, but it's real nice to think about...
I have three kids, one a college grad, one in college, and one still in high school (who's a fantastic writer). I love the Red Sox and the New England Patriots. I work full time, have an editing business, and in my free time write like a fanatic.
Above the desk in my office is this sign: "And They All Lived Happily Ever After." It may not be reality, but it's real nice to think about...
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August 10, 2022
This is one strange not-so-little book.
Interesting tropes, intriguing plot but a less than skillful execution (for a skillful author) with a dizzying amount of push-pull.
Still, a lot of dope for angst-lovers.
He already felt sorry for her and he hadn't even broken her heart yet.
A guy marries a gullible ‘fat’, plain girl as he needs to marry and then dumps her quite unceremoniously.
“a girl so lovestruck, she hadn't seen what was cruelly clear to every other person of consequence in Newport. Henry Owen had used her, coldly, brutally, and heartlessly.
The girl is so miserable that she loses oodles of weight and turns into this unrecognisable beauty, who egged on by her bestie plots revenge. The kinds best served hot - Make him fall for her and then dump him.
“The Plan." It was to be executed with finesse and subtlety.
*With Spoilers*
Interesting tropes, intriguing plot but a less than skillful execution (for a skillful author) with a dizzying amount of push-pull.
Still, a lot of dope for angst-lovers.
He already felt sorry for her and he hadn't even broken her heart yet.
A guy marries a gullible ‘fat’, plain girl as he needs to marry and then dumps her quite unceremoniously.
“a girl so lovestruck, she hadn't seen what was cruelly clear to every other person of consequence in Newport. Henry Owen had used her, coldly, brutally, and heartlessly.
The girl is so miserable that she loses oodles of weight and turns into this unrecognisable beauty, who egged on by her bestie plots revenge. The kinds best served hot - Make him fall for her and then dump him.
“The Plan." It was to be executed with finesse and subtlety.
*With Spoilers*
January 25, 2025
Newport, New England, 1893
Dangerously handsome and charming 27 year old Henry, needed to get married in order to access his inheritance.
His best friend told him "If you have to marry, marry an ugly girl. She'll be so grateful, she won't question why she's been abandoned. "
Henry thought of Anne. She was everything that Henry disliked in a woman. Blonde, blue-eyed, shy and plump. And not pleasingly so.
Conversation with her was tedious, and her constant giggling irritated him.
But he knew she was in love with him.
Anne was an 18 year old debutante. She was in love with Henry and he seemed to like her.
She couldn't figure out why, for when she looked in the mirror, she wanted to cry.
Henry asked her to marry him and during the engagement Anne found herself even more in love with him.
He was generous and a man of good humour.
Henry married Anne and abandoned her that same day, claiming an emergency.
Disappointed Anne returned to her parents home after the wedding.
Anne insisted to everyone that Henry loved her and he would return.
But as the weeks went by, the bewilderment and pain she suffered after his abandonment were nothing compared to the visit from Henry's lawyer.
Henry had filed for divorce.
He accepted blame and granted her a huge settlement.
A divorced woman was a ruined woman in those days.
Her parents informed her that she was no longer welcome under their roof.
Her mother told her that they had to assure their place in polite society, and she would be disinherited because it was expected by social norms.
Anne hid away in a town house in New York, living alone.
To have her family and friends discard her so callously, drove Anne into the depths of despair.
She dared not leave the house for fear that with one look people would know her shame.
Anne was suicidal. She tortured herself with memories of Henry and her, dancing and laughing, while he'd only been thinking of his inheritance.
She blamed and hated herself for thinking that a stupid fat girl would warrant the same dreams of other women.
Her depression had taken a toll. She lost a lot of weight and she was transformed into a beauty.
Slowly, she re-entered the world.
Two years after the wedding, it suddenly hit her.
She finally got angry at Henry.
And that was when she came up with the plan. Revenge!!!
Make Henry fall in love with her then publicly spurn him. She had nothing to lose.
It was the season again in Newport.
Anne entered the ball room.
He did not recognise her but he was certainly enamoured.
The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.....
Dangerously handsome and charming 27 year old Henry, needed to get married in order to access his inheritance.
His best friend told him "If you have to marry, marry an ugly girl. She'll be so grateful, she won't question why she's been abandoned. "
Henry thought of Anne. She was everything that Henry disliked in a woman. Blonde, blue-eyed, shy and plump. And not pleasingly so.
Conversation with her was tedious, and her constant giggling irritated him.
But he knew she was in love with him.
Anne was an 18 year old debutante. She was in love with Henry and he seemed to like her.
She couldn't figure out why, for when she looked in the mirror, she wanted to cry.
Henry asked her to marry him and during the engagement Anne found herself even more in love with him.
He was generous and a man of good humour.
Henry married Anne and abandoned her that same day, claiming an emergency.
Disappointed Anne returned to her parents home after the wedding.
Anne insisted to everyone that Henry loved her and he would return.
But as the weeks went by, the bewilderment and pain she suffered after his abandonment were nothing compared to the visit from Henry's lawyer.
Henry had filed for divorce.
He accepted blame and granted her a huge settlement.
A divorced woman was a ruined woman in those days.
Her parents informed her that she was no longer welcome under their roof.
Her mother told her that they had to assure their place in polite society, and she would be disinherited because it was expected by social norms.
Anne hid away in a town house in New York, living alone.
To have her family and friends discard her so callously, drove Anne into the depths of despair.
She dared not leave the house for fear that with one look people would know her shame.
Anne was suicidal. She tortured herself with memories of Henry and her, dancing and laughing, while he'd only been thinking of his inheritance.
She blamed and hated herself for thinking that a stupid fat girl would warrant the same dreams of other women.
Her depression had taken a toll. She lost a lot of weight and she was transformed into a beauty.
Slowly, she re-entered the world.
Two years after the wedding, it suddenly hit her.
She finally got angry at Henry.
And that was when she came up with the plan. Revenge!!!
Make Henry fall in love with her then publicly spurn him. She had nothing to lose.
It was the season again in Newport.
Anne entered the ball room.
He did not recognise her but he was certainly enamoured.
The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.....
July 27, 2016
A detailed review is in order this time.
Plot
Anne's got a revenge to take. And the man facing her ire is none other than her ex-husband.
Given that we're talking of the late nineteenth century America, a divorced lady was nothing but a pariah.
But the new, slimmer Anne is the new belle in town and she's planning to use her new-found good looks and confidence to ensnare her former husband Henry, and then reject him, thus returning her own dose of humiliation. But the game of seduction not only has Henry's but also Anne's heart in danger. So the question is: Will the two find their HEA?
My opinion.
There were a few things to like and a lot of things to dislike. But the overriding emotion was confusion. The constant back and forth in the relationship between the leads and the confusing amount of hesitation on the heroine's part was exasperating. The story kept trying but was unable to catch hold of a plot that was running away from it rapidly.
The leads and the supporting characters didn't appeal to me after a certain point. I was, in fact, irritated by the obnoxious amount of cruelty that they showed. Henry, the male lead, was despicable and no amount of apologies and hurt could raise him in my eyes. Marrying a woman just to get one's own objective and then divorcing her as soon as your work is done is unforgivable. Let alone that we're talking of a time when divorce used to be a shocking misdemeanor and the woman had to invariably face the brunt of it and get ridiculed and practically banished from the society.
So one would expect that their loyalty would firmly lie with the heroine. But miraculously, the heroine manages to make the reader detest her. As much as she's supposed to be the one with the steely backbone and strong personality, she isn't. A single look her at her ex has her cooing again. Straighten up woman! The corset can only fix your spine, not your character.
It really felt like a doomed romance.
Yet there are a few things to appreciate. The book has an authentic historical feel to it. Unlike the new age historical romances, the characters aren't so easily physically intimate.
There's also a shocking thing.
After wearing the corset, Anne had a 18 inch waist! I knew that corseted women tended to have smaller waists than modern women but isn't 18 inches a quite unnatural number for it?
Plot
Anne's got a revenge to take. And the man facing her ire is none other than her ex-husband.
Given that we're talking of the late nineteenth century America, a divorced lady was nothing but a pariah.
But the new, slimmer Anne is the new belle in town and she's planning to use her new-found good looks and confidence to ensnare her former husband Henry, and then reject him, thus returning her own dose of humiliation. But the game of seduction not only has Henry's but also Anne's heart in danger. So the question is: Will the two find their HEA?
My opinion.
There were a few things to like and a lot of things to dislike. But the overriding emotion was confusion. The constant back and forth in the relationship between the leads and the confusing amount of hesitation on the heroine's part was exasperating. The story kept trying but was unable to catch hold of a plot that was running away from it rapidly.
The leads and the supporting characters didn't appeal to me after a certain point. I was, in fact, irritated by the obnoxious amount of cruelty that they showed. Henry, the male lead, was despicable and no amount of apologies and hurt could raise him in my eyes. Marrying a woman just to get one's own objective and then divorcing her as soon as your work is done is unforgivable. Let alone that we're talking of a time when divorce used to be a shocking misdemeanor and the woman had to invariably face the brunt of it and get ridiculed and practically banished from the society.
So one would expect that their loyalty would firmly lie with the heroine. But miraculously, the heroine manages to make the reader detest her. As much as she's supposed to be the one with the steely backbone and strong personality, she isn't. A single look her at her ex has her cooing again. Straighten up woman! The corset can only fix your spine, not your character.
It really felt like a doomed romance.
Yet there are a few things to appreciate. The book has an authentic historical feel to it. Unlike the new age historical romances, the characters aren't so easily physically intimate.
There's also a shocking thing.
After wearing the corset, Anne had a 18 inch waist! I knew that corseted women tended to have smaller waists than modern women but isn't 18 inches a quite unnatural number for it?
February 15, 2016
DNF...
It has a very classic, yet very charming plot for my book taste. Unfortunately, I didn't like a bit story telling or progressing. I couldn't involve in the story, I didn't feel any emotions. There were lots of events and very poignant scene about heroine's ruining, yet I read it like a normal tea party, not any feeling kindled in me. I felt the same way with The Deal by Elle Kennedy.
Because of lack of emotions, I couldn't keep my interest about story and stop tormenting myself and quit reading.
It has a very classic, yet very charming plot for my book taste. Unfortunately, I didn't like a bit story telling or progressing. I couldn't involve in the story, I didn't feel any emotions. There were lots of events and very poignant scene about heroine's ruining, yet I read it like a normal tea party, not any feeling kindled in me. I felt the same way with The Deal by Elle Kennedy.
Because of lack of emotions, I couldn't keep my interest about story and stop tormenting myself and quit reading.
September 19, 2015
lemme help you to summarize this book :
the HERO
when she was fat n ugly :
i'll manipulate you, took an advantage of you, make you crazy n fall for me then i'll marry you and i'll divorced you in 1 month, leaving you devastated, betrayed, robbed and labeled as a bad wife bcoz the husband divorced you only a month after the wedding.
when she is slim n beautiful and witty w/new fake personality :
come here hot babe, you r soo beautiful, you took my breath away, i wanna be with you, do anything for you
asshole!
the Heroine :
when i was fat n ugly :
oh dear god, the handsome hot man is attracted to me! courting me and want to marry me! i will be his wife and the mother of his child! life is soo wonderful for me
when i was fat n ugly and he divorced me :
Damn him! what did i do to be treated like this? why he betrayed me? shamed me? leaving me? was that all i was to him?? just you wait for my revenge!
when i am slim, beautiful and fashionably attractive :
plan : Here i come to make you fall for me, then i'll break your fucking heart, exactly the same like you did mine. i'll make you suffering a heartbroken.
fact : oh, who cares if he was a jerk? who cares he left me devastated bfore? who cares when he saw me nothing but fat and ugly before? my legs are shaking and my body id shivering whnenevr he touch me. oh, the fuck with my revenge, the fuck with my pride and his scum cruel bastard act to me before. i am slim and and he wants me, i want him, halleluyaahh...
me : died you women!! just died!!! gahhhh.....
and they lived happily ever after.
so, please used this story as your reference to not getting hurt if there was aguy that used you when you were fat and ugly and manipulate you and robbed your money.
ma? even if that guy was brad fucking pitt on his golden era that hurt me and took advantage of me when i was fat and then when i bcome slim, sexy and hot, i'll swear to god, i will wore my sexist lingerie to shot him to death. there... an epic fucking romantic revenge. Hasta la vista beybeh
the HERO
when she was fat n ugly :
i'll manipulate you, took an advantage of you, make you crazy n fall for me then i'll marry you and i'll divorced you in 1 month, leaving you devastated, betrayed, robbed and labeled as a bad wife bcoz the husband divorced you only a month after the wedding.
when she is slim n beautiful and witty w/new fake personality :
come here hot babe, you r soo beautiful, you took my breath away, i wanna be with you, do anything for you
asshole!
the Heroine :
when i was fat n ugly :
oh dear god, the handsome hot man is attracted to me! courting me and want to marry me! i will be his wife and the mother of his child! life is soo wonderful for me
when i was fat n ugly and he divorced me :
Damn him! what did i do to be treated like this? why he betrayed me? shamed me? leaving me? was that all i was to him?? just you wait for my revenge!
when i am slim, beautiful and fashionably attractive :
plan : Here i come to make you fall for me, then i'll break your fucking heart, exactly the same like you did mine. i'll make you suffering a heartbroken.
fact : oh, who cares if he was a jerk? who cares he left me devastated bfore? who cares when he saw me nothing but fat and ugly before? my legs are shaking and my body id shivering whnenevr he touch me. oh, the fuck with my revenge, the fuck with my pride and his scum cruel bastard act to me before. i am slim and and he wants me, i want him, halleluyaahh...
me : died you women!! just died!!! gahhhh.....
and they lived happily ever after.
so, please used this story as your reference to not getting hurt if there was aguy that used you when you were fat and ugly and manipulate you and robbed your money.
ma? even if that guy was brad fucking pitt on his golden era that hurt me and took advantage of me when i was fat and then when i bcome slim, sexy and hot, i'll swear to god, i will wore my sexist lingerie to shot him to death. there... an epic fucking romantic revenge. Hasta la vista beybeh
March 22, 2010
I cannot believe I wasted several hours on such a stupid book. There was just too much going on. I can say the actual writing was competant and the author seems to have done her research. But.....
The scene: Newport, Rhode Island High society in the late 1890's. You have the stern grandfather who seems to be capriciously denying our hero (Henry) his inheritance. Henry is fixated on saving the family summer home, where he was happy with his long deceased parents. Only way to get the money is to marry. So he follows a friend's suggestion and proposes to the very fat and frumpy Anne, the current wallflower and laughingstock of Newport society. She falls for him, of course. They get married, he gets his money, deserts her and then, a month later, serves her with divorce papers. And that takes care of the first couple of chapters. Now we get the revenge plot. Anne loses a ton of weight and (with the help of her closest friend) decides to trick Henry into falling in love with her--get him to propose and then turn him down, hoping to break his heart as he broke hers. yada, yada and so on and so on. There was too much up and down to Anne's emotions, Henry's emotions until I just wanted to bash both of them over their heads. And then add in the bickering-based romance between his best friend and her best friend--yikes.
And we still haven't gotten to the dying grandfather and his journal where he confesses all. The granddad plot was the final straw.
This one goes right into the give-away bag.
Now get me my 2 hours back, please!
The scene: Newport, Rhode Island High society in the late 1890's. You have the stern grandfather who seems to be capriciously denying our hero (Henry) his inheritance. Henry is fixated on saving the family summer home, where he was happy with his long deceased parents. Only way to get the money is to marry. So he follows a friend's suggestion and proposes to the very fat and frumpy Anne, the current wallflower and laughingstock of Newport society. She falls for him, of course. They get married, he gets his money, deserts her and then, a month later, serves her with divorce papers. And that takes care of the first couple of chapters. Now we get the revenge plot. Anne loses a ton of weight and (with the help of her closest friend) decides to trick Henry into falling in love with her--get him to propose and then turn him down, hoping to break his heart as he broke hers. yada, yada and so on and so on. There was too much up and down to Anne's emotions, Henry's emotions until I just wanted to bash both of them over their heads. And then add in the bickering-based romance between his best friend and her best friend--yikes.
And we still haven't gotten to the dying grandfather and his journal where he confesses all. The granddad plot was the final straw.
This one goes right into the give-away bag.
Now get me my 2 hours back, please!
June 23, 2017
Okay I love Jane Goodger but this book was not my favorite. The H was a jerk, cruel, stupid, scumbag, lying bast#$d!!! So why three stars? I loved the h and her best friend. They rocked it. I liked hte cinderella aspect of it and I liked that she was going to believe in herself and spit in his face. I hated the hypocrisy of the age and that he got off scot free while she was destroyed, humiliated and ruined when all she did was fall in love with a loser, lying son of a... gun. I wished she had loved the other guy and I was sad that she still loved the SOB that was the supposed hero. Also her parents, OMG, they kicked her out because she had been divorced, gasp, by the guy who married her, dumped her the same day, got his inheritence and then divorced her a week later. All she did was fall in love. Her mother was just pure evil. I really hated the whole premise of their 'romance'. Bull stuff. He needed to be kicked to the curb and emasculated. Can you tell I hated the H? I did like the mystery of his Grandfather/Father and Mother drama. Cool stuff. Loved the ending to the mystery. Not so much the romance.
March 30, 2020
This book really put me through the wringer. I spent the first half in a hot rage at the injustice of the heroine's predicament. The middle period, perplexed and often irritated and then the final few chapters, bewilderingly pleased they ended up together. I still don't really know why.
* SPOILERS*
Henry Owen married plump Ann Foster simply so he could access his own inheritance before the age of 30and save his beloved childhood home. He knew Ann was plain and gullible and hero worshipped him and his best friend advised him to marry an ugly girl as she would be grateful and not cause a fuss when he then binned her off. I really did not see the second part of his scheme coming as I have read dozens of books where heroines are tricked into thinking the groom loves them when really they are cold and have ulterior motives. However, this is where The Perfect Wife is different. As soon as their vows are made, Henry returns her to her parents house and then disappears. Precisely one month later, poor Anne is served with DIVORCE PAPERS. That's right. Henry, having achieved his purpose, throws her to the wolves. Because this is turn of the century high society society, so it is Anne who is forced to pay the price and her reputation lies in tatters around her. Her parents throw her out. All of polite society cuts her and she is left to live all alone by herself while everyone spitefully speculates that she must have bought it all on herself. I could not BELIEVE this was happening. Worst of all, Henry is not even oblivious to the damage he has done. He is not arrogant or thoughtless or ignorant that society would turn on her like this. He feels guilty, knows he is a cur but rises above this to enjoy his status as a feted darling of the ballrooms, because, well because he can basically. With Ann shunned, it's not like she's going to be reminding him of the despicable thing he did to her, is it?
(NOTE - the writer really confused me by insisting Henry does have a conscience and is not some kind of sociopath. We are reminded that he vomited for days before his wedding at the idea of what he was about to do. Yes, we are told this. He feels nauseated at the idea of Ann Foster becoming his bride. I think it is supposed to go in his favour? Ugh.) I can honestly say that before this, I never really appreciated what a hero meant when he 'offered the protection of his name' to a heroine before when it came to these kind of books. Henry denies this protection of his name to Ann and she suffers big-time because of it. There is also a good deal of fat-shaming which is unpleasant to read.
The best thing about the book is the heroine's best friend Beatrice. It is Beatrice who flies in the face of popular opinion and keeps up her acquaintance with Ann. Accompanied by her Mother, they drag her from her sick bed where she has been incapacitated with depression, not eating and losing loads of weight. Together they formulate 'The Plan' for revenge. They will force Henry to fall in love with Ann again, as of course he will not recognise new improved skinny Ann who no longer wears her hair in banana curls (whatever the heck those are). Then Ann will kick his love in his loathsome face and get some self-worth.
Of course, it does not go entirely to plan. There are a lot of heart breaking scenes where Ann is treated horribly by society folk in glittering pavilions. Luckily some matrons of good breeding espouse her cause and she gets an entrée to sundry yacht parties and picnics and beach gatherings etc. etc. My stomach was in knots when she hears the nasty whispers that she will just get fat again and then be despised once more. Gawd this book! I hated it, but I could not put it down! I actually bellowed with rage at a couple of points and alarmed my poor dog! It's so well written too - I could really 'see' the ballrooms and the fashions and Beatrice and Ann. I should probably mention at this point that there is a really odd secondary story strand involving Henry's dead parents stories being told from his grandfather's deathbed. It's icky and dark and taboo and I really found it a very strange contrast to the main story and I rather dreaded those parts as it was just unpleasant to read.
Anyway, the third half of the book, I found my interest wavering as Ann became rather contrary and irritating. She kept kissing Henry and melting into a puddle of goo and then reminding herself that she was out for revenge damn it and blowing extremely hot and cold on him. Lots of pushing away and then flinging herself in his arms. It got on my nerves and if I was Beatrice I would have really had to have some sharp words with her. She keeps saying she loves him to everyone but him and then being all cold and proud with him, then crying herself to sleep. Like I said - tiresome.
Henry suffers a bit - not as much as he should, though. He does grovel and claims he will love her if she gets fat and wrinkled and is actually quite sweet in the last part. I feel like Anne should have stuck to the revenge plan and THEN Henry should have chased her down and begged her and grovelled. That was what I wanted and what I didn't get. However, they did make a sweet couple at the end. I was confused that I could even accept their re-marriage considering my white hot hatred for all things Henry in the first half. My feelings just fell off really in the second half though. I lost my convictions and even skim read a bit as I lost my taste for it.
I have to admit though, there was no way in Hades I would not have finished it! I would read something else by this author for sure.
* SPOILERS*
Henry Owen married plump Ann Foster simply so he could access his own inheritance before the age of 30and save his beloved childhood home. He knew Ann was plain and gullible and hero worshipped him and his best friend advised him to marry an ugly girl as she would be grateful and not cause a fuss when he then binned her off. I really did not see the second part of his scheme coming as I have read dozens of books where heroines are tricked into thinking the groom loves them when really they are cold and have ulterior motives. However, this is where The Perfect Wife is different. As soon as their vows are made, Henry returns her to her parents house and then disappears. Precisely one month later, poor Anne is served with DIVORCE PAPERS. That's right. Henry, having achieved his purpose, throws her to the wolves. Because this is turn of the century high society society, so it is Anne who is forced to pay the price and her reputation lies in tatters around her. Her parents throw her out. All of polite society cuts her and she is left to live all alone by herself while everyone spitefully speculates that she must have bought it all on herself. I could not BELIEVE this was happening. Worst of all, Henry is not even oblivious to the damage he has done. He is not arrogant or thoughtless or ignorant that society would turn on her like this. He feels guilty, knows he is a cur but rises above this to enjoy his status as a feted darling of the ballrooms, because, well because he can basically. With Ann shunned, it's not like she's going to be reminding him of the despicable thing he did to her, is it?
(NOTE - the writer really confused me by insisting Henry does have a conscience and is not some kind of sociopath. We are reminded that he vomited for days before his wedding at the idea of what he was about to do. Yes, we are told this. He feels nauseated at the idea of Ann Foster becoming his bride. I think it is supposed to go in his favour? Ugh.) I can honestly say that before this, I never really appreciated what a hero meant when he 'offered the protection of his name' to a heroine before when it came to these kind of books. Henry denies this protection of his name to Ann and she suffers big-time because of it. There is also a good deal of fat-shaming which is unpleasant to read.
The best thing about the book is the heroine's best friend Beatrice. It is Beatrice who flies in the face of popular opinion and keeps up her acquaintance with Ann. Accompanied by her Mother, they drag her from her sick bed where she has been incapacitated with depression, not eating and losing loads of weight. Together they formulate 'The Plan' for revenge. They will force Henry to fall in love with Ann again, as of course he will not recognise new improved skinny Ann who no longer wears her hair in banana curls (whatever the heck those are). Then Ann will kick his love in his loathsome face and get some self-worth.
Of course, it does not go entirely to plan. There are a lot of heart breaking scenes where Ann is treated horribly by society folk in glittering pavilions. Luckily some matrons of good breeding espouse her cause and she gets an entrée to sundry yacht parties and picnics and beach gatherings etc. etc. My stomach was in knots when she hears the nasty whispers that she will just get fat again and then be despised once more. Gawd this book! I hated it, but I could not put it down! I actually bellowed with rage at a couple of points and alarmed my poor dog! It's so well written too - I could really 'see' the ballrooms and the fashions and Beatrice and Ann. I should probably mention at this point that there is a really odd secondary story strand involving Henry's dead parents stories being told from his grandfather's deathbed. It's icky and dark and taboo and I really found it a very strange contrast to the main story and I rather dreaded those parts as it was just unpleasant to read.
Anyway, the third half of the book, I found my interest wavering as Ann became rather contrary and irritating. She kept kissing Henry and melting into a puddle of goo and then reminding herself that she was out for revenge damn it and blowing extremely hot and cold on him. Lots of pushing away and then flinging herself in his arms. It got on my nerves and if I was Beatrice I would have really had to have some sharp words with her. She keeps saying she loves him to everyone but him and then being all cold and proud with him, then crying herself to sleep. Like I said - tiresome.
Henry suffers a bit - not as much as he should, though. He does grovel and claims he will love her if she gets fat and wrinkled and is actually quite sweet in the last part. I feel like Anne should have stuck to the revenge plan and THEN Henry should have chased her down and begged her and grovelled. That was what I wanted and what I didn't get. However, they did make a sweet couple at the end. I was confused that I could even accept their re-marriage considering my white hot hatred for all things Henry in the first half. My feelings just fell off really in the second half though. I lost my convictions and even skim read a bit as I lost my taste for it.
I have to admit though, there was no way in Hades I would not have finished it! I would read something else by this author for sure.
December 27, 2021
2 stars for the h
H was stupid and an asshole.
H was stupid and an asshole.
September 26, 2013
This one is bad. I like the premise of the story but am very disappointed with how things pan out. The whole problem is the development of the plot and characters.
I cannot like the H at all given what he had done to the h, he hasn't lost any sleep over ruining her life and all of a sudden he fell for her because she looks different (she probably acts different too but too much emphasis is put on her appearance) that just makes him way shallow and fickle. The reason he did what he did is also very horrible in my book as it is told from another's pov the deeper reason why and he himself doesn't realise it or explain it well. And this set the tone of the whole book, a lot of things I sense that with some to the point writing should be great but there's a sense that always there's something meaningful left unsaid or not told in a way that helps.
The h is also tstl. Seriously she wavers whenever the H so much as touches her. He ruined your life, make your a pariah! Get a backbone make him grovel before you take him back! Hurrumph. She also is silky (with her revenge plot) childish (spent hours practicing how to flirt and smile?!seriously?) the majority of her time she is confused and doesn't know what she wants or was doing (which just make her even more stupid). She certainly changed for the worse in my book with her fake looks and shallow concentration on her looks. And there is a line where it is said that he likes her flirtatious way...seriously??? When before she is sweet and witty??? Argh! And then she changes her tune at the weirdest time, succumbing when it doesn't make sense and refusing when again it doesn't make sense, at least to me.
I have no idea what the granddad's journal is doing between the pages, the story is sordid and heinous and it could have been dealt with in a letter at the end in a few paragraphs as it didn't help the plot and there is no reconciliation, plus the H doesn't give a fig anyways. Also think he is way stupid not to try for reconciliation after parents are dead. He deserves what he gets in my book and what he doesn't deserve is so much coverage in the book considering the H doesn't care a wit for him at all and there no mending fences anyhow, so what's the bloody point wasting my time, I ask?
I will feel much better if the first marriage is dealt with differently like he actually is attracted to her personality and am remorseful of what he had done afterwards (there's some mention, but again nothing deep, just a passing thought and forgotten in second), but no he didn't feel bad at all for making her a social outcast, excuses by convincing himself she is doing well with his money and didn't even feel all that remorseful (no stricken look or deep grief at causing her so much pain) when he found out she lost not just her social life, her friends but her family as well. I also will feel much better if she makes him work for it second time around but alas nope she just is pathetic. Except for that initial asking of the matron's help, he doesn't need to do a thing except to maul at her and proclaim her beautiful to have her come running back to him. Seriously! There is no meaningful conversation between them and I don't know why either is in love comsidering they don't do much but make shallow conversation and lust after each other most times they interact. And by end of the book, the grand gesture to persuade the h is just not relevant to what the whole issue is anyways (which is he's a shallow arse and will dump her when she gains her first 10 pounds with her first baby, so I don't know why she said yes and I don't see how they can stay together long for reals.
A lot of emphasis is also put on the society they live in which again is super shallow and cruel and by the end of the book I would have felt better if there is some impact made on this or if the H had done something about the whole situation to put a stop to this but again nope they just continued living in that stupid and disgusting world right afterwards even though neither cared for it.
The fact that both h and H have no strong ties to their family just make them even more unlikable, making them cold and self centered (yes their families are arses but they just never give a thought to it so it just seems way too callous, again nothing has been adressed regarding either family and things are just the way they are so again, I feel extremely annoyed by what I perceived as both H/h just lay down and got stepped on and kicked at by everyone.
All in all, like another reader had said, cannot believe this is written by the same author that has written some really great romance.
I cannot like the H at all given what he had done to the h, he hasn't lost any sleep over ruining her life and all of a sudden he fell for her because she looks different (she probably acts different too but too much emphasis is put on her appearance) that just makes him way shallow and fickle. The reason he did what he did is also very horrible in my book as it is told from another's pov the deeper reason why and he himself doesn't realise it or explain it well. And this set the tone of the whole book, a lot of things I sense that with some to the point writing should be great but there's a sense that always there's something meaningful left unsaid or not told in a way that helps.
The h is also tstl. Seriously she wavers whenever the H so much as touches her. He ruined your life, make your a pariah! Get a backbone make him grovel before you take him back! Hurrumph. She also is silky (with her revenge plot) childish (spent hours practicing how to flirt and smile?!seriously?) the majority of her time she is confused and doesn't know what she wants or was doing (which just make her even more stupid). She certainly changed for the worse in my book with her fake looks and shallow concentration on her looks. And there is a line where it is said that he likes her flirtatious way...seriously??? When before she is sweet and witty??? Argh! And then she changes her tune at the weirdest time, succumbing when it doesn't make sense and refusing when again it doesn't make sense, at least to me.
I have no idea what the granddad's journal is doing between the pages, the story is sordid and heinous and it could have been dealt with in a letter at the end in a few paragraphs as it didn't help the plot and there is no reconciliation, plus the H doesn't give a fig anyways. Also think he is way stupid not to try for reconciliation after parents are dead. He deserves what he gets in my book and what he doesn't deserve is so much coverage in the book considering the H doesn't care a wit for him at all and there no mending fences anyhow, so what's the bloody point wasting my time, I ask?
I will feel much better if the first marriage is dealt with differently like he actually is attracted to her personality and am remorseful of what he had done afterwards (there's some mention, but again nothing deep, just a passing thought and forgotten in second), but no he didn't feel bad at all for making her a social outcast, excuses by convincing himself she is doing well with his money and didn't even feel all that remorseful (no stricken look or deep grief at causing her so much pain) when he found out she lost not just her social life, her friends but her family as well. I also will feel much better if she makes him work for it second time around but alas nope she just is pathetic. Except for that initial asking of the matron's help, he doesn't need to do a thing except to maul at her and proclaim her beautiful to have her come running back to him. Seriously! There is no meaningful conversation between them and I don't know why either is in love comsidering they don't do much but make shallow conversation and lust after each other most times they interact. And by end of the book, the grand gesture to persuade the h is just not relevant to what the whole issue is anyways (which is he's a shallow arse and will dump her when she gains her first 10 pounds with her first baby, so I don't know why she said yes and I don't see how they can stay together long for reals.
A lot of emphasis is also put on the society they live in which again is super shallow and cruel and by the end of the book I would have felt better if there is some impact made on this or if the H had done something about the whole situation to put a stop to this but again nope they just continued living in that stupid and disgusting world right afterwards even though neither cared for it.
The fact that both h and H have no strong ties to their family just make them even more unlikable, making them cold and self centered (yes their families are arses but they just never give a thought to it so it just seems way too callous, again nothing has been adressed regarding either family and things are just the way they are so again, I feel extremely annoyed by what I perceived as both H/h just lay down and got stepped on and kicked at by everyone.
All in all, like another reader had said, cannot believe this is written by the same author that has written some really great romance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2010
I really enjoyed this book. I thought that it was a very nicely done second chance romance.
Henry (H) just has to have his childhood home called Sea Cliff. His grandfather wont turn it over to him until he comes of age however the house is in desprate need of repair and is about to be washed away so Henry is also very desprate to have it. The only way for him to recieve it before he comes into his inheritance is for him to wed right away. An off chance remark from a friend has him thinking that he needed to pick an ugly/plain girl who would jump at the chance to marry him.
Anne (h) is a plain and over weight girl, the youngest and only over weight one in her family. She never really felt loved or that she really belong in her family or in the society that she lived.
It was plain for anyone to see that Anne had a major crush on Henry and when he started to pay her all kinds of attention she was thrilled. Everyone else though had their doubts and tried to give her plenty of warnings (sometimes not so nicely either). However when Henry proposed to Anne everyone close to her thought they must have been wrong. Anne was so happy, the most she had ever been and could just picture being a wife and mother.
When Henry goes through with his plan and leaves her that very night and then later divorces her he leaves her ruined. Her family throughs her out and she goes through a horrible depression. Through this depression she loses wieght and is totaly transformed into an unrecognizable beauty.(not really all that far fetched, I've seen "The Biggest Loser" . With the help of her best friend Anne comes up with a plan of her won to get back at Henry for ruining her life.
All in all it was a great story.
Henry (H) just has to have his childhood home called Sea Cliff. His grandfather wont turn it over to him until he comes of age however the house is in desprate need of repair and is about to be washed away so Henry is also very desprate to have it. The only way for him to recieve it before he comes into his inheritance is for him to wed right away. An off chance remark from a friend has him thinking that he needed to pick an ugly/plain girl who would jump at the chance to marry him.
Anne (h) is a plain and over weight girl, the youngest and only over weight one in her family. She never really felt loved or that she really belong in her family or in the society that she lived.
It was plain for anyone to see that Anne had a major crush on Henry and when he started to pay her all kinds of attention she was thrilled. Everyone else though had their doubts and tried to give her plenty of warnings (sometimes not so nicely either). However when Henry proposed to Anne everyone close to her thought they must have been wrong. Anne was so happy, the most she had ever been and could just picture being a wife and mother.
When Henry goes through with his plan and leaves her that very night and then later divorces her he leaves her ruined. Her family throughs her out and she goes through a horrible depression. Through this depression she loses wieght and is totaly transformed into an unrecognizable beauty.(not really all that far fetched, I've seen "The Biggest Loser" . With the help of her best friend Anne comes up with a plan of her won to get back at Henry for ruining her life.
All in all it was a great story.
January 15, 2018
1.5 out of 5.
I wasn't convinced that the hero truly loved her for her and not her looks.
I wasn't convinced that the hero truly loved her for her and not her looks.
December 10, 2010
See, I'm supposed to be painting, and yet, here I am reviewing this book instead lol
Alrighty lemme just jump right in:
What worked for me:
*Unrequited love plus a revenge plot = epic win in my book
*It was set in the states, and on the east coast, which is a refreshing change for a historical novel
*It. was. angsty. as. faaak. *falls over*
*The writing itself is beautifully done. Rich without being flowery, deep without being dragging. Even when I didn't necessarily agree with where the plotline was going, I was glued to this book.
*The push and pull between our hero and heroine, who desperately didn't want to fall in love with each other but couldn't help but do so. The fact that they both felt guilty about what they'd done/were doing to the other, and the fact that they HAD developed a friendship before they got married in the beginning was lovely.
What didn't work for me:
*Plus size heroine loses all the weight and becomes incredibly hot before she gets her man. Bah. Once, JUST ONCE, I'd like to read a book where the hero is initially turned off by the fat chick only to fall in love with her despite her physical appearance not being what he's normally attracted to. Anybody know of a book like that? Bueller? Bueller? Anybody? Bueller?
*The twist with the grandfather -- I really think that WHOLE subplot could've been left out without hurting the story, and it would've shortened it quite a bit.
*I admit, I'm stuck on the divorce. Especially since in those days, divorcing a woman was as good as proclaiming her a harlot and stitching a big fat A on her bodice -- there is no way that he didn't know that divorcing her would hurt her worse than a marriage of convenience. Srsly, this book makes me wish I wrote fanfiction so that I could change the plot so that they never divorced, but that he merely abandoned her or disillusioned her or hell, fell for her chubby arse shortly after marrying her. Or something lol
And yet, despite those things, it was a really fanfrickintastic book. There was just enough comedy to keep things from getting too heavy, and just enough immaturity and angst amongst the main characters to keep me reading.
I'm gonna say 4 1/2 Stars (it'd be five, but dangit just once I want the fat chick to get her man while she's still fat lol)
Alrighty lemme just jump right in:
What worked for me:
*Unrequited love plus a revenge plot = epic win in my book
*It was set in the states, and on the east coast, which is a refreshing change for a historical novel
*It. was. angsty. as. faaak. *falls over*
*The writing itself is beautifully done. Rich without being flowery, deep without being dragging. Even when I didn't necessarily agree with where the plotline was going, I was glued to this book.
*The push and pull between our hero and heroine, who desperately didn't want to fall in love with each other but couldn't help but do so. The fact that they both felt guilty about what they'd done/were doing to the other, and the fact that they HAD developed a friendship before they got married in the beginning was lovely.
What didn't work for me:
*Plus size heroine loses all the weight and becomes incredibly hot before she gets her man. Bah. Once, JUST ONCE, I'd like to read a book where the hero is initially turned off by the fat chick only to fall in love with her despite her physical appearance not being what he's normally attracted to. Anybody know of a book like that? Bueller? Bueller? Anybody? Bueller?
*The twist with the grandfather -- I really think that WHOLE subplot could've been left out without hurting the story, and it would've shortened it quite a bit.
*I admit, I'm stuck on the divorce. Especially since in those days, divorcing a woman was as good as proclaiming her a harlot and stitching a big fat A on her bodice -- there is no way that he didn't know that divorcing her would hurt her worse than a marriage of convenience. Srsly, this book makes me wish I wrote fanfiction so that I could change the plot so that they never divorced, but that he merely abandoned her or disillusioned her or hell, fell for her chubby arse shortly after marrying her. Or something lol
And yet, despite those things, it was a really fanfrickintastic book. There was just enough comedy to keep things from getting too heavy, and just enough immaturity and angst amongst the main characters to keep me reading.
I'm gonna say 4 1/2 Stars (it'd be five, but dangit just once I want the fat chick to get her man while she's still fat lol)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 16, 2015
The 2.5 stars are for the writing, which is actually ok, but the story... oh! I just skipped so many pages!
I didn't care about the hero or the heroine. Her, I could understand sometimes. But he was not believable. He was portrayed as a good man, but that didn't go with the way he treated the heroine at the beginning. What sort of a good guy marries a girl just because she's "ugly" and he thinks she'll not make a fuss when he dumps her? It doesn't matter that he feels bad about it, he still does it, knowing he'll not only break her heart, but that he'll ruin her socially. And the reason why he does it... just not good enough. I don't care how obsessed he was with the damn house, but to destroy the life of a girl for a selfish stupid reason... Still, he was a good man in every other aspect of his life! I'm not buying this character. In fact, both of them seemed to act strangely out of character at times just for the plot. The plot that was so convoluted after a while that I lost interest. And the Greek tragedy that was his grandfather's story... that really was too much!
I didn't care about the hero or the heroine. Her, I could understand sometimes. But he was not believable. He was portrayed as a good man, but that didn't go with the way he treated the heroine at the beginning. What sort of a good guy marries a girl just because she's "ugly" and he thinks she'll not make a fuss when he dumps her? It doesn't matter that he feels bad about it, he still does it, knowing he'll not only break her heart, but that he'll ruin her socially. And the reason why he does it... just not good enough. I don't care how obsessed he was with the damn house, but to destroy the life of a girl for a selfish stupid reason... Still, he was a good man in every other aspect of his life! I'm not buying this character. In fact, both of them seemed to act strangely out of character at times just for the plot. The plot that was so convoluted after a while that I lost interest. And the Greek tragedy that was his grandfather's story... that really was too much!
December 14, 2016
The premise of this book intrigued me and the author didn't disappoint. Hands down, one of the most emotional and poignant books I have read in a very long time. In spite of the fact that at times I found it to be monotonous, I loved it for all the times it brought tears to my eyes. Without hesitation I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical novels set in the late 19th century America (in this case in Newport, Rhode Island).
August 19, 2012
I hated the hero from the very beginning. I also did not have any sympathy for the main heroine. The plot was weak and I struggled to finish the book. Can't believe this is the same author who wrote such a great time-travel story...
September 8, 2016
Ugly duckling to swan story. The author did a good job of conveying sense of place, history and people. The secondary characters were well developed.
June 27, 2022
A 5-star read after such a long time.
This is one of those books that puts a smile on your face when you are done reading.
So happy to have found this author again.
This is one of those books that puts a smile on your face when you are done reading.
So happy to have found this author again.
September 9, 2009
I loved this book. At first I thought how in the world am I ever going to like Henry. Not only did I fall for Henry but also I adored Alex and Beatrice (and of course Anne). It was such a fresh plot for me. One that I can relate to a bit. It is nice to see a book that does not have to have a petite Miss to get you to keep reading the book. This was my first book by Mrs. Goodger and I can't wait to find more of hers. If her other books are even close to being this good than her books are what I would call "Sinful Treats". If you have not read this book I strongly urge you to give it a try. I'm positive you will love it!
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November 9, 2017I added this to my to-read shelf initially because I thought it would be a nice, angsty BBW read, but turns out the heroine has to get skinny in order for the hero to love her. No thanks.
June 22, 2020
OMG that book was so bad!!
I don't even know where to start... Ok the beginning then: The guy, Henry was NOT impoverished but he needed to marry to get his full inheritance. Why was that urgent? Because there was an ugly little cottage, Sea Cliff, that he was obsessing over and wanted to renovate but his evil grandpa wouldn't let him. So he decided to marry an ugly and fat girl to fulfill the condition and get his hands on Sea Cliff.
Now why would he tell that to evil grandpa so evil grandpa will try to stop the wedding? I don't know and that was strike #1 against this book!
Strike #2: The girl he married... Couldn't he find some girls willing to be married and divorced for some money? It was almost 1900 in the US, lot of modern women I would think one would be willing to do something like that, a courtesan or something I don't know. But noooo, he goes and tricks an innocent girl, knowing she worships the grounds he walks on, knowing she is already insecure.
And his stupid friend Alex was encouraging him!
Strike #3: The stupid fat and ugly girl, miraculously turned into the belle of the season after losing some pounds 2 years after Henry married and divorced her, is now out for blood! Anne wants revenge and with the help of her equally stupid friend Beatrice, planned to make Henry fall in love with her and then break his heart. OMG, that was so childish!! She was so immature and insecure and really dumb
Strike #4: The friends, Beatrice and Alex, honestly I couldn't stand them. Their side story wasn't even cute. They were both annoying, especially Alex, who was always grinning like an idiot and trying to provoke his friend Henry. Beatrice was bitter, immature, always nagging.
Strike #5: Evil grandpa journal excerpts randomly appearing in some chapters! Just to tell us why he wouldn't give up Sea Cliff? That was so lame lool!
I didn't like the book. The romance fell flat, they spent their time fighting and blaming each other. Granted, Henry started out as an asshole but Anne was not better. Her plan made her bitter, rude and really ugly from the inside. She was not really likable and did nothing to save the book.
Beatrice's mother was right when she said both Henry and Anne belonged together: they were selfish, manipulative, childish and quite stupid!
I don't even know where to start... Ok the beginning then: The guy, Henry was NOT impoverished but he needed to marry to get his full inheritance. Why was that urgent? Because there was an ugly little cottage, Sea Cliff, that he was obsessing over and wanted to renovate but his evil grandpa wouldn't let him. So he decided to marry an ugly and fat girl to fulfill the condition and get his hands on Sea Cliff.
Now why would he tell that to evil grandpa so evil grandpa will try to stop the wedding? I don't know and that was strike #1 against this book!
Strike #2: The girl he married... Couldn't he find some girls willing to be married and divorced for some money? It was almost 1900 in the US, lot of modern women I would think one would be willing to do something like that, a courtesan or something I don't know. But noooo, he goes and tricks an innocent girl, knowing she worships the grounds he walks on, knowing she is already insecure.
And his stupid friend Alex was encouraging him!
Strike #3: The stupid fat and ugly girl, miraculously turned into the belle of the season after losing some pounds 2 years after Henry married and divorced her, is now out for blood! Anne wants revenge and with the help of her equally stupid friend Beatrice, planned to make Henry fall in love with her and then break his heart. OMG, that was so childish!! She was so immature and insecure and really dumb
Strike #4: The friends, Beatrice and Alex, honestly I couldn't stand them. Their side story wasn't even cute. They were both annoying, especially Alex, who was always grinning like an idiot and trying to provoke his friend Henry. Beatrice was bitter, immature, always nagging.
Strike #5: Evil grandpa journal excerpts randomly appearing in some chapters! Just to tell us why he wouldn't give up Sea Cliff? That was so lame lool!
I didn't like the book. The romance fell flat, they spent their time fighting and blaming each other. Granted, Henry started out as an asshole but Anne was not better. Her plan made her bitter, rude and really ugly from the inside. She was not really likable and did nothing to save the book.
Beatrice's mother was right when she said both Henry and Anne belonged together: they were selfish, manipulative, childish and quite stupid!
September 2, 2020
Honestly, not my favorite book by this author, but I love her style and outside the box thinking for romance. I could almost relate to the main character who was married to a man because he needed her money but didn't really love her because she was too fat and ugly. Then she gets revenge by losing weight and figuring out how to make herself look pretty. Now he wants her, but she wants to punish him. There is a happily ever after in the end, but it was a rocky time getting there. I think the author does understand how people think in some ways, she's a master at pulling you into the crazy mindsets people can have about love and romance.
I sought out this book because I loved other books by this author.
I sought out this book because I loved other books by this author.
August 2, 2023
3.5⭐️ Henry needs a wife to inherit his beloved sea side home. He chooses “fat” Anne because he knows because she’s so homely and obese,
She’ll accept…. They marry, his guilt makes him annul the marriage… jump a number of years, Anne is now the belle of the ball; having lost most of her weight. She plots to get revenge on Henry but falls in love. All the while
There is a sordid back story from Henry’s grandfather. Though the novel is fairly short, it tended to drag but overall it was a good read. I didn’t like the fat and ugly remarks but I guess in 1857 it was unbecoming to be overweight
She’ll accept…. They marry, his guilt makes him annul the marriage… jump a number of years, Anne is now the belle of the ball; having lost most of her weight. She plots to get revenge on Henry but falls in love. All the while
There is a sordid back story from Henry’s grandfather. Though the novel is fairly short, it tended to drag but overall it was a good read. I didn’t like the fat and ugly remarks but I guess in 1857 it was unbecoming to be overweight
January 25, 2025
Awesome story with a bit of a mystery with the father. I realized that I love revenge stories but not when it's the heroine. So I struggled a bit. But that does not take away from the excellent writing and emotional feels throughout.
June 14, 2019
H - asshole
h- TSTL
Other characters- meh
h- TSTL
Other characters- meh
July 18, 2019
Nice variation on a common plot. Characters are likeable and setting is romantic. A good summer time read.
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August 2, 2019And I here thinking that this book was written in 1970 ??? Seriously ?? If I were this author I would be ashamed of myself after writing such a garbage.
December 22, 2019
Interesting plot but not executed as well as two other books I read from this author.
August 5, 2024
I love her books so far. Not to sound silly, but when I read them , I feel the character’s emotions
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