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The Bonny Bride
Jenny Lennox didn't believe in love. Not the lasting kind, anyway. Life was too hard for romance to survive for long. Marriage for money was best, she was sure--or had been until she met Harris Chisholm, earnest and penniless, yet willing to gamble on life, love --and her!
Harris Chisholm was a man of his word. He had promised to deliver Janny Lennox into the arms of her intended. But could he willingly surrender the woman who'd made him more than himself, the woman who'd become his heart's true friend and partner? "Never!" his soul whispered. "Never...!"
Harris Chisholm was a man of his word. He had promised to deliver Janny Lennox into the arms of her intended. But could he willingly surrender the woman who'd made him more than himself, the woman who'd become his heart's true friend and partner? "Never!" his soul whispered. "Never...!"
299 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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January 28, 2016
3.5 stars rounded up.
This book has it ups and downs.
Jenny was stupidly stubborn with TSTL tendencies almost half the book, made me kind of lost interest but she redeemed herself by admitting that she's "a daft, heedless, stubborn wench". After she overcome her fears and set her spine straight, she's fairly likeable.
What saved this book was Harris. Oh, he's adorable. He got a scar on his face, from fire when he was little, made him a bit insecure so he treated other people especially women with a haughty attitude because he didn't want their pity. But he grew into confidence, from his falling in love and adventures with Jenny. He discovered there's more to him if let himself look past his scar, he became his better self. And he just so in love with Jenny, it made him stronger. He had so many good qualities, but it didn't make him weak or boring.
Why can't there be more heroes like him? Instead there's abundance of asshole manwhore "heroes", having sex with anything with holes, disrespecting women but still collecting five stars around Goodreads. Gah.
This book has it ups and downs.
Jenny was stupidly stubborn with TSTL tendencies almost half the book, made me kind of lost interest but she redeemed herself by admitting that she's "a daft, heedless, stubborn wench". After she overcome her fears and set her spine straight, she's fairly likeable.
What saved this book was Harris. Oh, he's adorable. He got a scar on his face, from fire when he was little, made him a bit insecure so he treated other people especially women with a haughty attitude because he didn't want their pity. But he grew into confidence, from his falling in love and adventures with Jenny. He discovered there's more to him if let himself look past his scar, he became his better self. And he just so in love with Jenny, it made him stronger. He had so many good qualities, but it didn't make him weak or boring.
Why can't there be more heroes like him? Instead there's abundance of asshole manwhore "heroes", having sex with anything with holes, disrespecting women but still collecting five stars around Goodreads. Gah.
February 2, 2024
A selection of Deborah Hale’s The Bonny Bride was chosen by the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia to be featured at their Nova Swoons event at the Carleton on February 7th, so I bumped it to the top of my To Be Read pile and binged read it in two evenings. Gifted to me by the author at Dartmouth Book Exchange's Jane Austen Tea last August, the first couple chapters see Harris Chisholm and Jenny Lennox traveling across the Atlantic from Scotland to New Brunswick. Charged with being Jenny’s Chaperone, Harris gave his word to see her safely to the Miramichi to meet up with her husband-to-be. With a large family and her Mother’s death, Jenny was never able to go to school like her brothers, so to pass the time on the long journey Harris teaches Jenny how to read.
The rest of the story is set between Richibucto and the Miramichi, New Brunswick. An area I am familiar with, having gone to high school in Chatham, which is now part of the Miramichi. It was set in the time leading up to the Great Miramichi Fire in October of 1825. During the journey to the Miramichi, Jenny and Harris overcome many obstacles, which further strengthens the bond that they had created on the ship. Without spoiling the end, will Jenny choose love or the easier life of being the wife of a rich husband?
There is so much more I could say about this great historical romance. I enjoyed reading a story that had places and events I am familiar with in it and it pleases me that others will be reading them too. Unless you are from the area many people are unaware of the conditions and events of the time. I adored the inscription and the historical fact that the author's great-great-great grandparents also fell in love on the way to the Miramichi.
The rest of the story is set between Richibucto and the Miramichi, New Brunswick. An area I am familiar with, having gone to high school in Chatham, which is now part of the Miramichi. It was set in the time leading up to the Great Miramichi Fire in October of 1825. During the journey to the Miramichi, Jenny and Harris overcome many obstacles, which further strengthens the bond that they had created on the ship. Without spoiling the end, will Jenny choose love or the easier life of being the wife of a rich husband?
There is so much more I could say about this great historical romance. I enjoyed reading a story that had places and events I am familiar with in it and it pleases me that others will be reading them too. Unless you are from the area many people are unaware of the conditions and events of the time. I adored the inscription and the historical fact that the author's great-great-great grandparents also fell in love on the way to the Miramichi.
February 10, 2016
Deborah Hale gave written life to the areas and people.
Gave Deborah Hale's book five stars for the people she gave life to with trails of fire, water, living and love.
Gave Deborah Hale's book five stars for the people she gave life to with trails of fire, water, living and love.
April 23, 2016
OMG what an adventure!! I thought it would never end
Harris ♥.♥
Harris ♥.♥
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