The Wedding Deception

Sainthill-Barrington #4

by Adrienne Basso

Discover Adrienne Basso's seductive tale of scandal, trickery, and true love--as a gentleman convinced reputation means everything risks his good name for a most unexpected, unconventional bride...

MARRY IN HASTE
Marriages come in all shapes and sizes, particularly marriages of convenience. Take Claire Barrington's situation: She needed protection from the advances of a local squire, while her dashing new husband Jay needed a wife to shield him from busybody matchmakers. It's a perfect plan...until it goes perfectly awry. For when Claire makes an unexpected visit to her husband's London home, the man she meets is not the man she married--although the brooding look-alike is just as attractive, if not more so...

RELENT AT LEISURE
A stunned Jasper Barrington greets his "wife" and has no idea who she is. Her timing couldn't be worse: he is about to announce his engagement to another, yet Claire has documents to prove their union is legal. Then the truth dawns: It was his twin brother, Jason, who married the girl, using his name. And Jasper now has a wife, a fiance, and the devil of a problem. For the unwittingly seductive Claire is proving more than a disruption to his carefully-laid plans--she's quickly becoming a wholly pleasurable distraction...

Genres: Historical Romance, Historical, Romance, Historical Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Between stints as a corporate financial analyst, marketing consultant and public librarian, Adrienne Basso has parlayed her vivid imagination and desire to tell romantic stories into a twenty-four-year writing career. She has published contemporary, Regency, Victorian, vampire, and Scottish medieval romance novels. She enjoys the challenge of creating stories that emphasize the everlasting power of love and is truly delighted that her characters always achieve the fantasy of living happily ever after. A native New Yorker, Adrienne, her husband, and their incomparable dog now live in New Jersey.

Reviews

[Jultri]

DNF 35%. So many frustrating little inconsistencies and illogical statements. My first one by this author and I hope this is not reflective of the rest of her books.

[Shasha]

I really felt for the characters in the beginning. The feelings and reactions were real. However, once the sadistic, rapey antagonist had more page time, I started to skim.
I won't read this again because of him and the graphic details of his sexual actions.

[Alice]

I didn’t love the couple as much. But the villain was excellent- I wish he had a bigger role. All time favorite.

[Pamdave]

nice start to the effingham series

As noted this is a good start for the Effingham series. The twin brother of Jasper has married and written Jaspers name on the marriage certificate. There starts the angst for poor Jasper. He now has a wife and an almost betrothed.

Good story of falling in love and the revenge of a woman scorned and then there is the squire who is obsessed with Claire.

There is steam and a nice epilogue

[Stormy ✿ (stay-at-home tackler of tbr shelf) ✿]

DNF at 50%.

The story itself wasn't bad, I just did not like the nasty, perverted, cruel, sadistic squire villain, or the vindictive, evil jilted ex-almost fiancee. I wanted to stick it out until the hero and heroine decided that maybe the other wasn't so bad after all. After that, I did not want to read evil drama, so once the fluffy stuff was covered in the story, I decided to move on to another book.

[Emily]

It might have been a great story. Unfortunately, there are so many stupid mistakes, especially with the propnouns that I found it hard to follow.

[Jacque]

Twins always cause trouble.

[Cindy Bettendorf]

Another great book

Wonderful, never disappointed. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Characters are like friends that you visit on a regular basis.

[Reene Lim]

this was an interesting fake-marriage trope story

[Booklover, Indianapolis]

can't remember - would guess between 2.5 and 3

[flajol]

I was in dire need of light and fluffy reading, and this hit the spot.

[Omnia]

3.5

[Zaxs Yacs]

Discover Adrienne Basso's seductive tale of scandal, trickery, and true love--as a gentleman convinced reputation means everything risks his good name for a most unexpected, unconventional bride...

MARRY IN HASTE

Marriages come in all shapes and sizes, particularly marriages of convenience. Take Claire Barrington's situation: She needed protection from the advances of a local squire, while her dashing new husband Jay needed a wife to shield him from busybody matchmakers. It's a perfect plan...until it goes perfectly awry. For when Claire makes an unexpected visit to her husband's London home, the man she meets is not the man she married--although the brooding look-alike is just as attractive, if not more so...

RELENT AT LEISURE

A stunned Jasper Barrington greets his "wife" and has no idea who she is. Her timing couldn't be worse: he is about to announce his engagement to another, yet Claire has documents to prove their union is legal. Then the truth dawns: It was his twin brother, Jason, who married the girl, using his name. And Jasper now has a wife, a fiance, and the devil of a problem. For the unwittingly seductive Claire is proving more than a disruption to his carefully-laid plans--she's quickly becoming a wholly pleasurable distraction...