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Bodie Bride
Taken in Marriage
Spinster Margaret Warren had hoped to spend a lifetime "guiding" her unruly family. But when her saloon-keeper father tired of her teetotaling, bossy ways, well-meaning Margaret found herself bartered into wedlock with irrepressible miner John Banning. She gritted her teeth and promised to honor and obey--but love was another matter entirely!
John Banning knew his prickly wife would have to be won over, and he relished kindling the banked fires beneath Margaret's cool exterior. Yet when their explosive attraction sparked genuine panic m her, John feared that one wrong move would send his new bride running scared...
Spinster Margaret Warren had hoped to spend a lifetime "guiding" her unruly family. But when her saloon-keeper father tired of her teetotaling, bossy ways, well-meaning Margaret found herself bartered into wedlock with irrepressible miner John Banning. She gritted her teeth and promised to honor and obey--but love was another matter entirely!
John Banning knew his prickly wife would have to be won over, and he relished kindling the banked fires beneath Margaret's cool exterior. Yet when their explosive attraction sparked genuine panic m her, John feared that one wrong move would send his new bride running scared...
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1992
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August 29, 2023
It started out very sweet, I loved how John was helping her wash up and stealing kisses and teasing her...
but then the relentless misery set in, and it stayed for the entire book.
The problem is the h is so emotionally damaged by past trauma that she is hands-down a fucking horrible, cruel, nasty, stuck up bitch. She is cold all the way and piles hurt upon hurt on her husband until he straight up leaves her ass.
The H, meanwhile, is so selfishly focused on his own 'needs' that he bulldozes through every single one of our h's hard lines. She tells him up front 1) I DONT want marriage, 2) I NEVER want sex, 3) I'll NEVER have children. He just shrugs his shoulders, decides HE wants those things so fuck it, forces her to get married, have sex, and take his cum.
These two have a MISERABLE marriage, and god, it's an ordeal to read about them making each other utterly unhappy. I felt glum, pissed off and sad throughout.
but then the relentless misery set in, and it stayed for the entire book.
The problem is the h is so emotionally damaged by past trauma that she is hands-down a fucking horrible, cruel, nasty, stuck up bitch. She is cold all the way and piles hurt upon hurt on her husband until he straight up leaves her ass.
The H, meanwhile, is so selfishly focused on his own 'needs' that he bulldozes through every single one of our h's hard lines. She tells him up front 1) I DONT want marriage, 2) I NEVER want sex, 3) I'll NEVER have children. He just shrugs his shoulders, decides HE wants those things so fuck it, forces her to get married, have sex, and take his cum.
These two have a MISERABLE marriage, and god, it's an ordeal to read about them making each other utterly unhappy. I felt glum, pissed off and sad throughout.
August 29, 2012
Loved this book
October 8, 2014
I love the hero John Banning. He is the perfect husband! ☺️
March 28, 2016
A bit predictable, but a fast easy read
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