The Trophy Wife

by Rosalie Ash

Marry in haste...

India had married Brad after a whirlwind romance -- and discovered his deep, dark secret just too late. Result: she'd fled from the groom before the wedding day was over.

Brad refused to accept that their marriage was finished and followed his bride to France -- but there he treated her as just a trophy wife. India had, had enough. Somebody somewhere must know the truth about Brad Carbe -- and soon she would, too.

Genres: Harlequin

Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Rosalie Ash is a professional writer, a member of the Society of Authors and the Romantic Novelists Association, and is the author of 21 successful contemporary romance novels, published by Harlequin Mills & Boon between 1989 and 1999. Her books are still selling around the world, translated into numerous different languages.

Rosalie lives with her husband in a three storey Regency town-house in Warwickshire, UK, the leafy heart of England. They have six children between them and, so far, five grandchildren.

She has self-published her first ever Mills & Boon romance, MELTING ICE, as a Kindle e-book. Re-written and updated, it is now a longer story and part of 'The Roundwell Farm' trilogy, available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00APVPJW8

Reviews

[Naksed · Rating 1 out of 5]

He lied to his wife, hiding his first marriage from her, which led to almost completely ruining his second marriage. When his bride found out all the lies, instead of setting her straight with all the facts, he doubled down, gaslighting her and enjoying the mental torture he put her through. He made her believe he was still enjoying an affair with his ex-wife and that he only married heroine as some sort of trophy. His ultimate explanation was horrible: His first wife was actually dead, she died of a drug overdose years ago, and the reason he did not tell the heroine was because he wanted to erase the first wife from his life and start a pristine new life with heroine. Wow, dude, COLD! 🥶 I feel sorry for her ending up with such a cruel and dishonest man :(

[Verity · Rating 2 out of 5]

Someone must've uploaded anotha book's back blurb. No amnesia, no lovey dovey. This 1 shoulda been titled 'A pissing contest'. Overwrought 21 y/o heroine acts like a pimply teen w/ raging hormones. Tacky, condescending 32 y/o hero never lets up in his patronizing attitude from start to finish. If both had applied for bitch-hood, it woulda been a dead tie.

[Daisy Daisy · Rating 1 out of 5]

The h and H were both complete and utter plonkers. communication would have solved all the angst but really the H was more in the wrong than the h. She was childish and naïve but he was just plain mean!
We begin our sad tale of woe on the wedding day between the H and h. We are immediately put on the defense as it seems the H has not mentioned those 3 very important words and we are left wondering if he actually does or not.
As shes getting changed the h receives a package which states hubby is a social climbing wife beater complete with evidence. It seems he hasn't told the h he had been married before and this is where he loses credibility to me. There was no reason for not telling the h.
She then does the stupid and doesn't confront the man she claims to love rather she does a runner and leaves him looking rather silly. its like petrol on a fire and he is not a happy camper having soon tracked her down to her hideaway.
Both characters were pretty unlikeable and childish/petty, the h because she didn't trust her man and the H because he really made her suffer and kinda blamed her for his sin of omission. I like my romance not quite as depressing as this one.

[Ellyn (Mrs. Darcy in my Dreams) · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️. This was so bad! OTT melodrama and not a well thought out plot! It must have been an earlier work because I read Vengeful Bride and thought it was pretty good. I should have read reviews first!!

[ANGELIA · Rating 2 out of 5]

This just got to be a bit too much. At first, it was one of the few books where I could understand the h running out on the H, because she had something pretty frightening dumped on her and it was understandable that she panicked. But then, instead of the H, Brad, being honest about everything, he let his pride get in the way (as well as his reluctance to discuss the past) and couldn't forgive the h, India for running out on him or not having enough trust in him and believing the worst. (They had one of those whirlwind romances/marriages and there wasn't much time to really get to know each other, so that didn't help.)

Both of them said things they shouldn't have and traded insults, which just made things worse, but the big mistake Brad made was in not explaining everything to India as soon as he found her after she ran out, especially since she regretted her impulsiveness and said she believed he was innocent of the accusations. Instead, he got defensive and evasive, she got hurt and wary, and they both kept making things worse by trading insults, not believing in each other enough, and acting childish.

If this were real life, I'd say they should get a quick divorce and forget they ever knew each other.

The best thing about this book was the art history background, which I liked better than the (so-called) love story.

[GuisBell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Vaya joyitas que me encuentro, una vez mas la culpa es de la mujer, como no, ella no sabe confiar, ella es la insegura, ella es la que duda de su amor. Pero en serio como no vas a desconfiar si te dan varias razones para desconfiar y que no sabias de tu supuesto esposo y encima no te las explica, razones que son verdad, y el muy quitado de la pena te dice que son cosas de su pasado, pasado que tu no sabias, del cual no te quiere contar nada, porque a ellos les gusta mucho aplicar el dicho, "Lo que no fue en tu año, no te hace daño" , pero ellos si como no les gusta que les expliques todo con lujos de detalles y te reclama encima que no se lo hayas contado, un hipócrita mas...

[RomLibrary]

Marry in haste...

India had married Brad after a whirlwind romance -- and discovered his deep, dark secret just too late. Result: she'd fled from the groom before the wedding day was over.

Brad refused to accept that their marriage was finished and followed his bride to France -- but there he treated her as just a trophy wife. India had, had enough. Somebody somewhere must know the truth about Brad Carbe -- and soon she would, too.

[LBW · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars for this relatively low angst romance with lots of chemistry and MC interactions. The usual alpha male and spunky heroine who just don't communicate well, at least until the HEA! As always with this author the banter was entertaining. Lovely descriptions of the French countryside.

[Cristina · Rating 2 out of 5]

¡Vaya! Otra vez me pongo a imaginar si nosotras somos tan tontas como las señoritas de las novelas... Con esa India y sus estupideces el libro no podría resultar bueno, ni siquiera la escena en que ella estropea una obra de arte en la cabeza de Brad es lo bastante para mejorar mi opinión.