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Sherbrooke Brides #4
Mad Jack
Dear Reader:
Mad Jack is lots of fun. You're going to meet two of the neatest people in 1811 London. In addition, you'll revisit the Sherbrookes - Douglas and Ryder, and see what's going on with them eight years after you first met them. As for Sinjun, she and Colin Kinross have been married for four years and Colin is in a real tizzy.
Mad Jack is in reality Winifrede Levering Bascombe, who, happily, has her name changed very quickly in the story. She arrives in London with the aunts, Mathilda and Maude, to beg the assistance of Lord Cliffe, Grayson St. Cyre. He welcomes the aunts, briefly spots the valet, Jack, and proceeds very quickly after their arrival to fall down the rabbit hole. He catches the valet, Jack, stealing his horse, Durban, chases Jack down, and then all sorts of interesting things happen. Enter Sinjun with her frantic husband, Colin, on her trail.
Amidst all the laughter, however, there lurks a deadly secret that's ready to leap out and crush both Jack and Gray. You'll hold your breath when a tough-brained Jack and a furious Gray get together and discover the truth of the accusation that could do them in before they can even get started with their lives.
Do write to me at P.O. Box 17, Mill Valley, CA 94942, or email me at ReadMoi@aol.com, and tell me what you think of Mad Jack, a novel I very much enjoyed writing.
Catherine Coulter
Mad Jack is lots of fun. You're going to meet two of the neatest people in 1811 London. In addition, you'll revisit the Sherbrookes - Douglas and Ryder, and see what's going on with them eight years after you first met them. As for Sinjun, she and Colin Kinross have been married for four years and Colin is in a real tizzy.
Mad Jack is in reality Winifrede Levering Bascombe, who, happily, has her name changed very quickly in the story. She arrives in London with the aunts, Mathilda and Maude, to beg the assistance of Lord Cliffe, Grayson St. Cyre. He welcomes the aunts, briefly spots the valet, Jack, and proceeds very quickly after their arrival to fall down the rabbit hole. He catches the valet, Jack, stealing his horse, Durban, chases Jack down, and then all sorts of interesting things happen. Enter Sinjun with her frantic husband, Colin, on her trail.
Amidst all the laughter, however, there lurks a deadly secret that's ready to leap out and crush both Jack and Gray. You'll hold your breath when a tough-brained Jack and a furious Gray get together and discover the truth of the accusation that could do them in before they can even get started with their lives.
Do write to me at P.O. Box 17, Mill Valley, CA 94942, or email me at ReadMoi@aol.com, and tell me what you think of Mad Jack, a novel I very much enjoyed writing.
Catherine Coulter
251 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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March 1, 2020
This book contained a lot of action . This couple just cannot get a break!
Nor can they get a break from the Sherbrooke siblings and their spouses. This book takes place four years after the H/h in the third book gets their happily ever after. There are AT LEAST six--SIX--chapters (out of...gosh, I wanna say...31 chapters) solely on the Sherbrooke siblings and their troubles and concerns. Readers--whether they had read the previous three books or not--may not appreciate this temporary pause from the main story. They just waltz into the main hero's house and begin discussing their problems like it's everyone's business. Their marriage problems adds nothing to the many plots in this book and should have been written in a separate novella (like what Lisa Kleypas did with [book:A Wallflower Christmas|3050104]).
With so many incidents occurring right after another, I feel like the book could have ended after they got married and that there was no need for the two plot twists. At first, I was in for the ride, but then too many things kept happening, and I was like, "Okay, enough already."
They have a good relationship/marriage, but I don't know...I just couldn't feel the chemistry between them. We get several scenes where he gives her a lesson in sex and intimacy, but I think they always get interrupted. lol.
Overall, this book just kind of fell flat for me.
Warning: hero in bed with another woman before he meets the heroine.
Nor can they get a break from the Sherbrooke siblings and their spouses. This book takes place four years after the H/h in the third book gets their happily ever after. There are AT LEAST six--SIX--chapters (out of...gosh, I wanna say...31 chapters) solely on the Sherbrooke siblings and their troubles and concerns. Readers--whether they had read the previous three books or not--may not appreciate this temporary pause from the main story. They just waltz into the main hero's house and begin discussing their problems like it's everyone's business. Their marriage problems adds nothing to the many plots in this book and should have been written in a separate novella (like what Lisa Kleypas did with [book:A Wallflower Christmas|3050104]).
With so many incidents occurring right after another, I feel like the book could have ended after they got married and that there was no need for the two plot twists. At first, I was in for the ride, but then too many things kept happening, and I was like, "Okay, enough already."
They have a good relationship/marriage, but I don't know...I just couldn't feel the chemistry between them. We get several scenes where he gives her a lesson in sex and intimacy, but I think they always get interrupted. lol.
Overall, this book just kind of fell flat for me.
Warning: hero in bed with another woman before he meets the heroine.
May 21, 2024
Well, sure. As soon as I write a review (for The Heiress Bride) saying this author doesn’t fill her books with irrelevant nonsense, this book is MOSTLY filler. Ridiculous, stupid filler. It’s not that I mind characters from previous books in a series making a reappearance, it’s that the Sherbrookes hijacked this book and added nothing but idiocy to it. And in case you’re wondering, Douglas and Colin are still man-child morons, Alex has gone completely mad, and Ryder is still far too cheerful.
Without the Sherbrookes this book was still two stars max, although a somewhat entertaining two stars. Nothing new, except the MMC is slightly more palatable than those in previous books in the series.
I had originally committed myself to reading the next book, but nah. This one finished my foray into Coulter territory for the time being.
Without the Sherbrookes this book was still two stars max, although a somewhat entertaining two stars. Nothing new, except the MMC is slightly more palatable than those in previous books in the series.
I had originally committed myself to reading the next book, but nah. This one finished my foray into Coulter territory for the time being.
February 15, 2009
I have decided to stop reading this book after I finished half of it. Although, I have always loved Catherine Coulter...I am bored. There I said it.
This book is tedious. Not only that, but the characters do not seem to have much in the way of chemistry. I feel like they should be siblings rather than lovers.
I also found myself irritated at the Sherbrooks coming into the book. It feels as though the book is more about them than the main characters. Do not get me wrong, I love the Sherbooks. I just feel as though they have taken this book by storm and have neglected to allow the true main characters to enhance their chemistry with one another...it is just sad.
The one redeeming quality about this book is that the female does not play the part of the damsel in distress. She does not wait for the man to save her, but instead takes matters into her own hands. However, the man seems kind of wimpy to me...
This book is tedious. Not only that, but the characters do not seem to have much in the way of chemistry. I feel like they should be siblings rather than lovers.
I also found myself irritated at the Sherbrooks coming into the book. It feels as though the book is more about them than the main characters. Do not get me wrong, I love the Sherbooks. I just feel as though they have taken this book by storm and have neglected to allow the true main characters to enhance their chemistry with one another...it is just sad.
The one redeeming quality about this book is that the female does not play the part of the damsel in distress. She does not wait for the man to save her, but instead takes matters into her own hands. However, the man seems kind of wimpy to me...
October 21, 2008
Although I found the main characters of this story, Jack (aka Winifrede) and Gray very likable and entertaining the story seemed disjointed. There were several different storylines going on and none of them were terribly captivating. I felt that Coulter was trying a little too hard to bring the Sherbrookes into the story and perhaps she should have focused more on Jack and Gray. The book began and ended with a plot about an advisary seeking revenge on Gray. However, this story line was neglected through the middle of the book and didn't really seem to have a purpose. I would like to have seen Coulter go deeper into the family relationships of Jack and Gray, with Jack's little sister Georgie, and that of Gray and his mother. I would have preferred this to the many superficial happenings. Definitely not the best of the Sherbrooke series and definitely not one of Coulter's best.
April 15, 2009
The appearance of the Sherbrookes in the story of what were previously color characters was a mainstay of "Mad Jack," though not necessarily a bad thing. What was surprising, however, was that a number of them were behaving in ways that seemed wholly-out-of-sorts for how I'd "met" them previously in past books. Colin Kinross is a spastic worrier with Sinjun pregnant; Alex Sherbrooke has turned into a jealous harridan having open tantrums in other peoples' homes. This was... very strange. And not in a good way.
I "read" this book in CD format, and the narrator, Mary Pfeiffer, is very familiar to me-- she read a number of the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" mysteries by Sue Grafton. So it was a little strange to hear an American-accented narrator tell a tale set in England, populated entirely by English characters. She did a decent job with the accents, and I don't fault her for trying-- and I liked her as Kinsey Millhone-- but this wasn't a good casting choice on the part of the CD producers.
All in all the story was fun; plenty of "classic Coulter" plots: one or more people with abusive backgrounds/childhoods; one ore more people with a nasty relative or authority figure in his/her past; someone being soaked to the bone in the rain, and nearly dying of the resulting cold, to be nursed back to health by his/her eventual romantic match. I'm getting a little bothered by how very similar all of these categorical plots are, probably mostly because I've been reading these related books one after another. Have one more to go (I think; "The Courtship;") will see if it fits the same mold.
I "read" this book in CD format, and the narrator, Mary Pfeiffer, is very familiar to me-- she read a number of the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" mysteries by Sue Grafton. So it was a little strange to hear an American-accented narrator tell a tale set in England, populated entirely by English characters. She did a decent job with the accents, and I don't fault her for trying-- and I liked her as Kinsey Millhone-- but this wasn't a good casting choice on the part of the CD producers.
All in all the story was fun; plenty of "classic Coulter" plots: one or more people with abusive backgrounds/childhoods; one ore more people with a nasty relative or authority figure in his/her past; someone being soaked to the bone in the rain, and nearly dying of the resulting cold, to be nursed back to health by his/her eventual romantic match. I'm getting a little bothered by how very similar all of these categorical plots are, probably mostly because I've been reading these related books one after another. Have one more to go (I think; "The Courtship;") will see if it fits the same mold.
July 5, 2021
Read this earlier this year (May) during a binge of this series. Came back to it, re-read the whole thing (trying to find the book that had *that* story-line in it), and have decided that, while the overall plot is rather nice, there's more too-steamy sex in it than I prefer. And some not-graphic, but distasteful, mysogynist violence. YMMV.
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February 7, 2012One of the most torturous audiobooks I've ever tried to listen to -- and I got fairly far, just to see how bad it could get. The male voices are ghastly and many of the characters sounded so strained it hurt my throat to listen to them.
March 24, 2024
Mad Jack was an interesting read. Catherine Coulter wrote the book in an odd sort of prose, like nothing I've ever read in a romance novel before. It was kind of quirky though, so I'm giving it a 3 star rating.
Gray is introduced to Mad Jack (aka Winifred) the disguised valet when his great aunts come to visit him. Although he at first takes no notice of her, things pick up when he catches her trying to steal one of his prize horses. She gets away and he pursues. When he finally catches up to her, some rather inconvenient things happen and the result is that Jack's reputation is put on the line. To save themselves from scandal, they marry.
Not long after their wedding vows take place, Gray and Jack's relationship is sorely tested. They weather through it, along with having to deal with other things like Jack's step-father, getting Jack's sister to safety, and a threat on Gray's life. Thankfully though, they do finally get their happily ever after. After all, in the end, doesn't love always conquer all?
This book did not lack action in the sense that several things always seemed to be popping up. I liked both Jack and Gray, the main characters well enough but I think the writing style was a little bit too honest for me. Personally, I would never spill such personal and intimate details so soon with a complete stranger. No one in the book could lie, which makes it seem a little on the facetious side. I also really didn't like all of the interactions between Jack and Gray and the Sherbrooke's, mainly because the Serbrooke characters were almost tied for being main characters. They were constantly bursting in and out of the scenes with really no rhyme or reason. Almost all of their interactions with Jack and Gray were unnecessary and to my mind, took a bit away from the story itself.
This is a romance novel, obviously. I've read many many of these types of books but this seemed like one of the most romanticized romance novels I've ever read, if that makes sense. Relationships are messy sometimes. But in this novel, no one ever says anything wrong. No one uses the wrong tone or says the wrong thing. Everyone seems to automatically know what to do and say to the other people in the book without knowing the people at all. The book was almost too light and dripping with optimism, even when Jack and Gray's relationship was being tested. No one was flawed. Even with having rough pasts, the characters were oozing perfection. Perhaps to fully understand what I'm trying to say, you'll have to read the novel yourself.
I've rated the novel 3 stars, so I did enjoy it. I think most people who love romance novels would be able to appreciate this book. It was a fun read and it really was enjoyable.
Gray is introduced to Mad Jack (aka Winifred) the disguised valet when his great aunts come to visit him. Although he at first takes no notice of her, things pick up when he catches her trying to steal one of his prize horses. She gets away and he pursues. When he finally catches up to her, some rather inconvenient things happen and the result is that Jack's reputation is put on the line. To save themselves from scandal, they marry.
Not long after their wedding vows take place, Gray and Jack's relationship is sorely tested. They weather through it, along with having to deal with other things like Jack's step-father, getting Jack's sister to safety, and a threat on Gray's life. Thankfully though, they do finally get their happily ever after. After all, in the end, doesn't love always conquer all?
This book did not lack action in the sense that several things always seemed to be popping up. I liked both Jack and Gray, the main characters well enough but I think the writing style was a little bit too honest for me. Personally, I would never spill such personal and intimate details so soon with a complete stranger. No one in the book could lie, which makes it seem a little on the facetious side. I also really didn't like all of the interactions between Jack and Gray and the Sherbrooke's, mainly because the Serbrooke characters were almost tied for being main characters. They were constantly bursting in and out of the scenes with really no rhyme or reason. Almost all of their interactions with Jack and Gray were unnecessary and to my mind, took a bit away from the story itself.
This is a romance novel, obviously. I've read many many of these types of books but this seemed like one of the most romanticized romance novels I've ever read, if that makes sense. Relationships are messy sometimes. But in this novel, no one ever says anything wrong. No one uses the wrong tone or says the wrong thing. Everyone seems to automatically know what to do and say to the other people in the book without knowing the people at all. The book was almost too light and dripping with optimism, even when Jack and Gray's relationship was being tested. No one was flawed. Even with having rough pasts, the characters were oozing perfection. Perhaps to fully understand what I'm trying to say, you'll have to read the novel yourself.
I've rated the novel 3 stars, so I did enjoy it. I think most people who love romance novels would be able to appreciate this book. It was a fun read and it really was enjoyable.
June 15, 2021
The heroine is feisty, yet believable; the hero is handsome and kind. Everyone's wealthy, but, then, what would a Regency romance be if it were not full of wealthy people?
The pace of the book keeps skipping along as the heroine disguises herself as a boy, so she can hide out in the wealthy Lord Cliffe's London house. With the evil stepfather hot on her trail and the prospect of being forcibly wed to a real bounder, she steals the Lord's horse one night and tries to escape.
The book then lopes along pleasantly, but it really feels as though the author would get herself into a bind and try to think up something that would "up the stakes" of the plot. The final spur to the flanks of this plot comes as a shocking revelation that ultimately proves not shocking at all.
Even though this book feels that the author refueled at various points to make the book long enough to sell, it's still a very charming and fun read.
The pace of the book keeps skipping along as the heroine disguises herself as a boy, so she can hide out in the wealthy Lord Cliffe's London house. With the evil stepfather hot on her trail and the prospect of being forcibly wed to a real bounder, she steals the Lord's horse one night and tries to escape.
The book then lopes along pleasantly, but it really feels as though the author would get herself into a bind and try to think up something that would "up the stakes" of the plot. The final spur to the flanks of this plot comes as a shocking revelation that ultimately proves not shocking at all.
Even though this book feels that the author refueled at various points to make the book long enough to sell, it's still a very charming and fun read.
June 15, 2017
Námet na knihu výborný, prevedenie bez štipky fantázie. Slovami dnešných mladých ľudí: celé zle.
Neviem prečo, ale stále tejto autorke nemôžem prísť na chuť. Kniha sa číta ťažko, dej akoby na seba nenadväzoval, jednotlivé vety sú kostrbaté, priveľa postáv (keby som nečítala prvé tri knihy o súrodencoch Sherbrookovcoch, bola by som poriadne zmätená, že kto je kto) - a väčšina z nich celkom zbytočne. Spisovateľka nepoužíva žiadne opisy, o charakteroch hlavných hrdinov nehovoriac. Dokonca nudí už i opakujúca sa "Plačúca nevesta".
Toto bola posledná kvapka. Táto autorka mi vôbec, ale že vôbec, nesadla. Neviem, či ma niekto ešte niekedy ukváka si od nej niečo pečítať.
I`m so sorry. Teta Coulter, lúčim sa.
Neviem prečo, ale stále tejto autorke nemôžem prísť na chuť. Kniha sa číta ťažko, dej akoby na seba nenadväzoval, jednotlivé vety sú kostrbaté, priveľa postáv (keby som nečítala prvé tri knihy o súrodencoch Sherbrookovcoch, bola by som poriadne zmätená, že kto je kto) - a väčšina z nich celkom zbytočne. Spisovateľka nepoužíva žiadne opisy, o charakteroch hlavných hrdinov nehovoriac. Dokonca nudí už i opakujúca sa "Plačúca nevesta".
Toto bola posledná kvapka. Táto autorka mi vôbec, ale že vôbec, nesadla. Neviem, či ma niekto ešte niekedy ukváka si od nej niečo pečítať.
I`m so sorry. Teta Coulter, lúčim sa.
February 18, 2016
I enjoyed this book very much. I thought the plan of "the aunts" to bring Mad Jack to the house of their nephew was pretty funny. Not so much the plan itself, but how are the ants tried to justify and explain why they needed somewhere to stay. I enjoyed getting to know all of the characters in the book. I have read the series but I had kind of forgotten some of the back stories. I'm rather hoping there will be a story featuring Helen and King Edward's Lamp. It was it intriguing subplot or at least part of the plot. There were times that I thought the book was a little bit longer than it needs to be admitted to little more detail, but I did enjoy the ride.
July 6, 2019
I love this series! The characters all have such a great sense of humor! And I love the format of new leading characters in each book who are friends with all the old characters.
As to this story, all the characters were great and the story kept you on your toes, in a good way.
As to this story, all the characters were great and the story kept you on your toes, in a good way.
September 25, 2021
A Regency era romance with a sense of humor. Part of the bride series.
July 12, 2022
Unlike the Bride trilogy, which I had not read before, I read this one back when it came out. It still has the bits I quite liked – starting with the elderly aunts – but I had managed to block out the grown adults with children of their own acting like two-year-olds and having a rip-roaring personal argument in front of an old friend and his near-stranger new bride. Worse, while in the real world most witnesses in such a situation are sitting there wishing they were anywhere else, the author describes the trapped friend and his bride as “two very interested spectators.”
Yah, romances are fantasy and often fantastical, but personally I have never fantasized about watching two friends have a petty jealous argument in front of me, and I rather doubt that’s a common fantasy among other romance fans, either. This is not a case of “the characters from the earlier book didn’t act this way.” This is more of a “adult human beings don’t act this way,” which is a much deeper problem.
The Sherbrooke characters are somewhat awkwardly shoved into the plot, but aside from the petty jealousy scene they’re actually not as annoying as the “visiting characters” in some category romances I have read. I’m surprised some reviewers quested whether the hero might go back to his mistress – it’s stated outright that the hero agreed with the heroine that a man ought to honor the promises he makes in his marriage vows, meaning any further mistresses were right out.
It wasn’t right. A man gave his word and kept it. It was that simple…. No, he would never do [what had been done to his mother] to Jack. Once he was married, he would keep to his vows.
I am not a big fan of Coulter’s standard heroes on the whole, but I do appreciate that thus far all of them have been sexually loyal to their wife. That’s not particularly realistic, especially when it happens in book after book – statistically speaking, guys who have lots of lovers before marriage are less likely to remain monogamous than guys who’re virgins or more restrained – but I think for a lot of women it’s crucial to the romance fantasy.
I find Coulter’s constant “men are this, women are that” routine tiresome, but I sometimes wonder if that isn’t part of the romance fantasy for a lot of readers as well. At any rate, for all its plotting flaws, I liked this book better than the Bride trilogy. The heroine was not so chest-thumping as some of the other ladies, but was rather quietly competent.
Yah, romances are fantasy and often fantastical, but personally I have never fantasized about watching two friends have a petty jealous argument in front of me, and I rather doubt that’s a common fantasy among other romance fans, either. This is not a case of “the characters from the earlier book didn’t act this way.” This is more of a “adult human beings don’t act this way,” which is a much deeper problem.
The Sherbrooke characters are somewhat awkwardly shoved into the plot, but aside from the petty jealousy scene they’re actually not as annoying as the “visiting characters” in some category romances I have read. I’m surprised some reviewers quested whether the hero might go back to his mistress – it’s stated outright that the hero agreed with the heroine that a man ought to honor the promises he makes in his marriage vows, meaning any further mistresses were right out.
It wasn’t right. A man gave his word and kept it. It was that simple…. No, he would never do [what had been done to his mother] to Jack. Once he was married, he would keep to his vows.
I am not a big fan of Coulter’s standard heroes on the whole, but I do appreciate that thus far all of them have been sexually loyal to their wife. That’s not particularly realistic, especially when it happens in book after book – statistically speaking, guys who have lots of lovers before marriage are less likely to remain monogamous than guys who’re virgins or more restrained – but I think for a lot of women it’s crucial to the romance fantasy.
I find Coulter’s constant “men are this, women are that” routine tiresome, but I sometimes wonder if that isn’t part of the romance fantasy for a lot of readers as well. At any rate, for all its plotting flaws, I liked this book better than the Bride trilogy. The heroine was not so chest-thumping as some of the other ladies, but was rather quietly competent.
January 4, 2021
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She had no intentions of marrying especially any pig that this horrible pig and for once furtune favored the bold... And bold she'd be right out a second floor window.
His great aunt's?
Yeah they were his mother's aunt's and they had quite a story on how they'd suffered one misfortune event after another.
Unfortunately her stepfather was hot on her trail she just wish the man would find the nearest cliff.
Now Gray's tangle with a would be horse thief and his great aunt's valet Mad Jack who has far different attributes then he'd been surprised to see.
She felt wretchedly aweful and it was all his fault if only he'd minded his own business and let her have the horse.
Then there's the interesting never-ending parade of Gray's acquaintances and their significant other characters.
Jack poor Jack and her story about and evil stepfather, a totally useless wastrel and one hefty inheritance.
The best news Jack's grandfather didn't like her stepfather so he chose someone to manage her interest.
And Gray knew the man and he honestly didn't think he'd have a problem with getting him to agree to their marriage.
Jack wasn't pleased when the mewling whelp of the old idiot snatched her from Gray's house crowing like a fool thinking he was all that and a box of crackers.
Again furtune will favor the bold and she had to be bold to save herself.
Okay so her plan may have gone a little askewed no make that quite a lot for now Gray was paying for not waiting patiently to be rescued.
However they finally were able remove her stepfather and his nasty conspirators leverage with a few little words.
But that horrible man's message about her little sister was meant to upset her.
Okay maybe she did jump to conclusions and miss understood Gray's final agenda.
Jack's stepfather didn't like the disruption in his home that having a sick child brought and was more then willing to make a deal.
Jack didn't want to believe the tale Gray had repeated to her from his godfather and her once guardian nope she wasn't about to give up on then but after all they went through to get to this moment.
She had no intentions of marrying especially any pig that this horrible pig and for once furtune favored the bold... And bold she'd be right out a second floor window.
His great aunt's?
Yeah they were his mother's aunt's and they had quite a story on how they'd suffered one misfortune event after another.
Unfortunately her stepfather was hot on her trail she just wish the man would find the nearest cliff.
Now Gray's tangle with a would be horse thief and his great aunt's valet Mad Jack who has far different attributes then he'd been surprised to see.
She felt wretchedly aweful and it was all his fault if only he'd minded his own business and let her have the horse.
Then there's the interesting never-ending parade of Gray's acquaintances and their significant other characters.
Jack poor Jack and her story about and evil stepfather, a totally useless wastrel and one hefty inheritance.
The best news Jack's grandfather didn't like her stepfather so he chose someone to manage her interest.
And Gray knew the man and he honestly didn't think he'd have a problem with getting him to agree to their marriage.
Jack wasn't pleased when the mewling whelp of the old idiot snatched her from Gray's house crowing like a fool thinking he was all that and a box of crackers.
Again furtune will favor the bold and she had to be bold to save herself.
Okay so her plan may have gone a little askewed no make that quite a lot for now Gray was paying for not waiting patiently to be rescued.
However they finally were able remove her stepfather and his nasty conspirators leverage with a few little words.
But that horrible man's message about her little sister was meant to upset her.
Okay maybe she did jump to conclusions and miss understood Gray's final agenda.
Jack's stepfather didn't like the disruption in his home that having a sick child brought and was more then willing to make a deal.
Jack didn't want to believe the tale Gray had repeated to her from his godfather and her once guardian nope she wasn't about to give up on then but after all they went through to get to this moment.
April 4, 2018
Una valutazione un po' generosa, forse, ma il libro è scritto con una carica di allegria che non può non comunicarsi al lettore. Ho riso smodatamente, meritandomi le occhiatacce di chi mi stava a fianco, fin quasi all'ultima pagina... quasi, perché alla fine prevale una certa seriosità che rischia di sfociare in una morale poco adeguata all'andamento scanzonato della storia.
Non conoscevo la scrittrice, e (sperando, come sempre, di non restare delusa) la cercherò ancora.
Non conoscevo la scrittrice, e (sperando, come sempre, di non restare delusa) la cercherò ancora.
November 24, 2021
El libro no está mal, la primera mita me ha gustado bastante. Pero la segunda mitad no tanto. El malo, no es malo ni na, me esperaba más de él. También la historia da un giro estúpido que ni fu ni fa.
Ha metido a Douglas y Alex, que aunq estos personajes me marcaron en su historia aquí no hacen nada importante. Así que en este libro la autora ha metido mucha paja. Le he puesto 3 estrellas, pero son más 2 y media
Ha metido a Douglas y Alex, que aunq estos personajes me marcaron en su historia aquí no hacen nada importante. Así que en este libro la autora ha metido mucha paja. Le he puesto 3 estrellas, pero son más 2 y media
July 6, 2024
Another good read
I love this series so far. The storylines have all been interesting and easy to read and follow what has happened and what is happening. This story is no different as it has a wonderful storyline that keeps you reading and characters that are appealing and well thought out. Many emotions are covered in the book, hate and love, sorrow and happiness, and fear and relief followed up with a good dose of humour. Really enjoyed this book
I love this series so far. The storylines have all been interesting and easy to read and follow what has happened and what is happening. This story is no different as it has a wonderful storyline that keeps you reading and characters that are appealing and well thought out. Many emotions are covered in the book, hate and love, sorrow and happiness, and fear and relief followed up with a good dose of humour. Really enjoyed this book
January 25, 2017
Boring! Writing sucked. It was juvenile, even. I struggled through because I have to finish but it was tough. Could have been great, interesting storyline and she can be a great author. This one just fell short for me.
August 29, 2017
I laughed a lot! I just love Ms. Coulter's snappy, clever, very witty dialogue!
November 24, 2017
Loved it
February 12, 2019
Loved it!!
March 26, 2019
Enjoying the Brides series, Mad Jack was a great read, love seeing characters from previous stories interacting with Grayson and Jack.
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July 12, 2019This book was a lot of fun. The main characters fought, ran away, got kidnapped, got married and fought history. Good Book.
August 9, 2019
Love the Bride series, Can't put them down and when I'm done i want more.
November 15, 2019
Honestly, I don't know if it was the narrator or the writing style but I was constantly rolling my eyes, which is not a good sign when you are reading a book. Didn't enjoy it much.
January 6, 2020
Book, was a bit... okay, a lot of crazy. Oh well, on to the next read.
October 18, 2020
This book started ok for me, very very easy to read, That was the problem, too easy to read, too much dialog , seemed more like a play, glad to be done with it
August 20, 2022
It's ok.
June 23, 2024
really fun - a true bodice buster
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