The Thoroughly Compromised Bride

by Catherine Reynolds

The truth would destroy her only chance for happiness.

At five and twenty, Miss Elizabeth Ashton had turned down any number of unexceptionable offers to marry. She simply refused to wed for reasons known only to herself.

Her quiet life in Bath was all she could have wished for until the arrival of Mr. Charles Carlyle. Try as she would, she found it increasingly difficult to remain insensible to this charming, irreverent and irresistible rake.

Manipulated by well-meaning but interfering relatives, Elizabeth found herself in the position she had most assiduously avoided.. Charles insisted that she marry him or be ruined. How could she tell him that the damage had been done many years ago?

Genres: Regency, Romance, Historical

218 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Melania Ramona]

I was so annoyed by this book that I cannot give it a rating.
It was not badly written, but some of the plot was so ridiculous and the characters should have been explored more in depth. The hero and heroine had potential. They seemed to be really in love. But I feel that the author was not true to them. The silly twists took away from a more satisfying conclusion. The conflict was not resolved as it should. The hero became a hypocritical jerk and he didn't grovel enough. The heroine became stupid.
And I became angry...

[Donnalee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Crappy fratboy type screws virgin in dark, eventually accuses her of being 'whore' blahblah--thumbs down

[Anne Glover · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short read with familiar H/h and a bit of silly ending.

For my full review: http://www.regrom.com/2015/11/10/cath...