Helpful Score: 2
1st in the series
Helpful Score: 2
This was an amazingly enjoyable read! I'm not a fan of this stuff, but the horse on the cover convinced me to read it. Good rainy-day reading for when the heavier, more realistic stuff just won't sit well in your stomach.
Helpful Score: 2
1st book of trilogy, great characters and insight into time period.
Great historical romace.
Great historical romace.
She vowed never to be married...Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue-and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abess and succeed in her latest role as the convent's new husband judge.
He'd do anything to be a husband...Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material.
Fast paced, good characters, interesting plot.
He'd do anything to be a husband...Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material.
Fast paced, good characters, interesting plot.
Sharyla Y. (love2lovebooks) reviewed The Husband Test (Brides of Virtue, Bk 2) on + 74 more book reviews
This book is hard to get into at first, but well worth the read!
I normal dislike romance novels, but fell madly in love with this one.
What drew me to it was the small historical details that were not only fitting but very well placed, my personal favorite being the use of trencher bread on wooden plates.
The Story sets up a Novice Nun who dosen't fit in the nunnery do to her need to "improve" things. She is sent out to judge a man's worth as a husband and ends up falling in love with him. This is about the first half of the book, I will leave the other half to your delightful discovery. The Man in queastion is a low-level nobility who (of course) has a good heart under neight his gruff exterior and needs someone to get his home right. Most of the sotry takes place on his lands that have fallen under a curse.
There are sterotypical notes in this book, but enough detail and good writing that you don't midn them. if you like Romances, Historical fiction or just some really fun fluffy reading I high recomend this book to you!
What drew me to it was the small historical details that were not only fitting but very well placed, my personal favorite being the use of trencher bread on wooden plates.
The Story sets up a Novice Nun who dosen't fit in the nunnery do to her need to "improve" things. She is sent out to judge a man's worth as a husband and ends up falling in love with him. This is about the first half of the book, I will leave the other half to your delightful discovery. The Man in queastion is a low-level nobility who (of course) has a good heart under neight his gruff exterior and needs someone to get his home right. Most of the sotry takes place on his lands that have fallen under a curse.
There are sterotypical notes in this book, but enough detail and good writing that you don't midn them. if you like Romances, Historical fiction or just some really fun fluffy reading I high recomend this book to you!
Amanda D. (aphrodite26) reviewed The Husband Test (Brides of Virtue, Bk 2) on + 81 more book reviews
Love her books!
Enjoyable!
This is a pleasant medieval story that is a bit off the beaten path. Eloise is a novice, hoping to take her final vows. She aspires to be an abbess one day. To that end, she has studied widely, so that she can make improvements. However, the abbess does not appreciate her improvements.
Earl of Whitmore spends his last money to travel to the Convent of the Brides of Virtue (where the Abbess and Eloise reside), to get a virtuous bride to break the curse over his lands. Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, the abbess assigns Eloise as the 'husband judge.' Eloise is given an extensive list of qualities she is to measure against the earl. Eloise is told to take her time evaluating the earl. In the meantime, Eloise falls in love with him but sends a complimentary report back to the abbess, telling her to send one of the brides.
I enjoyed the story because it was so different. I don't usually read medieval tales. However, I enjoyed a previous Betina Krahn book and decided to try this one.
Brides of Virtue
** 1. The Husband Test (2001)
2. The Wife Test (2003)
3. The Marriage Test (2004)
Earl of Whitmore spends his last money to travel to the Convent of the Brides of Virtue (where the Abbess and Eloise reside), to get a virtuous bride to break the curse over his lands. Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, the abbess assigns Eloise as the 'husband judge.' Eloise is given an extensive list of qualities she is to measure against the earl. Eloise is told to take her time evaluating the earl. In the meantime, Eloise falls in love with him but sends a complimentary report back to the abbess, telling her to send one of the brides.
I enjoyed the story because it was so different. I don't usually read medieval tales. However, I enjoyed a previous Betina Krahn book and decided to try this one.
Brides of Virtue
** 1. The Husband Test (2001)
2. The Wife Test (2003)
3. The Marriage Test (2004)
She vowed never to be married. Sister Eloise was perhaps the most intentioned novice at the Convents of the Bride of Virtue - and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convent's new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a warrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality.
Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
She vowed never to be married.... Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convents new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a warrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality. Hed do anything to be a husband....Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he cant pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue - and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convent's new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a warrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality.
Peril, Earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come, he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
Peril, Earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come, he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
She vowed never to be married....
Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue-and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convents new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a worrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality.
He'd do anything to be a husband....
Peril, Earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worse possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddingly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealedand their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue-and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convents new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a worrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality.
He'd do anything to be a husband....
Peril, Earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worse possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he can't pass is resisting this maddingly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealedand their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
