jjares reviewed on 11/19/2014 + 3413 more book reviews

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This is the fourth book in a seven-part series: BAD LUCK BRIDES (see below). So far, this is the best of the bunch; Nick and Sarahs story is a keeper. This is an unusual tale of two people who marry and soon separate, exchanging letters but not expecting to see each other again.

At the time the story opens, it is the wedding day for Sarah Simpson and Nick Ross. He is eighteen and she is 16 years of age. Sarahs mother warns her of the dire and painful marriage bed and Sarah becomes over-wrought and refuses.

The next morning, Nick receives a telegram that his two older brothers (the heir and a spare) were both killed and he has become the Earl of Innsbruck. He must leave for England immediately; Sarah refuses to leave Texas. They part but carry on a lively correspondence over 10 years.

Finally, Nick demands that Sarah come to England. The reader and Nick know that he wants an annulment from their marriage so he can marry another. Nick has sent someone to escort her to England (see COLD FEET). When she arrives, Sarah is accosted by three lovely (but trouble-creating) sisters of Nick.

This is a lovely historical novel with lots of humor and pathos. I thoroughly enjoyed it all and missed lots of sleep until this book was completed. Beautiful.

Bad Luck Brides
1. The Bad Luck Wedding Dress (1996)
2. The Bad Luck Wedding Cake (1998)
3. Cold Feet (2000) - (included in: A Season in the Highlands)
4. The Bad Luck Wedding Night (2001)
5. Her Bodyguard (2005)
6. Her Scoundrel (2005)
7. Her Outlaw (2007)

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