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Lädt ... The Bargain (1999)von Mary Jo Putney
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. An old favorite, read again in a new edition. The first 2/3 of the book is basically flawless, the suspense, the characters, and the plot, all excellent. The plot weakens at the end, the ending is a bit too obvious and inevitable. Main characters Jocelyn Kendal, only child of the Earl of Cromarty, who discovers a nasty surprise in her father's will. She must marry to keep the large fortune she has inherited. Major David Lancaster, fatally wounded soldier in his last days, is introduced to Jocelyn and they make a devil's bargain. They will marry, Jocelyn will keep her inheritance and David's spinster sister will get a nice annuity. But after a series of coincidences, David recovers. Now what to do with the marriage? Two charming protagonists, good secondary characters, and the wonderful comparisons between Jocelyn's townhouse and the hospital round out the list of assets for this novel. Lady Jocelyn must find a husband fast if she wants to keep her inheritance. When she meets dying David Lancaster, she thinks it's the perfect opportunity; she gets a husband for a short while and he gets an annuity for his sister. Things go wrong (or right) when David instead recovers from his wounds gotten at Waterloo. I wasn't far into this before I realized I had read this book before (apparently, the book has been retitled). Still, I enjoyed the reread. Jocelyn is a brat at first, but David is just lovely. He's very patient with her and helps her to realize that maybe marriage isn't so bad after all. It takes a while to actually like Jocelyn as there's this subplot where she intends to have an affair with a Duke she thinks she's attracted to and I was team David. Mary Jo Putney rarely disappoints though I did think the secondary characters of David's sister Sally and his doctor Ian deserved their own book. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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