BRIDE ENCHANTED
Author: Edith Layton ISBN: 0061253626 9/2007 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Regency
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Too good to be true...
Though Eve Faraday was beautiful and intelligent, she never expected to be wooed by the devastatingly handsome and utterly charming Aubrey Ashford, the most eligible bachelor in all of London. Skeptical of the sudden attention, she tries hard to avoid temptation, but the alluring Aubrey—and his kisses—prove impossible to resist! She accepts his offer of marriage and moves with him to his ancestral home at Fair Isle. But after such a whirlwind courtship and lightning-quick marriage, Eve begins to wonder if she really knows Aubrey at all. There is something mysterious, something magical and primeval about her new husband...
Aubrey is not who he appears to be—that much is certain. But his feelings for Eve are true. And only when he reveals his astonishing secret will Eve realize that she and Aubrey might have a chance at a love that will last forever... |
RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:
BRIDE ENCHANTED is not exactly enchanting, with its less than self-confident heroine and spritely hero. But, it isn't too far off the mark.
Since Layton's writing style and gift for mental imagery is what draws me to her books in the first place, I am glad to say that BRIDE ENCHANTED is no different in those respects. It is the subject matter and characters that I do not quite get into. Both are rather uninteresting and manage to only scrape the surface of what could be great, if only they were delved into further. Unfortunately, they are not, so my interest in them wanes.
With what I term "flat styled" characters, and not as magical a plot as I expected, BRIDE ENCHANTED falls short of my hopes for it.
Shannon Johnson |