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Loading... Red Rose (1986)by Mary Balogh
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have to admit that I hated the first part of this book and I had some problems with the second part, too. The hero was simply horrible and I would be happy if the heroine chose the other man. Still, I enjoyed this book, no idea why, so I decided to give it four stars. ( ) I'm so happy that Mary Balogh's back catalog is being re-issued. There are a lot of jewels here and Red Rose is definitely one. Edward Marsh, Earl of Raymore, has inherited two young women as wards and intends to marry them off as soon as possible. He doesn't like women, having been ill-treated in the past, but Rosalind Dacey proves to be a real trial. Unfashionably dark-haired and with a limp and tart tongue, she's not going to be easy to find a suitor for. Fortunately for the HEA, Rosalind soon has a very suitable gentleman courting her. There's nothing new here in this story, but Ms. Balogh makes it fresh and interesting to read. The writing was compelling enough that I finished this book, but I can't really say that I liked it. The hero hates women. The book tries to show that his feelings change over the course of the book, and they do, but the book takes place over about a 2 month period, so I'm not convinced that his opinions have undergone a permanent shift. I guess I just have a hard time really believing in a happily ever after with a hero who has a long-standing hatred of women.
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Edward Marsh, Earl of Raymore, is a connoisseur of beauty, whether it be music or art or women. When he inherits two wards, however, and decides to marry them off as soon as possible during a London Season, he finds one of them virtually unmarriageable. Rosalind Dacey has none of the delicate, blond beauty of her cousin, and a pronounced limp resulting from a childhood riding accident has robbed her of grace and self-assurance. She resents what she sees as Edward's ruthless, high-handed tyranny, and he is infuriated by her outspoken stubbornness. Their volatile quarrels soon lead to passion of a different sort, however. And Rosalind possesses talent as a pianist that draws Edward secretly and against his will to listen, enthralled, to her daily practices in his music room. No library descriptions found. |
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