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Loading... The Ideal Brideby Stephanie LaurensSeries: Cynster Family (Michael Wetherby - 11), Adair/Bastion/Cynster (Jun. 1825 - Michael Anstruther-Wetherby/Caro Sutcliffe - 20)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The Ideal Bride is exactly what I expect from Laurens--a fun, light read. Michael and Caroline are both enjoyable characters, and the background mystery helps move the plot along. If you've enjoyed the other Cynster books, you'll like this one; however, Michael, while he is an alpha, doesn't seem to be as much of one as Devil, etc. (  ) | Jul 18, 2009 | edit |  |   Michael Anstruther-Wetherby needs a wife to rise further in Parliament and fixes his sights on a young lady only to find an obstacle in the form of her aunt, the young widow Caroline Sutcliffe. Caroline isn't really interested in marriage, her previous experience has her a bit embittered, however Michael is attractive and atttentive and distracting. She's also finding that life as a widow doesn't allow her to follow her ability to steer a diplomat's life. The two of them are great together and seperately and the wooing you can see develop. I could see how she realised where her skills could be useful again in the world of diplomacy but her difficulty in coming to terms with wondering if that's what's missing in her life and maybe not a man, but that without a man she really can't do this kind of work. I loved the story, and the characters and the way the Cynster family helped and hindered as things went on. (  ) wyvernfriend | Jun 19, 2009 | I love the story of Michael and Caro. Probably my favorite Cynster novel yet. (  ) van_stef | Nov 7, 2007 | Michael Anstruther-Wetherby, Honoria Cynster's brother, needs the ideal bride to help along his political career. Caro Sutcliffe, the former wife of an aging yet legendary diplomat, turns out to be the perfect woman. (  ) Elishibai | Aug 5, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens has created some of romance's most unforgettable novels. Now she has created her most provocative love story—and amazing hero—to date. This is the book that dares to ask the question: Who is this man's ideal bride?
Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a rising member of Parliament—a man destined for power. Aristocratic, elegant, and effortlessly charming, he is just arrogant enough to capture the interest of the ladies of the ton. And with his connections to the wealthy and influential Cynster family—his sister is married to Devil Cynster, the Duke of St. Ives—his future appears assured.
Except that Michael lacks the single most important element of success: a wife.
Political pressure sends him searching for his ideal bride, a gently bred, malleable young lady, preferably one with a political background. Michael discovers such a paragon but finds a formidable obstacle in his path—the young lady's beautiful, strong-minded aunt—Caroline Sutcliffe.
One of London's foremost diplomatic hostesses, Caro has style and status but, having lived through an unhappy political marriage, wants nothing of the sort for her niece, who has already lost her heart to another.
So Caro and the younger woman hatch a plot—Caro will demonstrate why an inexperienced young lady is not the bride for Michael. She succeeds in convincing him that what he really needs is a lady of experience by his side.
And the perfect candidate is right under his nose—Caro herself. Then it is Michael's turn to be persuasive, a task that requires every ounce of his seductive charm as he tempts and tantalizes Caro, seeking to convince her that becoming his bride will bring her all her heart desires . . . and more.
But then a series of mysterious, and dangerous, accidents befall Caro—an assailant has stepped in with their own idea for Caro's future—one that could involve murder. Before Caro can become Michael's ideal bride, they must race to uncover the unknown's identity before all hope of what they long for, and wish for, is destroyed.
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