Married by Midnight

Here’s another author I never got a chance to read, Julianne MacLean.

This is a tale that’s part of a Pembroke Palace series and although I haven’t read any of the other books, I found the story standing on its own very well.

Here we have an old Duke, hero’s father, who believes that if his sons are not married by Christmas, their family is destined to be cursed. In order to foil this curse, he takes it upon himself to insure it never comes to that.

It’s Garrett’s turn to fulfill his father’s will by finally taking a plunge into matrimony.

In enters Anne who with no marriage prospects and dreadful living conditions, is willing to plunge herself into this union.

This is a Victorian period story with a surprisingly strong and show more complex female character of Anne, who I liked a lot.

I recommend it on that basis alone, but there’s a lot more: it’s well written, interesting and entertaining; great plot and wonderful chemistry between everyone that is in it.

Now I just need to stock up on the earlier books in this series!

*Melanie for b2b

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A sweet regency romance. An unwilling, illegitimate son of a Duke is forced to marry by Christmas in order that a "curse" be broken and all his brothers receive their inheritance. A quick read with just enough intrigue and storyline to make it enjoyable.

This was a cute story, not a lot of heat, I liked both characters. Not a keeper, but a nice story that I'm not unhappy I read.