Minerva Montrose has a passion for politics. She
is ready to hit the marriage mart with one goal in mind, to marry
someone destined to rank high in government, and she's already picked
her target.
Lord Blakenly has just returned to Society after a
two year exile, and he's ready to pick up where he left off in his
debauchery. Most assume he doesn't have the intelligence to run a
dukedom, and have low expectations of him, none suspect the secrets
he holds.
When Blake and Minerva are discovered in a very
compromising position, they find themselves headed to the alter.
Blake resents being forced to give up his freedom, while Minerva
resigns herself to her fate.
Minerva is a serious minded young woman, while
Blake is a fun-loving scoundrel. How will these two find their Happy
Ever After, when they can barely tolerate each other?
*****
CONFESSIONS OF AN ARRANGED
MARRIAGE was a very enjoyable read. While the premise of the story
has been done many times before, Miranda Neville brought a freshness
to the storyline with her well-rounded characters and scenery.
Minerva was a very
intelligent, serious young woman, who had managed to get herself into
a few scrapes, but nothing like the scandal Blake brought onto her.
She was a bit hard to take in the beginning with all her thoughts of
politics, but Blake was a little hard for me to take early in the
story, also. He couldn't get over feeling sorry for himself, and he
treated Minerva with a nasty attitude. I found that hard to read,
when he was the one that caused the whole fiasco in the first place.
Fortunately as the story
moved on the characters improved. Minerva decided to try to make the
best of the situation, and eventually Blake decided the same,
allowing them to learn to actually like each other, and to help their
relationship flourish, as they discovered each others true inner
character. I felt that when the story was over they had a lasting
love that wasn't going to crumble.
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