NUMBER: 91TITLE: One Night For Love
AUTHOR: Mary Balogh
STARTED: December 17, 2005
FINISHED: December 21, 2005
PAGES: 375
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: Despite the early hour and the chilly weather, the yard of the White Horse Inn in Fetter Lane, London, was crowded and noisy.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] It was a perfect morning in May...
Neville Wyatt, Earl of Kilbourne, awaited his bride at the altar - when a ragged beggar woman raced down the aisle instead. The cream of the ton saw him stare, shocked, then declare that this was his wife! One night of passion was all he remembered as he beheld Lily, the woman he'd wed, loved, and lost on the battlefield in Portugal. Now he said he'd honor his commitment to her - regardless of the gulf that lay between them.
Then Lily spoke her mind...
She said she wanted only to start a new life - wanted only a husband who truly loved her. She had to leave him to learn how to meet his world on her terms. So Lily agreed to earn her keep as his aunt's companion and study the genteel arts. Soon she was the toast of the ton, every inch a countess fit for the earl, who vowed to prove to his remarkable wife that what he felt for her was far more than desire, that what he wanted from her was much more than... One Night for Love.
REASON FOR READING: I needed something for the plane ride.
THOUGHTS: Like usual, I continue to love Mary Balogh's work. The characters were unique and so was the plot line. The fact that neither character was incredibly flawed in their view was a great support for the novel. Both Neville and Lily had an inner strength that is often missing from most romance novel characters. The chemistry between the two was not spectacular, but it was present.
The one downside, I couldn't get over the fact that it was the woman who had to changed to fit the man's world. For some reason that bothered me. The twist in the end was also relatively easy to see early in the book.
MISCELLANEOUS: I got nuthin...
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): PBSing
RATING: 6/10 [Good]
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