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The Ideal Bride (Cynster Novels) by Stephanie Laurens
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Stephanie Laurens Edition: Mass Market Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2005-03-01 ISBN: 0060505745 Number of pages: 448 Publisher: Avon
Book Reviews of The Ideal Bride (Cynster Novels)Book Review: No one does it better than Stephanie Laurens! Summary: 5 Stars
Laurens is the reason I read historical romance - I found her Cynster series several years ago and keep trying to find anything to equal it - I have never found anything to equal Laurens or this series. The reviews here for this book are mixed, I guess if you do not appreciate the style of Laurens you might find this book slow but for me it is so necessary for the story Laurens is trying to tell. She wants you to understand each and every feeling of Michael and Caro - she wants you to understand why they are reacting to each other on a day to day hour to hour basis. This was absolutely a beautiful romance. No words that I could write here would convey how much I enjoyed and appreciated this book. Michael I thought might be a little stuffy since he is not a Cynster rouge type. However, Michael is beyond discription the way he truly begins to understand what kind of perfect woman Caro would be for him both personally and politically. He sets out on a pace of seduction and romance that might be unequaled in the many books I have read. The passion between Caro and Michael is unequaled - I truly could not believe how powerful and hot these scenes were without in any way coming off as just lust. And the emotions between Michael and Caro - has there ever been a more perfect couple? Noone could write a book, that goes sometimes hour by hour day by day and not have it come off as tedious but Stephanie Laurens. Caro had so many reasons to be doubtful and fearful of giving her heart to Michael. Michael until Caro, never really thought he could become like all of his Cynster inlaws and fall under the spell of a woman. How they both will discover they were so wrong. Truly if you are a absolute lover of the Cynster series and Lauren's work - I believe you will see as I do, the Ideal Bride - is indeed an Ideal read!!
Summary of The Ideal Bride (Cynster Novels) 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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