Carregue numa fotografia para ir para os Livros Google.
A carregar... The Beautiful Pretender (2016)por Melanie Dickerson
Nenhum(a) A carregar...
Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. RTC ( ) The Beautiful Pretender is a fitting sequel to The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest. The book can stand on its own as a story, but is better having read the first book. Readers will be pleased to find Jorgen, Odette, and the Margrave of Thornbeck back in their lives. Both the beginning setup and ending are rather far fetched, but hey, it is literally a fairy tale romance, so what would you expect?! Dickerson's writing is exciting and engaging and she has deep sympathy for her characters. I would definitely read this book again. Beautifully told Medieval story in the German forbidding forests. Reinhart Stolten, Margrave of Thornbeck is commanded to wed by the King. The King has a list of acceptable candidates. Reinhart asks the chosen ladies to his castle to meet him and find out who us suitable. His chancellor devises some tests for the ladies. Meanwhile, one of the ladies elopes and her father enlists her maid to take her place, but Avelina has to discourage the margrave from choosing her. Much underhanded machinations among the candidates ensue. But Avelina, with her kind heart, becomes a shining example of what the margrave seeks in a wife. With a Beauty and the Beast undertone, this was an interesting look back in time. And with an underlying faith thread, good always triumphs. *I purchased this ebook from Amazon. All opinions are my own.* The second book in Dickerson’s newest fairytale series, The Beautiful Pretender loosely reimagines Beauty and the Beast and the Princess and the Pea. Like her previous Beauty and the Beast story, the “Beast” character is a gruff, closed-off man with a physical deformity, in this case a limp he acquired during the fire that killed his older brother and left him with the title of Margrave of Thornbeck. When the king requests that he marry a lady from the surrounding regions to help settle the growing unrest, Lord Thornbeck reluctantly invites the eligible young women to spend two weeks at his castle in order to select the most worthy bride. Avelina, maidservant of the inconveniently absent Lady Dorothea, is sent to Thornbeck in her place with strict instructions not to reveal her true identity or to let the margrave choose her as his bride. Easier said than done. I loved this book almost as much as the first one in the series! It doesn’t resemble Beauty and the Beast very much, and there is only one very obvious reference to Princess and the Pea, but I enjoyed the story as it was and watching these two fall in love. In spite of the fact that Avelina was lying about who she was, their interactions just felt very honest and true to themselves. And the events at the end were not what I was expecting! The Beautiful Pretender is a fast-paced, often an on-the-edge-of-your-seat, story. I definitely stayed up late a couple nights, wanting to see where the story led and how it ended. This tale is a sweet romance, with plenty of action and suspense. I believe my daughter will also enjoy it, when I share it with her. I certainly want to read more of Melanie Dickerson's books! sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Pertence a Série
Fiction.
Mythology.
Romance.
Christian Fiction.
HTML: After inheriting his title from his brother, the new margrave has two weeks to find a noble bride. What will happen when he learns he has fallen for a servant girl in disguise? The Margrave of Thornbeck is under orders from the king to find a bride, fast. He invites ten noble born ladies who meet the king's approval to be his guests at Thornbeck Castle for two weeks, a time to test the ladies and reveal their true character. But one of the guests is not who she pretends to be . . . and not everyone in attendance is there with good intentions. A commoner, Avelina has only two instructions: keep her true identity a secret and make sure the margrave doesn't select her as his bride. Since the latter seems unlikely, she concentrates on not getting caught. No one must know she is merely a maidservant, sent by the Earl of Plimmwald to stand in for his daughter, Dorothea. Despite Avelina's best attempts at diverting attention from herself, the margrave has taken notice. And try as she might, she can't deny her own growing feelings. But something else is afoot in the castle. Something sinister that could have far worse??and far deadlier??consequences. Will there ever be a wedding at Thornbeck Castle? Full-length, clean fairy tale retelling inspired by Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Pea Stand-alone novel in the Medieval Fairy Tale series Book 1: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest Book 2: The Beautiful Pretender Book 3: The Noble ServantNão foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
Current DiscussionsNenhum(a)Capas populares
Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
É você?Torne-se num Autor LibraryThing. |