Courtney Milan
Autor(a) de The Duchess War
About the Author
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Séries
Obras por Courtney Milan
Birthday Gift 24 exemplares
Out of the Frying Pan [short story] 23 exemplares
The Return of the Scoundrel 14 exemplares
The Kissing Hour 13 exemplares
The Marquis Who Mustn't 13 exemplares
Find Me (Cyclone, #3) 10 exemplares
The Once and Future Earl 7 exemplares
A Tale of Two Viscounts 7 exemplares
Show Me 6 exemplares
What Lies Between Me and You 4 exemplares
Keep Me 4 exemplares
The Goddess of Small Things [short story] 3 exemplares
Dark Horizon 3 exemplares
Associated Works
The Girl Who Loved Historical Romance: A Book of First Chapters (2010) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Bond, Heidi
- Data de nascimento
- 1976
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Colorado, USA
- Educação
- University of California, Berkeley (MS ∙ Theoretical physical chemistry)
University of Michigan (JD) - Ocupações
- law professor
romance novelist
author - Agente
- Kristin Nelson
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Críticas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 55
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 8,333
- Popularidade
- #2,896
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 590
- ISBN
- 191
- Línguas
- 8
- Marcado como favorito
- 28
- Pedras de toque
- 129
As brief as the story is, it's pretty sweet. The two leads have obvious chemistry, aided by the fact that they're both fully fleshed out characters. Ginny grew up dirt poor until she ran away to her aunt for a semblance of normal life, but the trauma of her past still haunts her to this day, hence why she refuses to marry without some kind of financial security. I honestly loved this. While I am a romantic at heart and believe true love conquers all, I also live in an era where I can work and have my own money. Ginny didn't have that luxury, and so her only path to security was to marry as wealthy as she can, which she does initially, and to a man who wasn't a monster even if they didn't love each other. Good for her.
Meanwhile, Simon came from wealth but has always been a bully and a dreamer. When he discovers he can't have Ginny, he dreams and bullies his way to a prosperous existence, only to have that existence be in financial jeopardy. Still, he has enough that he plans to trick Ginny into marrying him before he loses it all. Ask for forgiveness and not for permission. That's his strategy. Unfortunately, I don't feel like he's really given time to atone for his mistakes and misdirection. He kind of just says he'll do better, and the next thing you know, he's with Ginny. It's not the end of the world. Really, the most unbelievable part is Ginny's final act
All in all, the story's cute. It's not particularly memorable, but it was cute and sweet and fun while it lasted. However, I don't think I'll be coming back to this one, but that's my personal preference.… (mais)