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Despised & Desired: The Marquess' Passionate Wife

Love's Second Chance Series: Tales of Damsels & Knights, Book 1

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Despised & Desired: The Marquess' Passionate Wife

By: Bree Wolf
Narrated by: Anna Parker-Naples
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A tortured hero. A lady with the heart of a lion. And an unbreakable bond.

Elsbeth Munford is set to marry a dashing viscount until an accident destroys her life. Devastated, Ellie resigns herself to a life of spinsterhood, her beauty tainted by ugly scars.

Until one day, when she receives a proposal of marriage... from a man she loved long ago.

Frederick Lancaster, brother to the Marquess of Elmridge, returns home from war. Unable to make his peace with the past, he retreats into the dark until his brother dies unexpectedly and Frederick is thrust into a world of duty. In order to father an heir, he agrees to marry...a woman he does not remember.

Can Frederick see past Ellie's scars? Will Ellie be able to heal his wounded soul?

This tale by a USA Today best-selling author of two broken souls searching for love shows that sometimes the most painful scars are the ones we cannot see.

©2016 Sabrina Wolf (P)2018 Tantor
Fiction Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense

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or… Amazing & agonising / the patient wife (!)

Goodness, what a story, and with an amazing heroine in Ellie - a lovely positive soul. She also had the grace, patience and inner strength of a saint! In contrast, her new husband was a bit of a sad-sack, tortured by the loss of loved ones and possessive of single-minded determination to obtain his own needs. The Marquess was initially rather cold and inconsiderate of Ellie’s feelings but alas the worm eventually turns, he realises she’s precious, and there’s a satisfying HEA. The suspense kept me thoroughly engaged through the rollercoaster of angst and emotional growth. The narrator’s performance was effective and believable. I enjoyed, and recommend.

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Long and drawn out

I didn't love this one, I didn't love the narration, the story dragged on way too long, it just seemed to me it was all patched together, it didn't flow. I persevered, however, I wish I'd now given in and returned it.

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