It can work, don’t get me wrong - in the right hands, it’s a thing of beauty. Usually, the marriage of convenience is used as a rather contrived way of tossing the hero and heroine together and forcing them to interact. I really, really like Hannah’s inner dialogue regarding David’s proposal. By forging Marcus’ name, David is getting back at his brother (and acting like a surly teen in the process - getting back at his brother for what, exactly? For helping him every time he needs help? or for not helping him without upbraiding him afterwards? Childish either way.) These two conflicting feelings combine to inspire David to his most outrageous escapade ever - motivated by the purest of intentions, of course.īy marrying Hannah, he’s helping her avoid going back to her father’s farm - an untenable situation at best, and a horrible future for Molly under any circumstances. While he resents Marcus’ constant and timely interventions in his affairs - messy as they may be - David also relies on his brother to keep saving his… bacon. There are, sadly, a couple of things I didn’t like at all, but let’s start at the beginning.ĭavid, younger than Marcus by all of ten minutes, spends most of his life getting into all sorts of scrapes, each one worse than the last. There are so many things I like about this book the main characters Hannah and Marcus Molly, Hannah’s child (probably most of all, because she’s neither too precious nor too precocious) the dialogue and the pacing.

What a Rogue Desires, David’s story, and A Rake’s Guide to Seduction, Celia’s story, follow it. This novel is a very entertaining variation on the twins-playing-each other plot device.

Historical romance released by Zebra 1 Sep 06įirst in the Reece family trilogy, What a Gentleman Wants tells the story of Marcus, Duke of Exeter, and Hannah Preston, a vicar’s widow from the country. Azteclady’s guest review of What a Gentleman Wants (Reece Family Trilogy, Book 1) by Caroline Linden

All the Duke I Need by Caroline Linden