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K A T M A R T I N · · · New York Times bestselling author · · · · Historical Romance · Contemporary · Romantic Suspense · |
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Plot is full of adventure, witty repartee and sizzling passion... The final book in Martin's Bride trilogy is just as delightful, sexy and steamy as the first two. This marriage-of-convenience plot is full of adventure, witty repartee and sizzling passion.
Rule Dewar is living the high life in London with wine, women and song, until he gets a surprise visitor -- his wife. Three years earlier, Rule married the American teenage heiress as a favor to her father. He left her soon after the marriage to take over a London gun-manufacturing plant and never looked back.Now he is confronted with a beautiful woman with whom he is more than willing to assume his role as husband. But Violet Griffin Dewar has come for an annulment. Rule refuses to give her to another man without a fight. He convinces her to give him a month to court her, but there are others who will stop at nothing -- even murder! -- to break up the happy couple. - RTBookreviews.com Reviewer: Maria Ferrer It has intrigue, mystery, murder, love, romance, and sensuality... RULE’S BRIDE by Kat Martin is a Historical Romance set in 1859 Boston and ends in 1862 England. It is well written. It has intrigue, mystery, murder, love, romance, and sensuality. The characters are charming, independent, and strong. The secondary characters are just as strong. The heroine’s cousin finds love in the hero’s best friend, therefore there a story in the brew. It is fast paced and page turner. The characters will draw you into the story with them. Therefore, the hero and youngest of the Dewar brothers, he is not a force to be reckoned with as the other two. He is not sure what love is or how it feels, but through advice from his older brother he realizes what it is and he is in love with his wife. This is a captivating story of young love and what a dying father will do to ensure this lovely daughter’s future and well being. If you not read the other two in The Bride Trilogy (#1 Royal’s Bride and #2 Reese’s Bride) I would recommend them. - Mybookaddition.com Reviewer: April Renn I can’t recommend Rule’s Bride highly enough... Rule Dewar married Violet Griffin three years ago as a favor to her dying father. He promptly returned home to England and his rakish ways, leaving his young bride in Boston. So he couldn’t be more stunned when a very different, grown up Violet shows up in his home. He’s ready to begin their marriage but Violet has very different ideas. She’s there to obtain an annulment so that she can marry another man. Rule is determined to keep his wife, but a hidden enemy is just as determined to make sure that never happens. I have so loved Kat Martin’s Bride Trilogy, but I am unashamed to say that Rule’s book is my absolute favorite!! Passion, danger and intrigue pull you into Rule’s Bride from the very start and don’t let you go. I was dying to see how it ended but was unwilling to turn the last page! I can’t even count how many of Ms. Martin’s books I’ve read, but I’m still hooked. I can’t recommend Rule’s Bride highly enough. - Joyfullyreviewed.com Enthralling to the very end... Boston gun manufacturer Howard Griffin is dying. With only a few months to live, he worries about what will become of his company, Griffin Manufacturing, which he had hoped would provide a secure future for his young daughter, Violet. To ensure the well-being of them both, he strikes a deal with one of his most trusted employees, Englishman Rule Dewar. Under Griffin’s arrangement, Rule and Violet will each receive half of the company upon Howard’s death, with Rule taking his place as head of the company. In addition, Rule must agree to marry 16 year old Violet immediately, but postpone consummation for a few years, until she is ready to fulfill her role as Rule’s wife. Despite the highly unconventional arrangement, Rule agrees to the terms of the deal and marries Violet before returning to his home in England to open the European branch of the company. Three years later, back in the States, 19 year old Violet finds she’s in love with another man, even though she is legally married to Rule. She hasn’t heard from Rule in quite some time and feels abandoned and jilted by him. Because their marriage was never consummated, she decides to travel to England to seek an annulment. Rule is surprised when Violet turns up at his doorstep, and the entire Dewar family is stunned to learn that Rule has been secretly married for three years. Violet is convinced an annulment is the best solution but Rule would like to give married life a try. He convinces her to stay in London for one month, living as his wife, before making the decision to end their relationship. He soon discovers how spirited and head-strong his young American wife really is. Book #3 of Martin’s Bride trilogy is every bit as engaging as the first two. The enterprising Dewar family continues to grow, and now ventures into the new world, with the marriage of Rule and his American bride, Violet. The plot takes a sinister turn when Griffin Manufacturing goes up for sale at the dawn of the Civil War, and greed and deception enter the negotiations. And Violet’s American suitor won’t give her up without a fight either. Enthralling to the very end. - www.ReaderToReader.com A wonderful read... This is the third story in the trilogy and what a wonderful read it was. So much so that I really have to read the first two, yes I admit it, I haven’t read them but will do so, and soon. One of the things I liked was that I didn’t have to read the first two books to understand what was happening as this story is further into time but we do get to meet the other characters again which made me want to find out their background story. I really enjoyed this story with the likeable characters and excellent storyline. -www.eyeonromance.com
* sighs dreamily * This is how historical
romances are supposed to be made. This book was simply lovely.
Kat Martin has ended this series on a high note. Three years ago Rule married the daughter of his friend and business partner, Griff, while in America, telling no one else in England of this after he returned. For Griff was dying and wanted his daughter protected as well as the business. He had only the greatest of respect for Rule and trusted him. He asked Rule to wait until Violet was a grown woman before consummating the marriage. His daughter was then 16 and, altho showing signs of beauty, still was a gangly youngster. He returns to England and resumes living his life as he always has. Now, tired of waiting to be a wife and with a new love she wants to marry, Violet comes to England to ask for an annulment. Violet also wants to sell the armament company as she sees a civil war coming in America and doesn't want to be the manufacturer of the guns that may kill the people she loves. Rule convinces her to wait a month before anything happens, giving him a chance to arrange a successful sale as well as convince her to stay married. For, altho he was not enthused with being married before, now that he has met the grown up Violet, he thinks differently. Before anything is settled, there is a murder, Rule's arrest, and the two become intimate. Everything is all the more complicated with the arrival of the man who loves her arriving from America. One thing negative to say about this story is how hard it was to swallow that Rule couldn't tell that he loved his wife. The author asks us to swallow that and it's hard to do. Other than that, Kat Martin has ended this series on a high note. Two love stories, with murder and mystery, move this book right along. There's no lack of passionate love scenes between each couple. Whew! It's all quite exciting and terrific. Really looking forward to a new series featuring the magnificent Oarsmen! Romancereviewsmag.com Click here to enter Kat's latest contest! |
