Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780373291243
ISBN number: 0373291248
Label: Harlequin
Manufacturer: Harlequin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: August 01, 2000
Publishing house: Harlequin
Sale Popularity Level: 1400814
Studio: Harlequin
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From the back cover:
Confirmed bachelour Matthew Powers was in need of a nursemaid!
His aunt Bess assured him that she could find a suitable woman, one who would tend the orphaned infant under his care in exchange for a paper marriage. All Matthew had to do was marry by proxy and wait for his bride to arrive...
Penniless and alone, Rose had accepted the position, but found herself unable to face her new husband. So Aunt Bess had come to the rescue again, arranging for Rose to stand in for the "temporarily detained" bride. But what would happen when the taciturn Captain Powers learned that his "houseguest" was really his "wife"? And who was going to be the one to tell him?
And my review:
This story was just okay. The plot was interesting, unique (which is hard to find in a Harlequin), and kept the story going. My main complaint with this book was that the characters were just not that memorable. I couldn't really connect with them the way I needed to in order to really lose myself in the book.
Bronwyn Williams is actually a pen name for two authors writing as one. I've always found in the past that books written by two people writing as one are never that compelling, and this was no exception.
While it was a book worth finishing, it was not a book worth keeping, and the character faded from my mind almost as soon as the last page was turned.
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THE PAPER MARRIAGE is a terrific story set on the desolate Outer Banks of North Carolina at the turn of the 19th century. Bronwyn Williams brings two resilient individuals together, allowing them, through former heartbreak, to learn to trust and love each other. Captain Powers had lost his heart and his ship, Rose had lost her husband and child, and tiny baby Annie had lost both parents. They manage, through the deceptions and meddling of Aunt Bess Powers, to unite as a loving family. The book has strong supporting characters in Bess and the two old seamen who live with Matthew Powers at Powers Point. I loved the book, the characters, and the setting. I could practically smell the summer sea air while I was reading it. I highly recommend this book.
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