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A review by ssejig
Trouble at the Wedding: Abandoned at the Altar by Laura Lee Guhrke
3.0
Annabel Wheaton was poor, dirt poor, while growing up in Mississippi. Her family was looked down on and called white trash. At least until her father's legacy ended up being an Alaskan gold mine. Suddenly, she's one of the nouveau riche.
This series is set just as automobiles are coming into fashion and American heiresses are flocking overseas to marry for an English title. Annabel Wheaton is just such an heiress. She's not looking for love, she's been burned in the past and just wants acceptance for herself and her family. Unbeknownst to her, her uncle has hired a duke to try and disrupt the nuptials. Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, also needs money but he tried marrying for it once and carries the guilt of the relationship to this day. However, he knows that Annabel's fiance is a typical romance bad guy (sleeping with a prostitute the night before they're to marry) and he actually likes Annabel so he decides to save her from herself. Of course, it's with disastrous results that leave our hero and heroine entwined for much longer than they had anticipated.
I'm really liking this series. There aren't many romances set in the Edwardian era and Guhrke does a great job of including emerging technologies with the changing social spheres and really making the time come alive.
If I liked it so much, why only three stars? Because I'm comparing it (maybe unfairly) to Scandal of the Year which I actually sat down and read in one sitting. While I really liked Annabel and her plain speaking as well as Christian and his sense of responsibility, Julia and Aidan captured my heart just a little bit more.
This series is set just as automobiles are coming into fashion and American heiresses are flocking overseas to marry for an English title. Annabel Wheaton is just such an heiress. She's not looking for love, she's been burned in the past and just wants acceptance for herself and her family. Unbeknownst to her, her uncle has hired a duke to try and disrupt the nuptials. Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, also needs money but he tried marrying for it once and carries the guilt of the relationship to this day. However, he knows that Annabel's fiance is a typical romance bad guy (sleeping with a prostitute the night before they're to marry) and he actually likes Annabel so he decides to save her from herself. Of course, it's with disastrous results that leave our hero and heroine entwined for much longer than they had anticipated.
I'm really liking this series. There aren't many romances set in the Edwardian era and Guhrke does a great job of including emerging technologies with the changing social spheres and really making the time come alive.
If I liked it so much, why only three stars? Because I'm comparing it (maybe unfairly) to Scandal of the Year which I actually sat down and read in one sitting. While I really liked Annabel and her plain speaking as well as Christian and his sense of responsibility, Julia and Aidan captured my heart just a little bit more.