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Just in time for Valentine's 24-hour interval, from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes yet another classic historical tale that sizzles with romance and unforgettable drama. Reginald Mason is wealthy, refined, and, by all accounts, a admirer. However, he is not a gentleman by title, a cistron that pains him and his male parent inside the Regency society that upholds station over all else. That is, until an opportunity for social advancement arises, namely, Lady Annabelle Ashton. Daughter of the Earl of Havercroft, a neighbor and enemy of the Mason family, Annabelle finds herself disgraced by a scandal, 1 that has left her branded as damaged goods. Besmirched by shame, the earl is only likewise happy to marry Annabelle off to anyone willing to have her. Though Reginald Bricklayer, Senior, wishes to use Annabelle to propel his family up the social ladder, his son does non wish to marry her, preferring instead to alive the wild, unmarried life he is accepted to. With this, Reginald Senior serves his son an ultimatum: marry Annabelle, or brand exercise without family funds. Having no pick, Reginald consents, and enters into a hostile engagement in which the prospective bride and groom are openly antagonistic, each ane resenting the other for their current state of affairs while their respective fathers revel in their suffering. So begins an intoxicating tale rife with nighttime secrets, deception, and the trials of love—a story in which very piffling is equally information technology seems.
- Romance Historical Romance Historical Regency
208 pages, Paperback First published December 1, 2009
Mary Jenkins was born in 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. Afterward graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She too enjoys watching lawn tennis and crimper. Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency dear story, was published in 1985 equally A Masked Charade under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write total-fourth dimension. She has written more than than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling 'Slightly' sextet and 'But' quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards. She has won seven Waldenbooks Awards and two B. Dalton Awards for her bestselling novels, as well as a Romantic Times Lifetime Accomplishment Laurels.
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Ohhhh.... what a wonderfully wicked (in a practiced mode!!!) story!!! I cannot say anything about the story because I'll ruin it completly, just if you love romance you just MUST READ It!!!! It's so unexpected and and then, then sweet!!!!
What a charming and lovely story!!!! This volume was very small and i'm pretty sure that if information technology was a longlength novel it would be a bang-up one... Well, Reggie was having some gamble problems and the last yr was owing too many depts... His father had plenty with this mental attitude and he wants to settle him downward with the hope that he volition have a more appropriate behaviour... When Reggie's father finds out about the scandal with the Earl's daughter who is his mortal enemie, he decides to take the chance to make her Reggie'south helpmate... Earl had no other choice since the scandal than to take this bargain... So Reggie and Annabelle are forced to accepted too... Well, i really enjoyed this novel...
But i like it as information technology is!!!!
I can not say much nearly information technology!!! Merely that we have a forced marriage between 2 enemies...
How that had happened????
Annabelle from the other side provoke a scandal when she run abroad with a man beneath her aristocratic class and she caught up... Now, she is marked and no man wants her to exist his married woman...
Is it and so difficult as information technology seems or information technology's the best matter ever????
The half of it was like an illusion and the other one-half was tender and sweet...
The two chief characters was and so loveable and so.... smart!!!
Information technology was a very clever book, that's for certain!!!
Sometimes you read a book that makes yous feel equally though your insides accept turned to sunshine and glitter. You read over passages and, no matter how curmudgeonly you are, find yourself grin. As you reach the climax of the book, a joy swells within you at beingness able to partake of such love, fifty-fifty if it'southward completely vicarious, considering you want that for yourself. A Matter OF CLASS is that book. Reginald is the rakish son of a coal merchant who became part of the nouveau riche through hard work and skilful business decisions. He burns though greenbacks similar a flame, and has a gambling addiction to boot. Annabelle is the daughter of nobility, well known for her incredible beauty, but after beingness caught in a compromising position with a wagon homo all her beaux have withdrawn their proposals, leaving her in a most deplorable state. Upon finding out nearly Annabelle'due south disgrace, Reginald's father, Mr. Bricklayer practically runs over to Lord Havercroft'south business firm to offering a solution that he feels will benefit both sides. He will marry his son to Annabelle for her title in exchange for a sizable dowry and redemption from a fall from grace. It seems to be hate at outset sight. Reginald and Annabelle bicker continuously and it is immensely entertaining. Many of those smiles I referred to in the beginning of this review came from their back-chat. I am a sucker for witty banter, and this book did not disappoint. The sexual tension is off the charts here, also, and a couple scenes - surprisingly celibate considering what happens in many romance novels these days - had me reaching for a nonexistant fan. I think what I liked best nearly this volume were the characters, though. Reginald/Reggie and Annabelle/Anna were wonderful. The more I read about them, the more than I liked them, to the betoken that by the end of the volume, I was utterly smitten. I loved their families, too, especially the mothers of the hero and the heroine. They were so sweetness. Even the fathers, despite their shortcomings - pride and greed, you could say - loved their children, and every bit we see at the end, were willing to sacrifice their own ambitions in gild to make their children happy. This is a romance novel that is completely, and unashamedly about dear, in its many forms, and information technology was an accented delight to read. A Affair OF CLASS was my first Mary Balogh book - but it won't be the last. iv.5 to 5 stars!
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Don't always let it be said that all authors who have written many novels run out of new ideas. While it may be true of some, A Matter of Class proves it isn't truthful nearly Mary Balogh. What tin can I say near this short story other than information technology was a delight, especially as an audio volume. There are certain writer/narrator teams that bring out the best in each other and a Balogh novel narrated by Anne Flosnik is just virtually equally expert as it gets. From the very get-go I was captivated past this story every bit it was immediately made known that the premise would exist a cross between a "spousal relationship of convenience" and a "forced marriage"...both favorite themes of mine. The heroine has been caught in flight en route to Gretna Green to elope with her father'south footman and is irrevocably ruined. The hero is on a downward spiral to becoming a dissolute and a disgrace to his family...a coal baron's son bred to be a gentleman but ane who seems to exist joining the majority of the ton'southward immature males as he succumbs to the consequences of having likewise much money. The ii families have been neighbors for 20 years yet detest each other immensely. However, an aristocratic championship for the hero and a husband worth a fortune for a ruined miss (with a father in debt) soon brings the decades-old feud to a temporary truce as the two fathers force their children into condign betrothed. Ahh...but this story has a clandestine. Equally events unfolded and I finally caught on, I could've kissed MB for existence so witty. And of course, every bit with all of her books, the HEA was sweetness and sigh-worthy. I can't imagine any Mary Balogh lovers (especially you, Bill, wherever yous are) reading this book and non loving it. If you have never read a book by her, this would be a good one to outset with, as it is a full "stand alone". Regardless, fan or newbie, every i of you will be difficult-pressed not to do the happy dance at the stop!
Don't read the blurb. Don't read reviews. Have organized religion that you Volition autumn in love with this hero and heroine, even if yous really question it a couple of times. Simply know that this is one of my favorite Balogh books, and it will exist yours too. It's a fact. I put the book down with a huge whopping grin on my confront and romance in my heart.
This is a curt stand-solitary romance and what a delight it was!!! I admittedly adored the principal couple and their encounters were so fun to read. I was mildly bellyaching the kickoff time we cut to a past scene, but I came to capeesh those almost as much as the principal story. I'm not going to go any farther considering if you read the blurb, you pretty much know all the relevant things. I'll only say that this is beyond charming and exercise yourself a favor and accept an hour or 2 and just revel in information technology. A note about Steamy: There'south a single explicit sex scene which, in a story this short, approaches the heart of my steam tolerance. Frankly, it was a flake gratuitous, I think, only I don't care because I loved them both and so much!
5 stars ✰ ❛He was where he belonged. So was she. They were where they belonged. Together. In each other's arms. At last.❜ a affair of class is like drinking hot chocolate on a cold winter night while wearing warm fluffy socks. 🧸🤍
Oh what fun! (Wish the embrace was more than romantic though.)
Completely adorable!
All of Ms. Balogh'southward fans who haven't read this book are surely missing something singular. She's unremarkably known for her composed prosaic tenor, so I was hugely surprised by this book. She sure has a broad repertoire.
A rom-com of the finest order, with a playful twist.
Don't read any reviews (or shelves) before reading the book. Just become down to it!
I came in reading this volume with high expectations and was a little disappointed through most of the book. It was okay and unoriginal. Then came the catastrophe. Wow!! Well done MB!! A mediocre starting time to a delightful stop. BRAVO!!
This novella should be named 'A perfect Historical romance novella'...I know at this point whatever I say nigh Mary Balogh books will experience like a fangirl gushing over 1 of her fav authors but listen you lot in her case my honey is genuine because it was adult slowly over a long menstruation. But, this novella shocked me, I had expected awesome Characters and relationship development by MB. And, some great banter likewise. Only, the twist in the tale...uuuhhh😍😍😍😍 I likewise liked Anna Flosnik equally narrator for this one, which is a novelty since I hated her narration of Alice Coldbreathbook and so much(I tried only one on reread, my mistake) that I have never given her some other chance. But, I am going to practice so in the future.
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