| Title | : | The Rich Man's Bride |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0373126654 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780373126651 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 187 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2007 |
But then Anna is forced to live with Ryder onhis English country estate, and the tensionbetween them turns to temptation. Anna isa career-minded city girl with no plans tosettle down. But Ryder needs a wife, andhe's decided that Anna will become hislady-of-the-manor bride!
The Rich Man's Bride Reviews
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THE RICH MAN'S BRIDE, by Catherine George: A Play in Three Acts
ACT I
Lord Footinmouth: You Gold-Digging, cradle-robbing Slut, keep your old, varicose-veiny, thirty-three year old hands off my younger brother!
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
ACT II
Lord Footinmouth: Ooops, you were innocent of any of my wild accusations. Can we be friends now?
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
Lord Footinmouth: Are you sure? Cause I think I kinda fancy you...
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
Lord Footinmouth: Wow, I am so glad you changed your mind overnight and went to bed with me. Not only are you sexually compatible with me, but you make a mean beef brisket, you understand country living, and BONUS, you are a chartered accountant.
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
Lord Footinmouth: Ahem...*clears throat*...Given I have never felt like this about anyone but you...and...*gulp*... I don't think I can go on living without you, will you please...*cough*...can you do me the honor of...*pant*...Will you make me the happiest man on earth and become...MY EMPLOYEE?
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
ACT III
Lord Footinmouth: Pregnant, you say?...You Gold-Digging, cradle-robbing, varicose-veiny, thirty-three year old slut! And who is the father, pray tell?
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: You are the high and mighty Squire of Wyndham Hall and I am but the lowly gameskeeper's brat and because of this wide class-based gulf, there can never be anything between us.
Lord Footinmouth: Oh fine, fine, it's my baby. Come on, you can't hold my verbal diarrhea against me, it's just my nature. Let's just get married and get it over with.
Ms. Chippunmashoulder: I love you, husband.
Lord Footinmouth: Oh, yeah? Then, in that case, I love you too. Plus, now that you are my wife, you get to be an unpaid housekeeper, an unpaid child care worker, an unpaid begetter of my heir and my spare AND an unpaid chartered accountant running the business side of things for my country estate. And who said Gold-Digging, cradle-robbing, varicose-veiny, thirty-three year old, Chartered Accountant sluts don't come in handy! -
I guess the best thing about this book has to be
Naksed's review.
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Things I disliked -- kind of formal interactions...very polite and not as much laid-back as I usually like. Things sort of tidied up really quick in the end.
Things I liked -- you could really feel the rapport between Anna and Ryder. They were friends first, and you could actually feel that in the writing...you could see how they fell in love. Side characters were likeable too (from Martha to Tom and John to Clare to Dominic). -
This had a lot of good ideas going for it, but it felt like notes for a first draft of a story.
This needed a lot of help as it was beyond choppy, and plot points were introduced at the wrong time.
Not sure how this got published. -
Kind of an odd read. The characters had very flat affects but I believed them as a couple so it all worked out. I liked the childhood friends angle too.
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I liked the story and characters, but the writing was poor.
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Leído el 20/01/2011
Argumento:
El señor de la casa había encontrado esposa…
Desde que había sido despreciada por Ryder Wyndham y sus sofisticados amigos, Anna Morton, hija de uno de sus sirvientes, había mantenido las distancias con el hombre al que en otro tiempo había adorado.
Pero entonces se vio obligada a vivir bajo el mismo techo que Ryder en la mansión que él tenía en el campo y muy pronto la tensión se convirtió en tentación… Ahora Anna era una abogada de éxito sin la menor intención de establecerse en ningún sitio, pero Ryder necesitaba una esposa… y había decidido que Anna sería una magnífica señora de la casa.
