Best Man to Wed? by Penny Jordan

Best Man to Wed? Reviews

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  boogenhagen

  Re Best Man to Wed Penny Jordan continues on with her Bride's Bouuet series in her second book of the trilogyBrace yourself HP Voyager's this is gonna get a little suickyThe 22 yr old h is the cousin of the groom who got married in first book His smug priggish bride is the one who 'tripped' and set the cat among the pigeons by having her three bridesmaids all catch her bouuet in an attempt to save itLike every book in this series the secondary characters smug manipulations are all over the place As the h's mother is the aunt of both the groom and the H plus her new cousin in law is determined to drag every single lady around her into marital purgatory there is no use running away because this h is related to everybodyWe learned in the first book that this h had an unreuited love for the groom who married the first book's heroine's stepdaughter PJ tells us this was a childhood crush for the h that began at twelve and was somewhat encouraged by both families over the years as they all have a common interest in the family business and wouldn't mind having those ties strengthenedExcept the groom's older brother who is the head of the family firm and continually berates and belittles the h about her huge crush on his brother It appears he doesn't want any closer familial connections than exist alreadyThe h is pretty sure the H is resentful of the fact that her mother holds enough shares in the firm to get the h a job in company as an interpreter and honestly the h had wanted to go off on her own when she left school But in typical semi incestuous PJ fashion circumstances force the h to stay in the family circumference to be bullied and verbally abused by the H and patronized by the rest of the priggish nematode pustulesWhen the story starts the h is burning her mementos of the now married groom and the H shows up to bully insult and belittle the h some Every word out of his mouth is nasty the h is pretty sad cause all she does is cry about it The H also has to explain about a company trip tooEvidently there is a company business trip to Italy coming up and the H and the h are the only one's attending it When we get to the conference the hotel is over booked and the h and H are forced to share a room Amidst all the massive insults and accusations that the h is a pathetic unattractive childish homewrecker out to destroy his brother's marriage the H manages to forcibly seduce the h a few times Warning the first time the h was asleep and the second time it was very non consensual until the h's Treacherous Body Syndrome kicked inIn retaliation the h announces that she thought the H was actually his brother and that is why she eventually responded It doesn't go over very wellWhen we get back to England the rumor of the h and H's extra curricular activities fly around the office because of the shared hotel room and then the h turns up pregnant A swift marriage is immediately arranged with the entire family 'delighted' that the H and h are in love and expecting a babyCue up the priggish snot bride cousin in law who whines because the H's brother doesn't want a baby yet and she is just dying to have one The H and h have a short Italian honeymoon with one round of the lurve club that is physically satisfying but produces huge mopey moments on the h's part cause now she loves the H and he is actively avoiding herThe h figures her life and marriage are doomed and resolves to love her baby and ignore everything else and then she and the H's brother get into a car accident when he drives her home from work There is a baking baby scare when the h can't feel the baby moving any and the h has hysterics kicks the H's brother out of her room and demands they find the HThe H shows up full of remorse for being mean to the h because of his jealousy over her loving his brother As the baby starts to wiggle around the H declares he loves the h and has since she fell in love with his brother at 12 and he was 19 or so Which is very creepy because we are told the 15 yr old H was bathing the 7 year old h at one point in the story and that just suicks me out because he keeps calling her childish and child throughout the book and then he wants a daughterThe h is delighted that the H really does love her and all of his abuse was because of his frustrated passion The h swears her true love back and we leave the two of them happily united We get a little epilogue where the h has a baby girl right before Christmas and the h drops a card to the last unmarried bridesmaid as a little seuel baiting for the next storyThis one was kinda creepy and I never realized it until I reread it The H was waaaay too interested in a little kid and his abuse until he and the family bullied the h into dependent marital compliance was just weird I thought it strange that the H seemed to determined to bullying the h into being as childish as possible and so I wasn't feeling the lurve too much on this Then there is the whole first cousin issue with the mother's being sisters and the over involvement of the entire family in pimping the h out to the H without regard to maybe sending the h out of the nest to get some maturity So overall I recommend skipping this one avoiding the suicky creepy feeling and finding a better HPlandia outing
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  Jacqueline J

  Is he unbuttoning her dress or pinching her nipple? You decide
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  Chantal ❤️

  This book was the best in this series The hero has been in love faithfully with the heroine since they are young She was very confusing to understand with her love for his now married brother I loved the way he was with her You could tell how much he loved her and was hurt by her words and behaviour I just wanted to hit her He was a great guy and was doing his best not to get hurt but it was hard when he finally getting a chance with her He took his chance and did it pay off? Read it and see Very enjoyable book I have reread this book over 5 times
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  KC

  Poor James had it b a a d for Poppy I felt bad for him because Poppy made no attempt to hide her love for Chris his married younger brother At one point she even told James—in a moment of panic and self defense—that she'd used him as a substitute for Chris in bed Ouch James might have been a little short with Poppy at times but I totally understood his frustration Poppy's immaturity made it difficult for her to see how James was clearly the superior catch In a way I think it's a blessing Chris drew Poppy's attention first because she really needed time to mature and to appreciate the hard to handle JamesIt would be an understatement to say that these two possessed high levels of emotional fireworks and sexual tension between them I just wish they hadn't been first cousins but marriage between close cousins is apparently accepted in England Oh well Poppy finally sees the light and the two have their HEA
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  Penny Watson

  This is uite possibly the most torturous HP I have ever readI almost DNFed at 60% but I stuck with it just to see what happenedThe dialogue was basically this for than half the bookPoppy But I can'tI can'tJames You begged MEOver and over and over againAlso the hero was a complete asshole until almost the final page of the book I need a much earlier turn around on the asshole to grovel to hero issue Waiting until the last page doesn't cut itHere is the order of my hatred1 James2 Poppy3 Chris4 SallyChris and Sally were really just irritating but I included them anywaySo in conclusionIf you want to torture yourself go for it I think I'll avoid Penny Jordan books from now onwhimper
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  StMargarets

  I'm going to have to read this again because as you can see from the bookshelves there is so much going on This is classic Penny Jordan a heroine that doesn't know her own mind and has a traitorous body and a hero that is alpha to the max I can't decide between 3 and 4 stars because he's just so mean to her but then she's a drip half the time Honestly these people Read it You won't be bored
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  MBR

  I can almost always count on a good old Harleuin novel to take me on an emotional rollercoaster ride from which I wouldn’t want to get off Penny Jordan is a favorite Harleuin author of mine and I am sure many fans of the Harleuin line are bound to feel the same Though I have done most of my Harleuin crazed phase of reading prior to the start of my review site this is one novel by Penny Jordan that I seemed to have missed a fact I am glad that I have rectified when I started on this one on a whim today22 year old Poppy Carlton has had her dreams crushed when her cousin Chris Carlton who has been the man of her dreams since she had turned 12 years of age marries another Forced to grow up and get her head out of the clouds Poppy is horrified when her virginal body responds in an appalling manner to James Carlton’s caresses James is her beloved Chris’s elder brother the forbidding and formidable version to the sunny and easy going nature of Chris who occupies her thoughts night and day – or so Poppy tries telling herself8 years older than Poppy James is a man who keeps his emotions close to himself apart from tearing into Poppy’s infatuation when it comes to his younger brother When conseuences of their nights of passion together forces Poppy to acknowledge her feelings towards the brother who is a match for her in everyway Poppy fears that she might be just a little bit too late in accepting that James is the one and only for herI love stories where the hero has always being in love with the heroine but somehow was overshadowed by the heroine’s infatuation with another man presumably a relative of the hero’s James is a mouthwateringly alluring hero and Poppy though at first grated on my nerves with her self pitying nature made up for it beautifully when she freely expresses her need for James bringing the poor guy to his kneesAnd this one certainly managed to be an emotion wrenching read and I loved the effect the story had on my emotions as I read along Though this might not be a feminist’s idea of how a romance should be this is romance in its most old fashioned form the reason why I fell in love with the world of romance in the first place Recommended for fans of the Harleuin genre and fans of Penny Jordan Rating45 Original review posted at MBR's Realm of Romance
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  Naksed

  uick I need a paper bag before I hurl The heroine lusts for her FIRST cousin and tries to use her other FIRST COUSIN Cousin number one’s older brother who used to clean her scrapes and kiss her booboos when she was a little girl to scratch her itch? Oh too late cleanup on Aisle One 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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  Romance_reader

  Steamy romance story featuring cousins caught up in a sort of a 'love triangle' I really felt for the H in this one The h blew hot and cold with him at every opportunity and the poor besotted alpha had no choice but to play along unhappily The angst though was absolutely delicious although I was tempted at times to find a way to reach into the book and shake the h for her fickle behaviour All in all a very decent read
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  Azet

  Best man to wed has to be one of the most popular books by Penny Jordan as it is in the second list of Penny Jordans popular list in GoodreadsWhat i like about her books the most is that the Hh always are oblivious of the others love for themso in that way they both actually grovels and hurt each other without knowing itBest Man to Wed are a very enlighting and sexy readThe hero managed to steal my heart the mostNo wonder the hero James Carlton were so cynical and mean and bullied the heroine Poppy Carlton when she out loud never even hides her love for his younger brotherPoor heroi really felt sorry for him as i knew that he bullied Poppy to hide his loveGlad i was when Poppy fell in love with him and finally got over her infatuation for his brotherbut she still denyed it stubbornly til the endLove the scenes after their marriage the mostand James love towards the unborn baby was so Oh AdorableI tried ignore the fact that they are cousinsno in fact i DID ignore it and i was so surprised that wedding between cousins are normal in Englandjust WTF?I still see cousin love relationships nearly the same as incestAnyway Penny Jordan made my day with this oneand i just LOVE the coverand the hero was a very dreamy onesighAnother unforgettable 5 star read by Penny Jordanlove this lady