Not Quite a Wife

from lquilter

Boring, and the b-plot kidnapping felt tacked on. The characters were both too staid and virtuous to be interesting -- this practically felt like a Christian genre romance. (Although frankly the b-plot characters of the escaped slave & the valet were more interesting than the a-plot characters.)

from B.J.O.

Mary Jo Putney is one of the best known, long-time, historical romance writers, so when I got the opportunity to read an advanced copy of her latest, NOT QUITE A WIFE, I jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately, with all the build-up, this book was not as captivating as I had hoped. In fact, the ...

from amdrane2

This was only my second book by Mary Jones Putney and I'm sure I'll read more. I guess I'll always have a problem with reading books in a series out of order, which I have done once again with this one. It's the sixth book in the series, but I've only read this one, obviously, and the one before ...

from ladypembroke

I normally like the "separated but in love spouses" trope. This couple was a good couple. The mechanism that separated them? Not so much. I found it very hard to believe that these two people would let ten years go by without any one of the people who knew them smacking them on the heads and tell...

from eyes.2c

Oops! I guess it only takes once! Interesting addition to the Lost Lords series. This time the story centres on Lord Kirkland and the wife (Laurel) that he has been estranged from for over ten years. The others of the group have no idea that James Kirkland is married to the sister of another of M...