Review: His Bride for the Taking

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It’s the first rule of friendship among gentlemen: Don’t even think about touching your best friend’s sister.

Sebastian, Lord Byrne, has never been one for rules. He’s thought about touching Mary Clayton—a lot—and struggled to resist temptation. But when Mary’s bridegroom leaves her waiting the altar, only Sebastian can save her from ruin. By marrying her himself.

In eleven years, he’s never laid a finger on his best friend’s sister. Now he’s going to take her with both hands. To have, to hold…and to love.

Genre: historical romance

Publication date: October 2019

Mature content: yes

Review: Even knowing His Bride for the Taking is a novella and there wouldn't be a lot of character and plot development, I honestly expected a bit more. 

Instead I found there is more deception (and sex) than anything else. Sebastian marries Mary making her believe that he's sacrificing himself for her honor when he's secretly relishing the fact he's finally going to be with the woman he's always loved. And Mary apparently concocts the whole thing to get him to marry her. While they are both sweet and seem to have the best of intentions, to start a marriage on such a heap of lies seemed a bit too much. Maybe in a longer book it would have worked but not in such a short one. 

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