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This reverse beauty and the beast tale tackles some new territory. The heroine, Wren, is a recluse raised by a loving aunt and uncle who recently died. She has a port wine birthmark on one side other face, but it is the impact of her emotionally abusive early childhood that really holds her prisoner.

She asked the hero, Alex, to marry her for her money. He is an exceptional person with a kind heart and a strong sense of duty. Alex does not optimistically assume he can step in to "fix" Wren. Instead, he ponders the extent of the emotional damage she suffers and whether he can have any kind of bearable relationship with her. Rather than blithely force her out from under her metaphorical rock, he supports her decisions about what she can handle. And, she is an excellent business woman, a role he also supports. Alex is an unusual person for his (or any) age.

Watching this couple is absorbing, if not always pleasant Their journey is, however, rewarding to read.

I must say that I've been to so many Balogh weddings by now that I began fidgeting in the pew and checking my watch during this one, although I was happy for them.

Random thoughts:
Wren, we are told, has stayed at home, with brief business forays to her glass factory, since she was 10 and going to Alex's home to meet neighbors for tea is her first venture outside her home to socialize. Yet we are also told that Wren visits her local church on Sundays. ??? Perhaps English rural churches are very different from rural Appalachian churches, where Wren would have had every congregant speak to her, inquire about her relatives living and dead, and she would not be allowed to leave until she signed up to bring a covered dish to Wednesday's church supper.

Also, how did 19th century ladies avoid obesity when any time they sat down, they were plied with cookies and cakes? Those Empire-waisted dresses would cover a great deal, but even they could only do so much.


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Someone to Wed A Westcott Novel Mary Balogh 9780399586064 Books Reviews

This is the first time I have wished I could give more than 5 stars! This book and it's characters was just amazing and engrossed me so much I didn't even realize I was crying as I read.

Wren Heydon has a port wine birthmark on the left side of her face and has spent 20 years living as a complete recluse who wore a veil whenever she did interact with people. But, her loving Aunt and Uncle have died and while they left her a company to run and great wealth she is lonely and longs for marriage and children. Wren is methodical selects some prospects needing money and sets out to buy a husband. The book opens with third prospect Alexander, Earl of Riverdale. While it is obvious there are other books of the Wescott family, which I have not read, I had no trouble keeping up with the story and who's who.
What follows from that first meeting is just amazing. I am a prolific romance reader and found Wren unique, with her brains, money and most of all courage to face her demons and venture outside of her lonely cocoon.
Alexander is her perfect mate, gorgeous with honor and best of all empathy to those in his life. Watching the two of them coming together as Wren ventures into the world without the protection of her veil brought me at several points to tears and the ending left me with a smile wishing the book would continue. Definitely a desert island keeper. Now to definitely read the previous books in the Westcott world.
This is an okay novel, but it's not up to the engrossing stories that Mary Balogh has written in the past. I was expecting so much more.

The story itself took was slow and pondering with almost half of the book devoted to persuading the heroine to agree to what she suggested in the first place - namely to wed the Earl to whom she essentially proposed. The Earl fairly quickly agreed to her suggestion that he marry her to acquire sufficient wealth to restore the run down estate he had inherited. He was patience itself. Nevertheless, getting to the wedding took forever, and we never got to see whether or how the Earl's estate, Brambledean Court, was restored.

I suppose that I was expecting a different type of story based on the book's description and title. Next time, instead of my usual automatic purchase, I'll wait awhile for more reviews to get a better sense of the actual story.
I can honestly say that Ms Balogh is one of the most consistent authors in this genre. I forgot about this preorder and was not particularly expecting anything so it came as a very pleasant surprise. The story starts of quite differently and I wasn't enamoured of either main character but my goodness did I get sucked in. The h was born with a strawberry birthmark covering the left side of her face. When she meets the H, she is almost 30 years old and a recluse. If she goes out, she wears a veil covering her face. She invited the H to tea because she had discovered he was in need to turn about the estate, which he had inherited unexpectedly. She has money and he needs it. She wants marriage, affection and children. When she proposes marriage to the H, he is not thrilled. He suggests they get to know each other first. He challenges her at every turn and pushes her to reveal her face, first to him and then to various other people he slowly introduces to her. There is definitely not a smooth path to the hea but the author builds the journey so well. The h has many layers and many secrets. The H showed surprising depth, although he was a lovely secondary character in the previous 2 books. I enjoyed seeing bits of the other characters from the first two books too. This book can stand alone though. I want to go back and reread this again soon, it's that good.
This reverse beauty and the beast tale tackles some new territory. The heroine, Wren, is a recluse raised by a loving aunt and uncle who recently died. She has a port wine birthmark on one side other face, but it is the impact of her emotionally abusive early childhood that really holds her prisoner.

She asked the hero, Alex, to marry her for her money. He is an exceptional person with a kind heart and a strong sense of duty. Alex does not optimistically assume he can step in to "fix" Wren. Instead, he ponders the extent of the emotional damage she suffers and whether he can have any kind of bearable relationship with her. Rather than blithely force her out from under her metaphorical rock, he supports her decisions about what she can handle. And, she is an excellent business woman, a role he also supports. Alex is an unusual person for his (or any) age.

Watching this couple is absorbing, if not always pleasant Their journey is, however, rewarding to read.

I must say that I've been to so many Balogh weddings by now that I began fidgeting in the pew and checking my watch during this one, although I was happy for them.

Random thoughts
Wren, we are told, has stayed at home, with brief business forays to her glass factory, since she was 10 and going to Alex's home to meet neighbors for tea is her first venture outside her home to socialize. Yet we are also told that Wren visits her local church on Sundays. ??? Perhaps English rural churches are very different from rural Appalachian churches, where Wren would have had every congregant speak to her, inquire about her relatives living and dead, and she would not be allowed to leave until she signed up to bring a covered dish to Wednesday's church supper.

Also, how did 19th century ladies avoid obesity when any time they sat down, they were plied with cookies and cakes? Those Empire-waisted dresses would cover a great deal, but even they could only do so much.