Ever His Bride

By Linda Needham

Book Overview

USA Today bestselling author Linda Needham crafts a passionate tale of Beauty and the Beast in this mismatched, marriage-of-convenience between a dark and brooding financier, and a free-spirited travel-writer.

Felicity Mayfield has no choice: marry cold-hearted financier, Hunter Claybourne, or he will throw her into Victorian London's most notorious debtor's prison for the crimes committed against him by her uncle. But before she agrees, she proposes a bargain: she'll become his wife, in name only for one brief year-if he allows her the freedom to continue living an independent life as a roving travel writer.

Hunter never suspected a wife could be such a nuisance. The marriage-of-convenience was supposed to be a simple business arrangement. Instead, she invades his cavernous home, rearranges the furniture, wins over his servants, and blinds him with her sunlight. Her constant presence is unsettling, her lavender scent enchanting, her skin a soft temptation. Suddenly it seems only right that she should wear his ring...and share his bed. After all, she is his wife. Yet even as Felicity opens a chink in Hunter's heart, her expos of the scandalous workhouses threatens to uncover his darkest secret, forcing him to choose between his hard-won empire and the miracle of love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940904072
• ISBN13: 9781940904078
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Big Scrumpy Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Very Good

This is the first book I have ever read by Linda Needham, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the unusual story line and I loved both troubled Hunter and the patient and forgiving Felicity; they were both strong characters with human weakness's. Even with the problems they had to work out, they continued to love each other through it all. I also loved the Children and would love to read the story of Giles, if their ever is one. The only thing that I was surprised at in this book was that Felicity was never accosted in all the times she traveled alone through the slums to help the children. And the ending of the story could have used a little more detail, how Hunter's reputation and finances turned out after his public confession, the birth of Felicities & Hunter's baby, and Felicities Uncle coming home! Did the Uncle make good or blow it? But it was still a good read!

My absolutly favorite book of all time

I bought this book years ago, and it still remains in my top 3 of all the hundreds upon hundreds of romance books I've read. I have actually read this book so many times that I've already had to replace it once because the pages started to fall out. If you like the hero, who is not perfect...but perfect for the heroine than this is the book for you. Hunter has a past and trusts no one until the heroine comes along. A wonderful book that I recommend 110%!!!!!!

Truly delightful; worthy of five stars!

While Ever His Bride is only the second Linda Needham book I've read, it is the second Needham book to get five stars from me. (The Wedding Night won my first five-star rating.) Needham is an excellent storyteller. I am engrossed by the plot, charmed by the hero and heroine and fairly "swooning" with the passion. If you love Loretta Chase, Amanda Quick and Mary Jo Putney; then you'll love Linda Needham. She creates characters that are easy to love and who are so attracted to each other that the book sizzles with its intensity from page one. Bravo, Ms. Needham!

Great

This was a great book!! I loved everything about it. The female lead was strong but not irritating. I loved Hunter and all his insecurities. I highly recommend it.

Hunter got more than he bargained for.

EVER HIS BRIDE blends Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Beauty and the Beast and a bit of Robin Hood into a poignant tale of the true meaning of fortune.--LAM