Mutual Consent

by Gayle Buck

Book Overview

Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father, in a bid to attain social status. The Earl of Chatsworth is forced to wed Babs, in exchange for the outstanding mortgages and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451169395
• ISBN13: 9780451169396
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the best Regencies ever written.

I have re-read Mutual Consent repeatedly since I first bought it. The hero and heroine are beautifully drawn, as are the incidental characters; the heroine's aunt, her father, the hero's mother and his close male friends. This is a marriage of convenience plot, and the couple's efforts to understand each other and the misunderstandings between them are very well done. Barbara Cribbage is honest, forthright and intelligent. The Earl of Chatworth is arrogant and powerful, yet his concern for his mother shows his vulnerable side. I highly recommend this book as well as any of Ms Buck's work. She does the arrogant, disdainful aristocrat to perfection, but the way her lady's finally appeal to their lord's better instincts is usually subtle and a surprise. Enjoy!