The Substitute Bridegroom

by Charlotte Louise Dolan

Book Overview

Elizabeth Gainsborough is the happiest of young ladies--set to wed the most handsome gentleman in town. Then, shockingly, all is stripped from her when an accidental encounter with an arrogant captain... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451168917
• ISBN13: 9780451168917
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Very Sweet Reading

This was an enjoyable book. The characters were very believable. Despite the fact this was a marriage of convenience, Beth and Darius made the best of it. Of course as their relationship matures they find not only the love each of them desires, but Darius finds a woman who is trustworthy and Beth a man who gives her the family she always wanted. The secondary characters were all delightful from the servants (Munke, Maggie, Kelso & Billy the stable hand) to the horrible sisters and Dowager Duchess. Dorie (Beth's young cousin) was especially delightful! This book was a little slow moving at times but worth getting through those slow parts to the moving ending!

A book that is both enjoyable and authentic in its setting!

Charlotte Louise Dolan is a wonderful writer. She is very authentic to the regency era and a writer in the tradition of Georgette Heyer. The focus is on the relationship between the hero and herione and does not focus on the bodice-ripping scences found so commonly in most books today. This is a very sweet story of how two people, married for the wrong reasons, ultimately get together. What I liked best about this book was the growth of both the hero and heroine. The minor characters were very well-developed too. This is a book that every self respecting Regency lover should have on their bookshelf