9/14/13

The Arrangement by Mary Balogh


 ★★★★

GENRE: Romance
SUBJECT: handicap adjustments
Setting: England 
CHARACTERS: Vincent Hunt, Sophia Fry, Lord Trentham, Lady Trentham, Martin Fisk
DATE READ: September 11 - September 13
NO. OF PAGES: 366
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?:   yes, LT ER

PLOT:....................................................................3.00
CHARACTERIZATION:.......................................4.00
TOPICS: ...............................................................4.00
STYLE:..................................................................4.00
ORIGINALITY:.......................................................4.00
ADDICTIVENESS:..............................................4.50
OWNERSHIP:......................................................4.00
Threshold Quality.................................................4.50
Average..............................................................................................4.00

Having a title and being wealthy overcomes even his blindness for Vincent Hunt , Lord Darleigh.  Eager mamas work at manipulating it so that Vincent is forced to choose one of their daughters but when a wallflower saves him from a compromising position, Vincent feels obligated to rescue Sophia Fry when she is thrown out on the streets.  Needing a wife to get an heir, and liking Sophia, Vincent decides that Sophia will fill the bill. 

This book had an unusual story with a positive outlook at life.  I kept waiting for the expected miracle cure, but the book showed that love was the miracle.

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