Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
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Highland Pleasures: Book 2
Six years ago, eighteen-year-old Lady Isabella Scranton scandalized all of London by eloping the night of her come-out ball with the notorious rake, Lord Mac Mackenzie. After three turbulent years of marriage, she scandalized London once again--this time by leaving him.
Now the reformed Mac has returned, and he wants one thing: Isabella back in his life, his house, his bed. He'll do anything he has to, play any game, as long as he gets her back. Isabella resists, but when she agrees to pose for erotic paintings he's been working on, she realizes her body has never stopped craving her husband’s very skilled touch. Mac is determined to show Isabella that he's a changed man, but three years without her has only increased his hunger for her.
When an ingenious forger with designs on Mac's paintings, and Isabella herself, comes dangerously near, Mac sets himself up as Isabella’s protector and vows to never leave her side, whether his independent and proud lady likes it or not.
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12 primary books18 released booksMackenzies & McBrides is a 18-book series with 12 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Jennifer Ashley.
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I actually really liked this. A bit of an eye-rolling start but then it got much better.
Looks like I'm going to be continuing this series even after the disappointing first book. But that may have just been because of the hype.
I have recently been enjoying second chance romance but I skipped to the second to last chapter of this book and came across the heroine proclaiming that she "wasn't a whole person" before she met the hero. Admittedly I was in a very bad mood before I began reading and this may have influenced my emotions, but the heroine's statement irritated me. I have grown tired of romances that suggest that the main characters are not whole without each other. Those sentiments smack of an unhealthy codependence rather than love. I may return to this when I'm in a better mood but I truly doubt it.
Objectief gezien is dit zeker geen slecht boek. Het kaart enkele emotioneel zware onderwerpen aan op een welbespraakte, toegankelijke manier. Hierdoor wordt ook serieus wat diepgang gecreëerd bij de personages.
En toch kon dit boek me niet helemaal meeslepen zoals ik gewoon ben bij dit genre, getuigd ook het feit dat ik er zowat een week over deed om hem uit te lezen, terwijl ik dit genre toch vaak op 1 à 2 dagen uit heb.
Vermoedelijk ligt dit deels aan mijn gemoedtoestand en goesting om te lezen, maar ook toch deels het feit dat het verhaal iets te lang werd uitgesponnen en de zogezegd spannende nevenplot te oppervlakkig werd uitgewerkt en ook nog eens abrupt werd afgehandeld.
