The Wedding Game
by Jane Feather | Romance | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0553586203 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0553586203 Global Overview for this book
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Set in London during a time when traditionalism started giving way to modernization and suffragists challenged the status quo, this final installment in Feather's Matchmaker trilogy (The Bride Hunt, etc.) follows the nosy, righteous and sometimes self-righteous Duncan sisters as they tackle their toughest challenge yet—finding a wealthy, well-connected wife for a doctor who wants nothing to do with love. Douglas Farrell's businesslike approach to marriage immediately sets Chastity Duncan's teeth on edge, but as one of the secret owners of the suffragist scandal sheet The Mayfair Lady, to which Douglas has applied for matrimonial aid, she can't let her emotions cloud her business dealings. So Chastity finds the good doctor exactly what he has asked for. He soon realizes that he'd rather have Chastity, though. Douglas has a noble reason for seeking a marriage of convenience—he intends to use his spouse's money to set up a clinic in a city slum—but his haughty attitude toward aristocrats (who, he automatically assumes, care nothing for the poor) is off-putting. The book's conflict stems from a minor misunderstanding, and many of the goings-on are merely padding. But the primary romance, while lacking in passion and drama, holds enough charm to keep readers engaged.
Set in London during a time when traditionalism started giving way to modernization and suffragists challenged the status quo, this final installment in Feather's Matchmaker trilogy (The Bride Hunt, etc.) follows the nosy, righteous and sometimes self-righteous Duncan sisters as they tackle their toughest challenge yet—finding a wealthy, well-connected wife for a doctor who wants nothing to do with love. Douglas Farrell's businesslike approach to marriage immediately sets Chastity Duncan's teeth on edge, but as one of the secret owners of the suffragist scandal sheet The Mayfair Lady, to which Douglas has applied for matrimonial aid, she can't let her emotions cloud her business dealings. So Chastity finds the good doctor exactly what he has asked for. He soon realizes that he'd rather have Chastity, though. Douglas has a noble reason for seeking a marriage of convenience—he intends to use his spouse's money to set up a clinic in a city slum—but his haughty attitude toward aristocrats (who, he automatically assumes, care nothing for the poor) is off-putting. The book's conflict stems from a minor misunderstanding, and many of the goings-on are merely padding. But the primary romance, while lacking in passion and drama, holds enough charm to keep readers engaged.
This is the third in the Mayfair Ladies trilogy. They are three sisters who discover after their mother's death that she has been responsible for a simple newsletter called The Mayfair Lady widely but anonymously distributed in London society. Due to financial reverses, they take up the publishing mantle themselves with the addition of some politically-oriented articles as well as a match-making business to earn the money to continue living in Society.
The first two concern the older two sisters and how they meet "Mr. Right" and marry; this is the youngest sister's story. Chastity still lives with her father and is the "Go-Between," the one who meets prospective clients looking to marry and helps set them up. Chastity meets a client who puts her back up to such a degree that she both wishes to reject him as a client and is unable to stop thinking about him. Lovers of Regencies know what will come of this; this will be Mr. Right.
Jane Feather is an excellent writer and good storyteller. A well done and satisfying series about real individuals, not just cookie cutter Regency figures.
The first two concern the older two sisters and how they meet "Mr. Right" and marry; this is the youngest sister's story. Chastity still lives with her father and is the "Go-Between," the one who meets prospective clients looking to marry and helps set them up. Chastity meets a client who puts her back up to such a degree that she both wishes to reject him as a client and is unable to stop thinking about him. Lovers of Regencies know what will come of this; this will be Mr. Right.
Jane Feather is an excellent writer and good storyteller. A well done and satisfying series about real individuals, not just cookie cutter Regency figures.
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