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To Take This Lord
Brides of Bath, Book 4
(Previously published in mass market paperback as An Improper Proposal)
Heat Index Hot
Length 82,000 words
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George Pembroke, the Viscount Sedgewick, is a man bent on self-destruction. Even though it's been two years since his cherished wife died on childbed, George continues to rely on liquor to blunt his grief.
Worried about him and his children, George's sisters urge him to ask spinster Sally Spenser – a longtime family friend – to help care for his daughter and son. Sally's the perfect person. She's of high birth, has no money, and she adores his children. But George can't ask an earl's niece to become a servant! However. . .since he'll never love again, why not make Sally his viscountess? It would be a marriage in name only. For the children.
Sally's deep love of the children and fear that their father might marry an unfeeling stepmother that prompt Sally to agree George's proposal. Even though it will be unbearable living under the roof of the man she loves and knowing she can never have him.
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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
"Does a wonderful job building simmering sexual tension between her opinionated, outspoken heroine and deliciously tortured, conflicted hero." – Booklist
"5 Stars – highly recommended." – Huntress Reviews
"Bolen's writing has a certain elegance that lends itself to the era and creates the perfect atmosphere for her enchanting romances." – Romantic Times
"Sexual tension sizzles." – Happily Ever After
"An emotionally compelling novel that kept me reading well after midnight." – In Print
"A pleasant completion to The Brides of Bath series." – The Best Reviews
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EXCERPT
The same thought resonated with each step up the staircase. If only she were coming to my bed. "You curled your hair tonight," he observed.
"Now that you no longer need me every moment, I shall start having my hair curled again."
He came to a stop and turned to gaze somberly at her slender face. "Don't."
"But I thought you liked me with curly hair!"
"I did, but I've come to appreciate you as nature made you, and no one could please me more."
Her hand brushed the burned side of his face. "Thank you, George, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me."
He took her hand and pressed his lips into the cup of her palm. Her breath swooped. God, but he wanted to ask her to allow him in her bed tonight. But he knew he couldn't casually sleep with Sally.
He could only take her body after she knew she possessed his soul.
He started back up the stairs, an awkward silence engulfing them. From the top of the stairs, they walked midway down the hall to the viscountess's chambers and came to a stop.
"Good night, my lady," he said morosely.
She drew in her breath. "George?"
He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "What, my dear?"
"Please don't worry that you will offend me by refusing, and I shouldn't wish to hurt you or exhaust you for the world, but I thought, perhaps, you might wish to . . . to come into my chamber tonight."
To Take This Lord The Brides of Bath Book 4 edition by Cheryl Bolen Romance eBooks
I was enjoying this book to the point that I couldn't put it down. I had to know what happened next! (Although, I do agree with another reviewer that there was more animal death than I could handle - that was depressing). I felt for this hero and began to like him. And, although annoying in some ways, the heroine did seem to go well with our hero.But the ending of the book was......not there. I think this author needs to get another editor or something - the one she has must be rushing her to finish her books too quickly. This is the second book in which I've gotten the feeling that someone was making the author hurry to wrap things up such that she didn't get to write a proper ending. We had a really great, nicely fleshed out story that came to a very abrupt end.
SPOILER ALERT: He's called the heroine by his late wife's name as they make love. Yet, two pages before the end, the heroine (despite being very upset by this when it happened) suddenly has an "oh well!" attitude about it. After it happened, she wrote him a letter saying that he really is more like a brother to her. That's pretty major, and can't just be dismissed as easily as it was in the book. A "quickie" in the carriage on the way to Bath and BAM. The book ends. Wait! That's it?! There needs to be some kind of heart-touching reconciliation between them. When does she retract the "you are more like my brother to me" statement? When does he act horrified that he's called her Diana and swear it was a mistake that he regrets more than anything? Where is the heart-tugging "I love you so very much" between them? The sex in the carriage just didn't really accomplish that, I'm afraid.
We don't get any closure to the villian's part in the story. The children are left at home - we never hear from them again. And, one of the most important questions of all never gets answered - did Sally have a baby and show George that its ok for her to get pregnant; he's not going to lose her?
So many things left hanging at the end. I felt.....let down. I'd been reading a good book that I was enjoying only to have it just fall off a cliff at the end. Until the last 2 pages, this book was a 4 or 5. The ending dropped it.
Edited to add the following (still possible spoilers): It occurred to me after writing this review that there are some unanswered questions from the rest of the book as well. For instance, George kisses Sally and can tell that she's been kissed before and knows how to kiss with passion. I got the feeling that, at some point, we were going to learn the answer to this. But we never did.
We have a steward that seems very flirtatious with Sally...and then that plotline is dropped. There was never a "hey, get away from my wife" discussion with him or even any more development of that story line (I didn't want him to have an affair with Sally, by any means. But why introduce that line into the story if it's not a part of the story later?).
The sheep were slaughtered, and George's livelihood was in jeopardy. Did he rebuild? I realize that the town and the other family members were going to help him out, but the sheep aspect was too large of a part of the plot to just drop with a "oh, yeah - some people donated some more sheep to him" resolution.
Miss Johnson was going to do "one more thing" to George. WHAT?! We never found out what the final act was to be! I wanted to know!
The more I think about this book, the more questions I realize were never resolved. Again, I really wonder if the author were, somehow, rushed to finish her book before she was ready to. Something didn't work right in the publishing of this one, and it's confusing to the reader.
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To Take This Lord The Brides of Bath Book 4 edition by Cheryl Bolen Romance eBooks Reviews
This is a great story about dreams coming true, and new dreams being realized. It is sweet and lovely and just plain happy. Face it, George is kind of a jerk to Sally for much of the story. His first wife died in childbirth and he hangs on to his grief and uses it like a shield to prevent future heartache. Sally is so patient and so loving, and willing to do anything just to be near him. Sally's care for his children, her care for his home, and her obvious care for him begins to slowly tear down the wall George has built. He slowly changes, and eventually wakes up and lives again. His children are sweet, sweet, sweet. They are given real personalities – they get cranky, they want to be cuddled, they are jealous of each other sometimes, and they are regular lovable children. It is easy to understand how easily Sally, who has given up hope for her own children, would embrace them and treat them as her own. I loved this story – this is book 4 of a series, but I thoroughly enjoyed it even though I have not read the other books in the series. I plan to go back and read the beginning books of the series! My only complaint – and one that seems to have been repeated in a lot of reviews – I really wanted to see an epilogue where the person behind Sally and George’s terrible misfortunes gets her comeuppance. I felt slightly cheated by not having a “gotcha” scene.
I loved the story of Sally and George. It is a story of loss, love and redemption. I liked that this story had a plot, incorporated a bit of danger and intrigue. The characters are strong and likable. The children a good focal point. What I did not like the was ending. The danger to Sally and George was minimized completely, there was no resolution to what happened to the vengeful woman Miss Johnson, who sought to destroy George and Sally's family out of an insane jealousy. This lack of completion of the story ruined the entire book for me. The vengeful woman tried to kill the children and caused an entire herd of 500 sheep to be slaughtered and there was no resolution? She had something else planned and all of a sudden the story just ended. Ms. Bolen cheated every reader out of a great ending to really good book. I don't think it was too long and a few more pages would have wrapped it up nicely. A re-write is in order with a proper ending and this book would rate five stars. I enjoy Ms. Bolen's books, she can do so much better.
I was enjoying this book to the point that I couldn't put it down. I had to know what happened next! (Although, I do agree with another reviewer that there was more animal death than I could handle - that was depressing). I felt for this hero and began to like him. And, although annoying in some ways, the heroine did seem to go well with our hero.
But the ending of the book was......not there. I think this author needs to get another editor or something - the one she has must be rushing her to finish her books too quickly. This is the second book in which I've gotten the feeling that someone was making the author hurry to wrap things up such that she didn't get to write a proper ending. We had a really great, nicely fleshed out story that came to a very abrupt end.
SPOILER ALERT He's called the heroine by his late wife's name as they make love. Yet, two pages before the end, the heroine (despite being very upset by this when it happened) suddenly has an "oh well!" attitude about it. After it happened, she wrote him a letter saying that he really is more like a brother to her. That's pretty major, and can't just be dismissed as easily as it was in the book. A "quickie" in the carriage on the way to Bath and BAM. The book ends. Wait! That's it?! There needs to be some kind of heart-touching reconciliation between them. When does she retract the "you are more like my brother to me" statement? When does he act horrified that he's called her Diana and swear it was a mistake that he regrets more than anything? Where is the heart-tugging "I love you so very much" between them? The sex in the carriage just didn't really accomplish that, I'm afraid.
We don't get any closure to the villian's part in the story. The children are left at home - we never hear from them again. And, one of the most important questions of all never gets answered - did Sally have a baby and show George that its ok for her to get pregnant; he's not going to lose her?
So many things left hanging at the end. I felt.....let down. I'd been reading a good book that I was enjoying only to have it just fall off a cliff at the end. Until the last 2 pages, this book was a 4 or 5. The ending dropped it.
Edited to add the following (still possible spoilers) It occurred to me after writing this review that there are some unanswered questions from the rest of the book as well. For instance, George kisses Sally and can tell that she's been kissed before and knows how to kiss with passion. I got the feeling that, at some point, we were going to learn the answer to this. But we never did.
We have a steward that seems very flirtatious with Sally...and then that plotline is dropped. There was never a "hey, get away from my wife" discussion with him or even any more development of that story line (I didn't want him to have an affair with Sally, by any means. But why introduce that line into the story if it's not a part of the story later?).
The sheep were slaughtered, and George's livelihood was in jeopardy. Did he rebuild? I realize that the town and the other family members were going to help him out, but the sheep aspect was too large of a part of the plot to just drop with a "oh, yeah - some people donated some more sheep to him" resolution.
Miss Johnson was going to do "one more thing" to George. WHAT?! We never found out what the final act was to be! I wanted to know!
The more I think about this book, the more questions I realize were never resolved. Again, I really wonder if the author were, somehow, rushed to finish her book before she was ready to. Something didn't work right in the publishing of this one, and it's confusing to the reader.
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