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Something About Emmaline
written by Elizabeth Boyle
Studio : Avon
by Avon
Release Date : 2005-01-25
Publisher : Avon
Released : 2005-02-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780060549312
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 12 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $1.09
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Product Description |
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Alexander Denford, Baron Sedgwick, is a gentleman to be envied. He lives a rakish life of well-celebrated ease and contentment and has one person to thank for his perfectly ordered existence—his dearest wife, Emmaline. She never complains about his mistresses or his penchant for late nights out. His friends are envious, but they don't know the truth—Emmaline doesn't exist. But when he starts receiving bills from London for clothes, shoes, hats and a staggering amount of other female accoutrements, he realises something is decidedly amiss. Posing as Emmaline isn't a stretch for the newly arrived Lady Sedgwick, she's been conning gentry for years. But as the popular baron's wife, she now has the one thing that has eluded her—entree into London's inner circles. Against Alexander's better judgment, Emmaline is impossibly fixed in his life. And suddenly Emmaline is challenging him to be the husband she deserves. |
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Good Mystery, average romance |
What's a man to do when he is hounded by his family to marry? Well, he could invent a wife. And that is exactly what Alexander Denford does. He creates Emmaline to keep his family at bay. Imagine his surprise when said wife materializes in London. She is ensconced in his home tallying up bills and even corresponding with his family. Alex is perplexed on so many levels. Who is this woman? How does she know about his imaginary wife? Most importantly, how is he going to get her out of London without revealing that he has never had a wife?
Even though these questions should make a completely engrossing romance novel, I never really embraced these characters. Emmaline was your typical, "I am not a stuffy simpering aristocrat." I had a hard time warming up to her. Was she a grifter, a prostitute, a milk maid? What drove her to impersonate a woman? Alexander was your typical overly stuffy, stiff upper lip nobleman. He was at loose ends and was no match for the heroine. She deserved someone stronger. The mystery of Emmaline was what drove this story much more than the romance. I sped through the book trying to discover the heroine's identity and just how she knew about fictitious Emmaline. Her relationship with the hero was on the backburner. In fact, this makes a better mystery than romance. I give it 2 ½ stars.
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Dashing and full of Charm...Witty |
I just finished reading this book. It is the first that I have read of Ms. Boyle's novels, and I must say I loved it. Alex creating a bride only to his surprise she comes to life and turns his world upside down.
I won't reveal much since Americancivilwar gives you a description of the book. There may be some out there who think this book is dull because it is not based how life was in those times, but people it is fiction and they are written for our enjoyment.
I recommend this book to everyone who loves romance. Since this book was great I am on Americancivilwars website looking for more of Ms. Boyle's novels. Until then, happy reading. |
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What a fun book...and never a dull moment! |
There is never a dull moment in this fast-paced tale about a rather conventional nobleman who is thrown headfirst into life - and love - by the adorable fraud posing as his wife. Alex Denford, Baron Sedgewick, is a wealthy man but has a reputation for leading a rather dull and economical life. The only provocative thing Alex has ever done is to pretend for the past five years that he has a wife, when in fact he does not. Alex is able to pull off the ruse by pretending that his wife, Emmaline, is sickly and must live in seclusion. One fateful day, Alex returns from an extended trip to discover that Emmaline has suddenly materialized and is ensconced in his London townhouse. His professed "wife" is gorgeous, effervescent and the picture of health, and she has taken his world by storm. She has redecorated his dull and stuffy house into an inviting home, has made best friends with the neighbors, and is loved by all his servants. Emmaline privately admits to Alex that she is a fake, but she will not tell him who hired her, and pleads with him to let her stay as his wife for another two weeks. Although his first thought is to evict her, Alex realizes that Emmaline's sudden disappearance will raise too many questions now that she has so publicly been seen about town. Besides, he is undeniably attracted to her and more than a little curious. So he agrees to two more weeks, knowing full well that his life will never be the same.
This is my first book by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Emmaline is a lively and fun heroine, but one that definitely retains her femininity. Alex is very endearing as the reluctant "husband" who soon can't do without his wife. In fact, his and Emmaline's growing enthusiasm for each other is the best part of the story, although the servants' intrigues and machinations run a close second. This story is a delight to read. |
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The MOST FUN I've ever had reading! 10 STARS |
I LOVED Something About Emmaline! I could not put this book down. Yes, the story is a little far-fetched, but so what. It was so much fun and I was thoroughly entertained.
I love the way Ms. Boyle writes. I normally skim through the boring parts of books, but there truly weren't any. As a matter of fact, I re-read parts that I especially enjoyed (and there were many of them!)
If you want to lose yourself in a fun, laugh-out-loud romp, with lots of twists and turns, then this is the book for you.
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plot too dumb for words |
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I enjoyed reading "This Rake of Mine". But this story, well, was unreadable. It is the idea behind the story that frankly makes it too stupid for, in my opinion, anyone to even find remotely enjoyable. Why in the world would Alex, Baron Sedgwick, allow an unknown female to stay in his home? People - he had absolutely NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS!! And he lets her stay? This is, plain and simple, too stupid and unrealistic to be believed. The assumption that he was so overcome by lust or something like it is degrading to him and to the readers. I like my hero's smart, not idiots. Emmaline's deception is silly. Okay - I can stretch it that she might be able to pose as his "wife" while Alex is not there to house herself while she figured out her next move or better yet, pretend she is a distant relative of "Emmaline the wife but would realistically do so quietly...not rack up bills and redecorate his home. I mean, what sort of person goes into strangers home and decorates it with out his or her leave? That person is not someone I am interested in at all. They are succinctly put, not nice. |
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