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The Wedding Trap
written by Tracy Anne Warren
Studio : Ivy Books
by Ivy Books
Release Date : 2006-05-30
Publisher : Ivy Books
Released : 2006-05-30
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780345483102
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 16 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.89
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Product Description |
From ugly duckling to beautiful swan
Eliza Hammond has always been quiet and reserved–hardly the best qualities for finding the man of her dreams and living happily ever after. A new heiress, Eliza is financially secure, courtesy of her aunt’s fortune, but even great wealth has its drawbacks since every greedy, fortune-hunting bachelor suddenly finds Eliza irresistible.
To help her best friend, Violet takes Eliza’s romantic dilemma into her own hands, enlisting the social skills of her brother-in-law, Lord Christopher “Kit” Winter. Kit helps transform Eliza into a stunning belle, certain to attract a worthy beau. There’s just one problem: Eliza has always been head over heels in love with Kit, the very man who is trying to find her a husband! But during Eliza’s sometimes-comic extreme makeover, and with a few secret love lessons from Kit on the side, sparks–and passionate kisses–begin to fly. Kit soon finds himself completely overcome by an all-consuming desire for Eliza. But if he fails to realize his true love for her, he may lose this fair lady forever. |
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The Wedding Trap |
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I love the way Tracy Anne Warren writes her books. The Wedding Trap is no exception. Her characters are colorful and innovative. The stories are not boring English tales as many historical romances can become and they are not unbelievable adventures either. The Wedding Trap is the last of the Trap Trilogy and lives up to it's predecessors. If you like the writing of Lisa Kleypas then you'll love Tracy Anne Warren |
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Nice follow up |
I read The Wedding Trap after The Husband trap and I was not disappointed. Eliza Hammond is Violet's (from the Husband Trap) best friend. She's always loved Kit, Andrian's younger brother, but since she was mainly an unattractive wallflower he hasn't payed her any notice. Eliza though suddenly becomes a wealthy heiress and her friend Violet enlists the help of her brother in law to help Eliza attract worthy suitors. But as Eliza's charm grows day by day with Kit's help, Kit starts to notice her at last but refuses to see it as anything else but lust. Will Kit realize his error before it's too late?
I really enjoyed this book and am glad I read it, though the husband trap is still my favorite. Not the most original of stories, but highly entertaining anyway. |
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Expected Better |
This is the first Tracy Anne Warren book I've read and I bought it based on a recommendation. I was sorely disappointed. The story was beyond boring and I simply couldn't get through it which rarely happens with romance novels. I ended up returning it to the store. Her characters seemed well-drawn enough, but the dialogue was really stilted (yes, I know it's a regency, but that doesn't mean that standards for witty, interesting dialogue should be dropped enitrely. Many other authors manage to pull it off).
I didn't read the other two books, but I could still understand what was happening which was nice. I just didn't care. I can accept formulaic (hey! It's a romance novel, we all know what will happen in the end!)but the story never picked up momentum.
I also disliked the basic premise of the story-- that Kit never recognized her until she cut her hair and got some pretty gowns. The premise could have been salvaged, but in the end, it simply wasn't romantic. Talk about true love.
This may have been my first book by this author, but it's almost certainly going to be my last. |
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Third Novel is a Charm as Well |
The Wedding Trap is the third and final novel in Tracy Anne Warren's charming romantic historical "trap" trilogy that also includes The Husband Trap and The Wife Trap. With this final tale, Ms. Warren lets two characters, who appeared in the first and second books, find their own special love with the same wit and charm seen in those earlier stories. She is able to bring a humorous, touching and highly romantic turn to the classic ugly-duckling plot, as the all too shy Eliza Hammond finally blossoms into an enchantress, who captures the heart of the endearing, devil-may-care Kit Winter.
With this latest tale, Ms. Warren once again effortlessly weaves an intimate tale of courtship and romantic love. She introduces the reader to more of the colorful and memorable people who inhabit her Regency England world. And she doesn't fail to delight the reader with old friends |
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Thank god it wasn't any longer than it was. |
Hated it! I tried to like it. Really, I did! I was on vacation in the Poconos and wanted a light fun read to keep me engaged while the kids were in the pool.
Worst. Choice. Ever.
I can see how the author tried to make things brisk and charming, but the story dragged like it was weighed down with an anvil. From the first sentence of the book you can tell exactly how it's going to end, so you'd think the journey itself would be interesting. Or that there would be an engaging and exciting sub-plot. Or, perhaps, witty dialogue. But unfortunately, there wasn't anything more intersting than the patently obvious, no plot other than the blandly predictable and a heroine too shy to speak in anything but monosyllables. When the author wanted to show how charming a conversationalist the heroine had become she simply had other characters in the book say, "Oh, she told me the funniest story and I laughed and laughed".
Witty? No. Sadly, nobody else in the book has anything interesting to say either.
I made sure I finished the book, but throughout the final chapters I kept thinking, "For goodness' sake! Get on with it already and put me out of my misery".
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