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Book ReviewsThe Frenchman's Bride (Harlequin Large Print (Numbered Paperback)) |
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Book: The Frenchman's Bride (Harlequin Large Print (Numbered Paperback))
Written by: Rebecca Winters |
Publisher: Harlequin
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5
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A most unlikely wife
Rating:
2 / 5
While Hallie Linn was staying in Paris as a lay nun, she befriended two twins - Paul and Monique Rolland. While Hallie viewed the twins akin to younger siblings, Paul has other ideas and buys her a very expensive ring and proposes to her. Hallie isn't going to accept his proposal, for not only is Paul several years younger than her, but she is returning to California in two weeks to take her vows and become a nun in every sense of the word. Paul's father walks in on Paul proposing, accusing Hallie of all sorts of deception and trickery. But when Paul tries to kill himself shortly after, Paul's father has no choice but to invite Hallie to his home in an effort to keep Paul's mental state stable.
Vincent Rolland is attracted to Hallie, but he knows that nothing can come of it. Not only has he been brutally betrayed in the past by a former love, but Hallie is about to become a nun and his son fancies himself in love with Hallie. Despite all of the obstacles set before them, however, Vincent craves Hallie's company. Will Hallie truly become a nun, or will she become Vincent's bride instead?
This book never really captured my attention, unfortunately. There were so many unrealistic coincidences, and the characters were so predictable and dull. A lot of the book didn't make sense - a teenage boy has a crush on an older woman, so the solution is to bring her home and show that she isn't perfect? The strong, loving relationship between father and children is potentially irrevocably broken because he calls them to task on one thing? The similarities between Vincent's doomed love affair and Paul's are so similar, without Paul knowing a thing about his mother, that they are practically the same? I just didn't get into this book at all. The characters were flat and the plot didn't make too much sense. I won't be reading this again.
Loves bites hard
Rating:
5 / 5
Hallie Linn loves Monique, and Paul Rolland, like a brother and sister.
Paul has his first crush on Hallie, and he thinks this is real love.
Hallie doesn't know how Paul feels until her birthday, and Paul gives her a very expensive ring.
But before Hallie can stop Paul and let him know how she feels, Vincent learns about the ring, and he comes to stop the wedding, because that is how he ended up in a marriage he should have avoided, Vincent's late wife was older than him and he had a crush on her, knowing he was well off, She took advantage of him, and once they were married she bleed him dry.
Vincent wanted to stop his son from making the same mistake.
Only Hallie wasn't what she seemed, she was about to become a nun.
Hallie changed her mind, because she feel in love with Vincent, and she loved his kids.
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