Title: The Bride Who Wouldn’t
Series: The Honeymoon #1
Author: Carol Marinelli
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 16, 2015
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:
A romantic honeymoon in Paris, with a sexy billionaire Russian groom….
There are only two problems. It’s a marriage of convenience. And, the virgin bride is frigid.
Kate Edwards has never embraced her sensuality, is terrified of intimacy, and the wedding night is a disaster. Instead of calling the whole thing off, Isaak Zaretsky listens to her and challenges her using his unashamedly sensual nature and superb bedroom skills. But can Kate really give herself without love?
Read on for my thoughts on The Bride Who Wouldn’t. No true spoilers, promise.
The Bride Who Wouldn’t is such a charming, sensuously delicious story. Isaak is devastated by the death of his beloved uncle, Ivor. When he discovers that Kate had agreed to a contracted marriage with financial benefits based on three stages of that marriage of convenience, he was livid and intended for her to pay… pay the money given back immediately. When she couldn’t – he then offered her one and only one option… a marriage of convenience to him, with his rules for one year. Surprisingly, she accepted – well, as if she had any other option really.
Isaak and Kate will discover on their honeymoon in Paris that not everything is as it seems on the surface. Where Kate feels she has the perfect revenge for Isaak’s highhandedness – in fact, she has handed him the key to her sensuous surrender to the terms of their marriage. This couple will discover depths of patience, affection and understanding along their journey. They will also uncover clues into a mystery in Isaak’s past, one that will lead to answers for a happy future for them both.
The Bride Who Wouldn’t is an extremely enjoyable journey to discover one woman’s fear of her sexual needs, and one man’s realization that he isn’t the bad boy he once thought as he slowly unravels Kate’s defences and opens up his own heart to love. I enjoyed these two people, their sparing, the sensuous haze around them and the mystery that is Ivor.
Roman, Isaak’s brother who is mentioned often in this story has his own tale told in Born To Be Bad.
Looking for a fast paced love story that will keep you turning pages to find out how it ends? Then this story is for you. Enjoy the adventure as two unlikely people find love and marriage to be perfect for them – if not in that order.
The bride Who Wouldn’t is available for the Kindle
