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I thought this a splendid story! I'm so late to this party that you'll find scads of background elsewhere.

Vanessa had been made to feel plain every day of her life so she unconsciously compensated with her vivacity and her ability to bring joy to those around her. Elliott had an enormous emotional burden to bear as well as the considerable responsibilities of his title. Even though theirs began as a marriage of convenience, it became clear to me that smiling, happy-natured Vanessa was the perfect match for Elliott.

A great story about two good people. Very emotive. Beautifully written with interesting and pleasing characters ~ there were misunderstandings but these didn't linger...they were addressed right away. The prologue was fascinating and left us with a puzzle at the end.

I loved this story and hope you do too.

Enjoy your reading! :)


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First Comes Marriage Huxtable Quintet Mary Balogh 9780440244226 Books Reviews

I admire Mary Balogh's writing and had read two or three of her novels prior to this one. This is the tale of the humble and attractive (well, except for one girl, Vanessa, who is repeatedly described as unattractive) Huxtable family who suddenly finds out they are the sole survivors and heirs to a dukedom. I confess I love romance novels for their charming and fanciful twists of fate like this -- for me, the story line is a lot more important than the naughty romping in the bedroom. Vanessa--the ugly duckling sister--ends up marrying the handsome Viscount Lyngate, who is executor for the deceased Duke's estate. I realize that this type of romantic series must begin with a novel that tees up the marriageability and foibles of ALL the siblings, preparing the reader for delights to come. This book was just a little too clumsy in this teeing-up department, with some glaring problems left dangling at the end. My reaction was not, "Wow, I better get the next book!" It was more like, "What the hell?" And did the reader really need to be reminded so many times of how homely and unappealing Vanessa was? I was disappointed.
'First Comes Marriage' is the first in a new series by Mary Balogh At the start of this book we meet the Huxtable family, eldest sister Margaret, youngest sister Katherine, young brother Stephen and the middle sister, Vanessa Dew. Vanessa is a widow, having married a neighbour who died a year and a half ago. Although Vanessa still lives with her in-laws, her three siblings live in a small cottage and make do with minimal money.
The quaint village of Throckbridge in Shropshire is all abuzz with the news that a viscount is staying at the local inn. The gossiping tongues immediately start wagging and nearly every female sighs in delight when the devastatingly handsome -and eligible!- lord arrives at the annual St. Valentines assembly. Bored and agitated, Elliot Wallace, Viscount Lyngate, simply wants to fulfill his task and is impatient to remove himself from this backwater country as soon as possible. Vanessa Huxtable Dew, takes an immediate disliking to the arrogant aristocrat but is determined to make to best of the night despite being maneuvered into dancing with the disagreeable man. But her interaction with him is not so short lived for he calls upon her family the next day and shockingly informs them that their brother, a mere boy of seventeen, is the new Earl of Merton. Lyngate insists that his new ward must be immediately removed to Warren Hall in Hampshire (Merton's principle seat) and begin tutoring/training for his responsibilities. As a close knit family, the three Huxtable sisters are determined to accompany their younger brother. Not pleased with the change of events Lyngate submits and looks grimly ahead to the daunting task of launching three women into society . Soon it becomes apparent that marriage to one of the sisters solves a myriad of problems on both sides. Lyngate fulfills his duty, and promise to his grandfather, in acquiring a bride. She, in turn, will take on the burden of preparing the sisters for the ton. But Lyngate is in for one more surprise. He has somehow gotten himself engaged, not to the oldest and prettiest sister, but to Vanessa, the plain unpleasant one who has sacrificed herself in her sisters place. Ultimately he resigns within himself to go forth with the wedding. After all how terrible could it be having a wife who promises complete loyalty and devotion?
Elliot and Vanessa were as mismatched as they come .. there was no spark, no passion ..they had settled into a content marriage, far less than the wedded bliss he seems unaffected by her charms until nearly the end. And when he finally did admit his feelings it happened altogether too quickly and lacked a certain sincerity. The negative part of the book is >> Vanessa's lack of beauty was referred to over and over again .. also the Huxtable cousin who in Elliots eyes is a corrupt, deviated, Rogue and hated cousin..
the rest of the series will be better. I can attest to this )
I thought this a splendid story! I'm so late to this party that you'll find scads of background elsewhere.

Vanessa had been made to feel plain every day of her life so she unconsciously compensated with her vivacity and her ability to bring joy to those around her. Elliott had an enormous emotional burden to bear as well as the considerable responsibilities of his title. Even though theirs began as a marriage of convenience, it became clear to me that smiling, happy-natured Vanessa was the perfect match for Elliott.

A great story about two good people. Very emotive. Beautifully written with interesting and pleasing characters ~ there were misunderstandings but these didn't linger...they were addressed right away. The prologue was fascinating and left us with a puzzle at the end.

I loved this story and hope you do too.

Enjoy your reading! )