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Glimmer of Hope

Auteur(s): Sarah M. Eden
Narrateur(s): Kymberly Mellon
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Stunning Miranda Harford once had the world at her feet. She was young, carefree, and desperately in love. But when her new husband left for London without her, her world fell apart. Devastated by his abandonment, Miranda fled their home, taking residence at her husband's rarely visited countryside estate. For three years, she lived alone. But now, as the holidays draw near, an unexpected visitor arrives.

Carter Alexander Harford, Seventh Viscount Devereaux, is a man driven to succeed. His work is his life, and the position of Prime Minister of England is within reach. But in truth, Carter is a man haunted by lost love. Estranged from his beautiful wife, Carter is shocked to find Miranda - the woman he loved and who he believes left him - in residence at his country home. As plans for a holiday party move forward, the uneasy couple realizes that to avoid further scandal, they must keep up appearances in a charade of marital happiness. Thrust together by fate, it quickly becomes clear that they have both been living beneath a conspired cloud of misunderstanding. As family, career, and social pressures threaten to keep them apart, can love have even a glimmer of hope?

©2013 Covenant Communications, Inc. (P)2013 Sarah M. Eden Fiction Fiction de genre Historique Romance Romance régence Mariage Angleterre
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The story follows a very familiar setup: a country woman marries into London society and his family refuses to accept her. That alone could have made for a good conflict. The problem is that almost the entire plot depends on the couple simply not speaking to each other. Again and again the misunderstanding could have been cleared up with a few honest words. Instead, the silence keeps stretching the separation, to the point where a few sentences between them could have ended the whole story in three pages.

Because of that, the hero often comes across as slow to see what is plainly before him, and the heroine is left reacting rather than acting. The tension begins to feel forced rather than natural.

The ending also raises questions the story never really addresses. We are told about her serious heart condition, yet the future is left hanging. What happens if she becomes pregnant? Will she live six months, six years, or thirty? The book closes without answering it. What should have been moving drama ends up feeling more frustrating than satisfying.

The narrator has a nice natural voice. But the character voices sound very unnatural. The hero especially sounds like a buffoon. Several times in the dialogue she mixed the voices, so the heroine sounded like him and he sounded like her.

Ridiculous. Sorry.

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