![]() In the three years since his return from war, he has avoided her like the plague and spent his time in the manner of young men, gambling, drinking and wenching, his cavorting with the bored widows of the ton a regular feature of the scandal sheets. Emmaline has always looked up to Drake, and has waited patiently for him to claim her as his bride – but he never does. Resentful at having his future disposed of in such a manner, Drake ran off to join the army as soon as he was able, returning to England after the Peninsular Wars a very different man to the boy who left. Lady Emmaline Fitzhugh and the Marquess of Drake were betrothed almost in the cradle – she was five and he was thirteen. The same is true of the narration by Tim Campbell who is, apart from one rather large flaw, a very accomplished narrator and vocal actor. ![]() ![]() The first book in Christi Caldwell’s Scandalous Seasons series, Forever Betrothed, Never the Bridehas an intriguing premise and an engaging heroine, but while I did enjoy the story, there are a number of faults in the execution which made it impossible for me to rate it more highly. ![]()
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