Slightly Married

Title: Slightly Married
Author: Mary Balogh
First Printing: 2003
Purchase Date: 17th December 2005
Purchase price: £3.76
Retail price: $5.99
Purchased from: Amazon.co.uk

On book cover:

Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heart – and it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldier’s request. Having promised to comfort and protect the man’s sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants nopart of his protection…nor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she can’t refuse: marry him…if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the the transformation of the new Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eve’s “business arrangement” is about to be transformed…into something slightly surprising…

Comments on book:

I thought this book was wonderful beyond words. Aidan, I feel is such a ‘manly’ hero – just like a normal man who does not really know his own feelings, what more to express them? And his sense of honour itself was just heroic. He will remain as one of my top 5 heroes of all time.

Rating: 8/10 - A real romance!