After the Wedding

Adrian Hunter has concealed his identity and posed as a valet to assist his uncle who is a bishop. He’s on the verge of obtaining the information he needs when circumstances spiral out of his control. He’s caught alone with a woman he scarcely knows. When they’re discovered in this compromising circumstance, he’s forced to marry her at gunpoint. Luckily, his uncle should be able to obtain an annulment. All Adrian has to do is complete his mission and not consummate the marriage, no matter how enticing the bride may be. Lady Camilla Worth has never expected much out of life not since her father was convicted of treason and she was passed from family to family. A marriage, no matter how unfortunate the circumstances under which it was contracted, should mean stability. It’s unfortunate that her groom doesn’t agree. But Camilla has made the best of worse circumstances. She is determined to make her marriage work. The book started slowly as there was lots of back history to the first couple of chapters but the pace did pick up & I was hooked. My heart went out to Cam who had no self esteem as she’s constantly been pushed from pillar to post for the last nine years & she’s now a lowly maid & thinks her family don’t want her in fact no one wants. She just wants someone to want her for herself. Adrian would love for his maternal uncle to acknowledge his nephews & time & again he runs to do his bishop uncle’s bidding. I felt uncomfortable some of the time whilst reading as I so wanted things to turn out well for Cam & I hated the way she’d been treated. The uplifting part was the gradual realisation by the pair of how they really felt My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Welcome to the new and even better Courtney Milan, the author who doesn't want to write about secrets any more. You're going to love this! We expect the awkwardly adorable characters, the hilarious family dynamics, and Milan's special version of the Victorian era (it's like the real one, but less sexist). Now you can add the joy of a hero who takes the first opportunity to tell the heroine who he really is - and a plot that doesn't rely on keeping secrets to generate conflict.

I really enjoyed reading about Camilla and Adrian's relationship and it growing, and developing, and them falling in love. I liked the interactions between Theresa and Benedict, and all the scenes Grayson was in. The dowager was extremely likeable the few times we saw her. The bad guys bored me; the overthinking by Camilla and Adrian bored me; The factual recounting bored me; In fact, I'll admit, I skimmed the majority of the book, only stopped at the items above that I liked But the parts I liked, I really liked. They made me smile, they made me laugh, they made me cry