His Bride for the Taking: A Regency Romcom novella

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Sebastian realizes that this was not Mary's original plan or groom, so he fights within himself to takes things slow and tells Mary that he will not consummate their marriage until she is ready no matter how long it takes. But the muddle and difficulties and awkwardness of the next couple of days: that was very well done.

His close friendship with Henry Clayton had kept Sebastian Ives, Lord Byrne, from acting on his attraction to the man’s sister, Mary. One of those reasons was that she had been in mourning for her younger brother, Henry, who had died in battle. I loved that they bickered and they laughed with each other and I really liked that they were both in love with each other from the jump. I thought the romance was light, and it was fun and I felt the chemistry between Sebastian and Mary.When Mary is stood up at the altar, Sebastian steps up for her, and things really take off from there. Book Binge is offered (and accepts) review copies of books from authors, publishers, publicists and other third party distributors. True, the groom is not anyone she was ever madly in love with, but it would create scandal for her while it would deflect off the runaway groom. there's also the little incentive that he has been hopelessly in love with her for the last 11 years since he met her, but that's beside the point. I liked that both Sebastian and Mary had a history together and that they genuinely cared about each other so it made everything we find out, everything going on make sense.

Lexie may be marrying his crown prince brother Adam, who she has had a crush on since she was small.Sebastian and Mary are a “best friend’s little sister” pairing except that they’re a “best friend’s slightly-older sister” pairing. This was such a short romance but it really packed a wallop of a story and I was here for all of it. I was in the mood for a novella - a good story that doesn't keep me tied down for an entire day (or 5) and Tessa Dare's His Bride for the Taking delivered. Even if you found him, reduced him to pleading at gunpoint, and brought him back to this chapel within the next quarter-hour, I would refuse.

I think because by the time they were married and already well into the first couple days of their marriage, we know that Sebastian was madly in love with Mary but had that not been the case, I think I would have been more mad. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. I then worked in finance in London for a couple of years, and in marketing back home in New Zealand. Back to our book, we have our heroine that I honestly loved, especially with her attitude and that little twist, Mary was simply a great heroine and I wished the novella was a larger one. Liana Aterno has been trained from birth to be the perfect queen, something the King knows well – she is his wife in name only!Supporting characters Dick and Fanny, not even counting their unfortunate names, were a great spot of comedy.