So why did she throw a giant baby tantrum and run away? I was so confused. HE DIDNT WANT TO MARRY HER EITHER, and was only doing it out of duty which would also help her (and her brother) not be impoverished.

It makes no sense.Įven the beginning catalyst of the story made no sense….he asked her to marry him as had been expected for years and he did it in a perfectly fine way for two people who are obviously not in love. They come across as spoiled brats who tell lies and even threaten to murder people who don’t give them their way. Bonny and his sister are absolutely disaster characters and are completely unlikeable. I cannot understand why a book where a man (who was just trying to do what was expected of him) is constantly belittled, insulted, ASSAULTED, and demeaned can be so well loved. Listening Length: 10 hours and 53 minutes. Even about which Tarleton he should be pursuing. Bonny is unreasonable, overdramatic, annoying, and.beautiful? And being with him makes Valentine question everything he thought he knew. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he’s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.ĭespite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonaventure “Bonny” Tarleton, has also grown up.romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Īrabella’s twin brother, Mr. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up.romantic. It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton.

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who’s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.

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