A Marriage of Convenience Takes a Turn in Tempting Torment, by Jo Goodman1787 England, Virginia and PhiladelphiaAfter quickly wedding the mortally wounded Noah McClellan, Jessa Winter intends to flee England as his widow along with her infant child. But she didn’t anticipate Noah’s will to live or his determination to make her deliver on all their marriage vows.As they sail for America, Noah has … vows.
As they sail for America, Noah has every intention of getting his due from the cunning female who’s played him for a fool. But his growing tenderness for this beautiful woman he now calls wife, and the tiny child she cradles, has him torn between claiming what’s his and winning her heart.
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AWARDS:
Best Romance 2011 – Library Journal
Best Romance, All About Romance 2008 Annual Reader Poll
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award
Top Ten Romance of the Year 2011, Library Journal
#5 in the Top 100 Romances of All Time, Dear Author.
REVIEWS:
“For the pure joy of reading a romance, this book comes close to perfection.” – Dear Author
ALSO BY JO GOODMAN:
Violet Fire
Scarlet Lies
Sweet Fire
THE MCCLELLANS
Crystal Passion
Seaswept Abandon
Tempting Torment
THE HAMILTON FAMILY
More Than You Know
More Than You Wished
THE COMPASS CLUB
Let Me Be The One
Everything I Ever Wanted
All I Ever Needed
Beyond A Wicked Kiss
THE DENNEHY SISTERS
Only My Love
My Heart’s Desire
Forever in My Heart
Always in My Dreams
Only in My Arms
THE MARSHALL BROTHERS
Her Defiant Heart
His Heart’s Revenge
THE THORNE BROTHERS TRILOGY
My Steadfast Heart
My Reckless Heart
With All My Heart
MEET JO GOODMAN:
Jo Goodman is a licensed professional counselor working with children and families in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. Always a fan of the happily ever after, Jo turned to writing romances early in her career as a child care worker when she realized the only life script she could control was the one she wrote herself. She is inspired by the resiliency and courage of the children she meets and feels privileged to be trusted with their stories, the ones that they alone have the right to tell.
Once upon a time, Jo believed she was going to be a marine biologist. She knows she is lucky that seasickness made her change course. She lives with her family in Colliers, West Virginia.
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First story I have read by Jo Goodman. I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more by this author.
This book is so much more than what I expected it to be. Absolutely wonderful!
A delightful read with interesting characters and plot.
Boring
I kid you not, the best story and delivery of story I’ve ever read in this genre. The bridging between continents was pure mastery and believable. I will read all of this author’s books now, yep, I enjoyed it THAT MUCH!
This is a well written romance with mystery, and plenty of twist and turns. The characters are interesting and well developed. I enjoyed reading this book. It is the first I have read from this author and I plan to read the others in the series.
One of the things I liked about this book was that it is long. It gave me as a reader the chance to get to know the characters more in depth rather than just a surface knowledge of them. I couldn’t put the book down because I wanted to find out what happened in the end.
We first meet Jessa Winter when she is a nanny. We see down the road what exactly happens to her in that position. She meets Noah McClellan on a stage coach where he gets injured. When she thinks he is dying she ends up marrying him so that she can escape her past as his widow and get out of the country. Most of the story we get to learn more of both of the characters. Noah McClellan is there from America to take care of some business for his family. He thinks it is going to be a quick easy trip but it turns out to be nothing like what he expected to happen.
Jessa Winter is smart and quick thinking except where Noah McClellan is concerned. And the same goes for him about Jessa. Noah is otherwise and easy going guy from what we are told, that his family considers him the level headed one of the bunch. That is why it is interesting to see him unnerved by Jessa on their trip across the Ocean. Both Jessa and Noah seemed like real people with faults rather than the stereotypical perfect romance novel people. I liked that. Sometimes both characters seemed a little crazy but that tends to be life. There was a villain or two. The McClellan family is a great group of characters.
I have not read the other books in this series. I will now have to go find them because I liked this one. I did manage to keep up with this book as a stand alone fine.
I received this book for free from ebook discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.