A secret rips her new marriage apart. He fears his bride is lost forever. Has hope vanished, or will broken hearts mend? As Ruby eagerly awaits James to perform the marriage act on their wedding night, she discovers a devastating secret that tears them apart. Ruby thought she knew James’s heart as well as her own, but his betrayal eviscerates her trust in love. It would be scandalous to leave … love.
It would be scandalous to leave James, so Ruby agrees to continue their farce of a marriage as they travel across the country to visit James’s ailing father in Manhattan. Stuck in the confines of their tiny train compartment, Ruby’s desire for her husband twists with the repulsion of her discovery and starts a battle inside Ruby she can’t tame.
When they arrive, the holiday season is all around, but Ruby feels nothing of the magic, struggling to come to terms with the truth about her marriage and her unrelenting longing for her husband.
Then James’s father takes a turn for the worst. Ruby puts her hurt and anger aside to support her husband, but James rejects her comfort; it may be too late to mend all that has been broken.
Can Ruby and James find a way back to each other or will the games they’re playing to protect their hearts ruin their only chance at happiness?
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Publisher’s Note: The series is connected through characters, but each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone.
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Love the way Ruby id so determined!!
Interesting!
Definitely kept my attention. I wanted to shake some sense into him, than I was wanting to shake her. Finally I was cheering them both. Good story
good read.
A look at the early west. Coming of age book for both the female and male main characters. Loved the community characters that accompanied the main ones. Following this book, read the rest in the series.
An emotional western romance.
I am going to warn you, right from the start… you will need a box of tissues for this one. This book will reach out and grab you by the feels and make you cry!
It’s really well written and developed story about a young woman, Ruby, who has been promised to James, her best friend, since they were little. Ruby has gone from being a little girl to a young woman in love with him, right under James’ nose without him even noticing. When an unprepared James makes a mistake on their wedding night, that causes Ruby to doubt whether she can stay married to him, she runs back home. James breaks not only her heart but her self-confidence and her trust in him. Now, they need to try and mend the serious rift between them or let it break them apart.
Ruby’s Passion is the second book of the Forbidden Romance Series and it can be read as a stand-alone but I highly recommend reading Breaking Josephine, first. They are interconnected and they do build onto each other. It will also help set the stage for what happens in this book.
I was absolutely sobbing through parts of this book but I was also laughing out loud during other parts as it was so good! If you are a fan of Diana Palmer, then this series is a must read.
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At first I liked the book, but very soon, could not continue reading it. I thought the character development was too over done.
Very dull, seemed to drag to get to the point. And made marriage between the 2 main characters seem more of an obligation rather than love. The ‘passion’ was relatively nonexistent, I’m glad it was free.
I love historical novels. Although this is part of a series, it is a definite stand alone. She’s loved him since she was 10? What does a 10-year-old know about love. It was a crush, nothing more. I felt both of them were pretty immature. Back and forth romance gets boring.
Strange beginning to this story and was not sure about finishing it. I did make it through and it did get better.
I thought the heroine very childish. Too much rehashing if what initially happened. Hero should have just admitted why he did what he did
Not very well written. Characters immature.
This ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL yet BEAUTIFUL love story is so UNDER LOOKED! I am an avid reader of well over 5,000 Historical Romance books and I will GLADLY reccomend this one as one anyone who appreciates this genre will definitely enjoy! You will not soon forget either character…or the lady’s spurs either..lol
Book two in the Forbidden Romance series. Can be read and enjoyed as stand-alone. Novella length told in dual POV with HEA. I liked this book a lot! It takes place in the early 1900’s in Oklahoma. Ruby and James are neighbors and despite their 6-year age difference have been betrothed sense childhood. I didn’t like that a lot of their story is internal thoughts, but I understand they both had a lot of growing up to do. They both said and did things that hurt the other, but I would have liked their resolution to be shorter than the two months separation. I would have loved an epilogue!
Ruby’s Passion is a romantic novel by Brooke Stanton set up in old Oklahoma 1860’s, it all started when Ruby caught James doing a very scandalous act that made their marriage on the rocks right on the first night. Ever since the incident Ruby was unable to trust James with her feelings wholeheartedly because she was afraid that her heart would shatter even more.
This novel was about falling in love with the person whom you already know you love right from the beginning but discovered that you can still ignite a different kind of love once given a chance to realize what that person really meant. I enjoyed reading this novel so much it only took me a few hours to finish it, what I was really eager to know was how a husband would convince himself and his wife to what he really feels towards her. I admit it made my heart ache a bit for them. From beginning to end I love this book. I would definitely recommend this book for people who want to know how much a husband can love his wife.
This story was so well written and the characters were so well developed that my heart was captured from the very first page! As I turned each and every page I felt like Ruby and James jumped from the pages and pulled me right into their story as it seamlessly unfolded!
She loved him for so long and when they finally marry she happily awaits her new husband. He does not come to her and he tells her a secret. This tears things apart. They stay together for appearances especially when his father is ill and dying. Can things change between them? See what will happen between them
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Ruby’s Passion By Brooke Stanton (Book 2 in Forbidden Romance)
5++++ Stars
OMG! I loved this just as much as the book first in the series! Very well written! Highly recommend this series!
Ruby and James~ best friends, promised to be together since they were kids, Ruby totally in love with James, on their wedding night James makes a mistake which breaks Ruby’s heart, self- confidence, and trust
“I’ve always loved you Ruby, but to me you were just a girl. Amazing, wonderful, and unique, but still only a girl. But I was wrong. You’re so much more.”
“The desperation and love that poured out of him matched her own,and she knew he finally felt the same love she’d always felt for him.”