Introducing “The Waiting Bride” – the first standalone book in an exciting new Regency romance series, The Returned Lords of Grosvenor Square! *FREE with Kindle Unlimited*“Earnestly awaiting your return,Marianne Weston”Every letter to Lord Philip Galsworthy from his waiting bride closed with the same words.And they always made his heart sink.He knew the words were not for him, but for their … always made his heart sink.
He knew the words were not for him, but for their families who took great delight in reading the correspondence between them. In truth, Marianne had told him in secret, with great relief to himself, that she too was not excited by the long-held expectation of their marriage.
And so, by excusing himself through duty to King and Country, Lord Philip Galsworthy managed to hold off the wedding for a year with hopes that the two families’ interest in seeing them married would wane.
With more effort he also managed to extend his station in India for another year, and then another, but now there was nothing more he could do.
He had to return home, and the wedding plans would be already in motion by the time his ship saw the shores of England again.
Their ages would not permit any more postponements, and so it was time for him to return and fulfill his duty to house and family.
Only, his time away exposed a loneliness that he never knew was quite there. A loneliness that was only remedied by the regular letters from Marianne, which slowly turned his memory of her from the duty he was trying to avoid to the love he could not live without.
Cringing again at the closing to the last letter he received, Philip wonders if it’s possible for her feelings to have changed as well, or is his return still secretly dreaded by his now beloved Marianne.
Other books by Rose Pearson:
The Duke’s Daughters Series
The Duke’s Daughters: A Sweet Regency Romance Boxset
A Rogue for a Lady
My Restless Earl
Rescued by an Earl
In the Arms of an Earl
The Reluctant Marquess (Prequel)
A Smithfield Market Regency Romance
The Smithfield Market Romances: A Sweet Regency Romance Boxset
A Rogue’s Flower
Saved by the Scoundrel
Mending the Duke
The Baron’s Malady
Love and Christmas Wishes: Three Regency Romance Novellas
more
A very sweet clean romance. There is some kissing but nothing else of note. The lead female character, Miss Marianne Weston, is a strong character. She is to endure a betrothal arranged by her father, Viscount Bridgestone. She is agreeable to the match. Her betrothed, Lord Philip Galsworthy, is apprehensive and leaves for India to distance himself. After one year of correspondence between himself and Marianne, he must return home. Philip’s character has a gentle strength. However, he makes panicked, skittish decisions because of the burden placed upon him to marry. This causes chaos between Marianne and Philip and Marianne draws the attention of Lord Henry Redmond. Henry is bound and determined to marry Marianne. Philip has to get his head out of his $ss and claim his beloved betrothed. Danger and drama, lies and manipulation occur causing Marianne to give up all hope on Philip. Philip must gain Marianne’s forgiveness and hopefully has not lost his chance with her. Henry will not concede to Philip and a deadly battle brews between them. A very exciting read. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
In The Waiting Bride Miss Weston and Lord Galsworthy find themselves in an arranged marriage that neither wants. The story shows how they go from reluctant betrotheds to developing a friendship and falling in love with each other. I would have liked to see a bit more decisiveness in the main characters but in all the story flowed pretty well.
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Huge 5 Stars for The Waiting Bride! I absolutely loved this sweet tale! If you love clean, sweet historical romances, then this is the book for you!
WOW!!!! This story of Philip and Marianne has lots of misunderstandings, surprises and twists that you absolutely won’t be able to put it down.
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Enjoyable story that will have you turning page after page to see what is going to happen next. So much miscommunication between the main couple makes you want to shake them both at times. I enjoyed the humour when Galsworthy tries to apologise for his previous behavior and only makes things worse. Suspense, intrigue, despair, forgiveness and a twist you don’t expect make this book well worth the read. I highly recommend it to Regency lovers.
Philip Belmont, Viscount Galsworthy, was returning to England after two years away, inspecting his holdings in India. He wasn’t looking forward to his family obligation of moving ahead with his betrothal to Miss Marianne Weston, daughter of Viscount Bridgestone. Their fathers had arranged it and neither of them were very eager for it. The problem was, he didn’t love her; all he felt was dread. He would be a loyal and devoted husband, but he would not lie to her about feelings. She wrote to him often, as promised, but signing each with the words: ‘Earnestly awaiting your return’ was solely for the benefit of the family and not meant for him. Marianne would have liked to have a Season in London where she would meet other gentlemen, but she had no choice now. Not once had Lord Galsworthy written that he missed her or was eager to see her again. He was simply doing his duty without thought of her. He hadn’t even proposed to her officially before he left for India. Nor had he ever smiled at her.
Philip felt queasy when the ship docked. The captain warned him how strange solid land would feel. He got into the carriage and on the way home, he saw Marianne. She had lovely curls, a smile, and a light of joy in her eyes. He had never seen any of that in the month he had “courted” her. He was glad now that he would not react strongly when he called on her, having already seen her like this. He would be proper and would do his duty.
I enjoy all of the books by this author, but this might be one of the more frustrating. Both of the main characters need to learn about conversing so that imagined thoughts of the other would not tangle up their relationship so much. Philip was so busy avoiding Marianne that he didn’t know a thing about her before he ran off for a couple years. She was busy worrying and painting a picture for herself of what she assumed he thought and wanted. Will they simply approach this marriage as a duty to be endured? Or will they talk with each other honestly and discover what kind of person each truly is? And who is the mysterious visitor that left his calling card for Marianne? Will she allow him to interfere with or redirect her future?
This story is centered around an arranged marriage, between two people that have met once in company so they really have no knowledge of each other. Try to imagine being told who you are going to spend your life with and that your duty and family honor demands it, makes you think of running away or hiding, which is what Phillip did when he was told he and Maryann were to be married. He didn’t give them a chance to know each other. he .got on a boat and sailed away to India leaving Maryann alone and wondering for a year if she would ever become his wife. He finally arrives back in England still unsure of the entire concept of this marriage he knows he will marry her because honor does demand it but not yet Phillip does go to his home but never tells Maryann he has returned, when she learns of this her heart breaks what is life going to be like with a man who can not even bear to be near her. Henry Redmond wants to marry her the betrothal is only known to the family he also said he did not care if her reputation gets tarnished over it he still wants to marry.
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This is a well written love story that has a HEA but it almost did not happen because of his hesitation to commit. Because of his inability to express himself to Lady Marianne, Lord Henry decides he wishes to marry her and sets out to become attached to her. There is a lot that happens including Galsworthy being shot and misunderstandings that almost cause him to lose her. This is a sweet romance that is appropriate for any age group and I would highly recommend this book as a great read.
“The Waiting Bride” by Rose Pearson
This was a good sweet clean Regency romance.. Although I did get a bit frustrated with the two primary characters when they did not seem to know how to go about being adults. And if you happen to get frustrated… I sincerely suggest you persevere… you will enjoy the story as it unfolds. I received an ARC of this story from the author via Booksprout … This review wholly expresses my own opinion.. I do hope you enjoy your time in this story. Happy Reading !!
The book was simply delightful. It stepped away from the “love at first sight” stereotype, embracing the idea of awkwardness on both sides, which was very refreshing. The emotions ran raw, and the characters were beautifully written.
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The Waiting Bride is a clean romance by Rose Pearson.
Marianne Weston and Lord Philip Galsworthy are betrothed and have been betrothed for many years. In the Regency time period, being betrothed was more than an engagement, it was actually as good as being married. Both parties of the arrangement needs must adhere to propriety at all times, which made things rather dull for the woman even though men could get away with m ore.
The premise and problem of this betrothal was that both parties wanted to marry for love and were afraid they would not love each other. However, both were reluctantly going to do their duty by their families.
Lord Galsworthy basically runs away from his duties for a couple of years on the pretense of inspecting his holding in other lands. This leave Marianne to hang around at home, waiting for his return. She is not pleased. Marianne finds friendship with Lord Henry, but he is not at all what he seems.
As always with with Ms. Pearson, this story is quite interesting with an unusual premise. I think she did a nice job with walking the reader through how difficult, frightening and tedious some arranged marriages of that time period could be. She also did well with showing how long communication took between people and still how difficult it WAS to communicate. The book also flows fairly well.
The main flaws/issues I found were technical.
1. Modern verbiage. “Angst” was NOT a word commonly used (if used at all) in this time period. I very much dislike modern word usage in period books.
2. Improperly ending sentences with prepositions. For example: “To find the letter with you had every intention of sending to your steward was a boon that I cannot ever express my gratitude FOR. NO NO NO!!! Do NOT end that sentence with ‘for’! Just end the sentence with ‘gratitude’!
Or “….the steward had no authority over.” NO. It should read “…..over which the steward had no authority.” Or “….might I ask you what the matter is?” instead of “…. what is the matter”? or even “…what is bothering you” or “what is wrong”. So cringe-worthy.
3. Still has non-necessary word usage.
4. Phillips’ shoulder healed too quickly.
Subjective thoughts:
5. It was a little odd to me how Marianne could stand up to Phillip but in private completely broke down. I became annoyed with her whining and crying and being “completely broken”. Really?!? She didn’t know him well enough to be ‘completely broken’. Having her feelings hurt, yes. But “completely broken”? UGH.
6. Frankly, Marianne did not come across as being too bright. And Phillip was a tad borderline.
If you aren’t picky about writing and don’t mind weepy heroines, then you will enjoy this book.
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3.5 Stars
“Earnestly awaiting your return,
Marianne Weston”
Every letter to Lord Philip Galsworthy from his waiting bride closed with the same words and they always made his heart sink.
He knew the words were not for him, but for their families who took great delight in reading the correspondence between them. In truth, Marianne had told him in secret, with great relief to himself, that she too was not excited by the long-held expectation of their marriage. So, by excusing himself through duty to King and Country, Philip managed to hold off the wedding for a year with hopes that the two families’ interest in seeing them married would wane. With more effort he also managed to extend his station in India for another year, and then another, but now there was nothing more he could do.
He had to return home, and the wedding plans would be already in motion by the time his ship saw the shores of England again. Their ages would not permit any more postponements, and so it was time for him to return and fulfill his duty to house and family.
A very interesting read, Philip & Marianne are betrothed at their fathers’ behest but neither wants to marry the other but are resigned to it. The novel is well written & the pace is good. The characters are well portrayed & have depth. I didn’t warm to Philip at all to begin with. I found him to be self centred & selfish he even went to India for a year to avoid his betrothed, however as the book progressed I found myself warming to him & realised he was a shy, reticent man who realised almost too late how he felt. Marianne was very patient with Philip but I found her being broken hearted a tad OTT, she didn’t know him well enough to be so distressed. The ages of the pair are not mentioned anywhere but I felt that they were both very immature & each acted like teenagers for much of the time. The villain is villainous, I was surprised by his exit. An enjoyable read & I look forward to more in the series
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Loved the start to the new series. The gentleman had a lot of indecision from the start of being told of the betrothal. Due to his not being what you could say a no show and the interest of another the plot of the story changed. I could not put the story down until the end. Keep up the great work. Can’t wait of the rest of the series.
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Lord Philip Galsworthy and Lady Marianne were set to marry by an arranged marriage with both sets of parents. Unfortunately, no one asked how they felt. Philip, being distraught upon his father’s death fled to oversee his holdings, leaving her without an actual proposal. Like she promised, she wrote him often. Now it’s time to come home and he’s not at all looking forward to this. Philip avoided Marianne as much as possible until he realized that other gentleman were starting to show interest. To her dismay, the one she thought may hold potential was not who he claimed or showed to be. As the story progresses, they both discover marrying one another may not be as bad as they’d thought, but can they get past other obstacles in their way? The characters were well written and the storyline kept you reading till you finished. I would highly recommend this book. As always, Rose Pearson scores another hit.
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