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An Indecent Marriage (2012)

by Doreen Owens Malek(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silhouette

review 1: Wow what a crushing story. I cried so much at times throughout & then especially at the end. Jessica & Jack, what a lovely & horrible time they've had. Talk about judging a book by its cover & by the sins of the parents, that's what her father did when it came to Jack. Dads an absolute tyrant.The love that they had for each other from teanage years til now being 10 years later. Her father had a lot to do with their heartache. Poor Jack went through hell, when as it happens in most teanage love affairs, Jessica got pregnant. But Dad was not ever going to let her marry beneath her station, arranged a marriage for her, to someone she didn't even know. All to save face & then seperate the young lovers. The threats he makes against Jack, make Jessica do as daddy says,... moreWhen she has to return to home, which she hasn't done for 10 years, she is confronted by the past love & realises that she still loves Jack deeply. Only thing is Jack was spun a tale by her dad & believed him that she didn't really love him etc. That was Jack's first mistake. Jack put himself through hell thinking of her leaving him. Breaks Jessica's heart all over again 10 years later when she finds out what he went through. The rest that follows is years in the making, revenge & he serves it hot for them all.Thing is though, he still & has always loved her. After all the grief Jack puts Jessica through, she still loves him & hopes the revenge will run its course & he'll truly come back to her. Realisation hits him like a tonne of bricks. Then finally all the truth comes out & as hes asking her to forgive him (while i'm crying my eyes out, making it hard to read) She says she already did & what he did came from the pain that her father & the past had caused him.Then with declarations of love & some pretty hot & steamy happenings. By god I love a HEA & this delivered it in spades. The pain these characters had to live with, but the love, oh the love. Don't get me started, or I'll be crying again. Emotions a plenty, love, heartache, revenge, betrayal, blackmail, secrets, loss, hate & then to love again. I'm exhausted now thinking of all that they've been through.
review 2: This book was damn depressing. I understand that there needs to be some kind of conflict for the couple to work thru, if its too easy than it's just boring. But for me, this one was just over-filled with way to much angst. And the H was just an ass thru most of the book, just plain mean. Other than that, it was well written with some good secondary charaters & Im sure there are lots of people out there that will enjoy it. It was just a tad to depressing for a romance for me personally, but I didnt hate it I just didn't love it. less

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