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The Markonos Bride (2008)

by Michelle Reid(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0373127235 (ISBN13: 9780373127238)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

review 1: Wow! An intense sexy emotional hot read. Two young lovers discover true love on a small Greek island & to the displeasure of their families get married when they find out that they are pregnant. Louisa stays on the island to rise their son all the while putting up with the sly untrue rumors his family feeds her hoping to break up their marriage while Andreas finishes college & starts working in the family business. Another day of him not coming home & breaking a promise leads to a tragic accident going to the beach & the death of their beloved son Nikos. Not knowing how to deal with the tragedy Andreas goes off on his on allowing both families to step in & make her feel like failure. Which leads her to a stay in a convalse home & allows the families to tell them each ... morelies so that each believe that the other does not care anymore. Now 5 years on & Louisa has made her annual & final pilgrimage to her son's grave to say goodbye. But this time meets her estranged husband & the passion still follows as strong as ever. Andreas realizes that he wants he wife back & will do whatever it takes to get her back. They have both been celibrate as no other person stirs their emotions. Once they start to let go they realize how much their families hurt & lied to them, he wants revenge. It will take another 2 years, their marriage back on track, & 2 more babies before he will look at forgiveness.
review 2: This book has everything I love in a reunion story and in general Michelle Reid does these so well. This is not unlike her recent book The Man Who Risked it All. The hero and heroine married young when Andreas makes Louisa pregnant in a summer affair. Through it all they had to fight the antagonism of Louisa's parents who considered Andreas a louse who carelessly got their daughter pregnant. His family are less than thrilled with his teenage bride and constantly make Louisa aware of what a mistake Andreas made in marrying her.Perhaps they might have weathered the storms if their young son Nikos hadn't died in a tragic accident on the way to the beach. Louisa had taken him by herself when Andreas let them down, choosing work over his family. Both are consumed by guilt and Andreas makes the mistake of running away to hide his grief, believing it unmanly to succumb. During that time, Louisa's family persuade her to leave and feeling abandoned by Andreas she goes, expecting him to follow and claim her.This is where the family really get into the act, preventing them from contacting each other and by the time Louisa is able to return to Athens she finds Andreas asleep in the arms of another woman.It is now five years later and Louisa is on her annual pilgrimage to visit the grave of Nikos when she walks straight into Andreas.It is clear immediately that the past is not dead for either of them, the physical attraction that got them into so much trouble eight years ago still sizzles. But there is a lot to get over and a lot to clarify before they can reach a happy ending.Minor spoiler. The thing that really lifts this book for me which disappointed me in the more recent 'The Man Who Risked it All' is that both hero and heroine were faithful to each other in that time. I find that believable and a sign of the intensity of their love for each other. It helps me to truly believe in a HEA. less

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