THE STRANGER I MARRIED

Author: Sylvia Day ISBN: 075821474X 1/2007 HISTORICAL Publisher: KENSINGTON BRAVA
Time Period: 1819 London

Lady Pelham could not have designed a husband more suited to her needs. The Marquess of Grayson is a dear and enchanting friend and an unrepentant ladies' man. Their union is solid; their hearts safe from one another. But every marriage has its surprises... THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS... They are London's most scandalous couple. Isabel, Lady Pelham, and Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Grayson, are well matched in all things—their lusty appetites, constant paramours, wicked wits, provocative reputations, and their absolute refusal ever to ruin their marriage of convenience by falling in love with one another. Isabel knows such a charming rake will never appeal to her guarded heart, nor will she sway his philandering one. It is a most agreeable sham...until a shocking turn of events sends Gerard from her side. Now, four years later, Gerard has come home to Isabel. But the carefree, boyish rogue who left has been replaced by a brooding, powerful, irresistible man who is determined to seduce his way into her affections. Gone is the devil-may-care companion who shared her friendship and nothing more, and in his place is temptation itself...a husband who desires Isabel body and soul and who will stop at nothing to win her love. No, this is not at all the man she had married. But he is the man who might finally steal her heart...

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

You can't go wrong when you pick up a Sylvia Day book! THE STRANGER I MARRIED is no exception. Filled with passionate sex and an intriguing plot, Sylvia day penned another winner!

THE STRANGER I MARRIED puts an erotic twist on the older woman/younger man scenario. What starts out a marriage of convenience, turns into anything but. Day's gift for writing sensual yet graphic sex scenes turns what could have been an average romance into a sizzling passionate affair!

When Isabel, Lady Pelham, agrees to marry Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Grayson, she assumes that she'll be able to live the rest of her life in an amicable relationship that is void of emotional and sexual intimacies that have hurt her in the past. Gerard is in love with another woman, and although he looks at Isabel with fond eyes, he accepts this farce marriage with open arms.

Gerard ends up leaving Isabel for four years after a very bad turn of events, and then returns as a different man. He wants Isabel as his wife—in mind and body! He will do whatever he can to make Isabel his wife and find the peace and happiness he so deserves.

Isabel isn't sure how to react to Gerard and his requests, but she knows one things is certain—his looks, touches and kisses are igniting a fire deep within her body. Will she be able to resist Gerard and his powerful ardor, or will she succumb and risk another broken heart?

Isabel and Gerard heat up this book like the sun on a hot summer day. Even the secondary characters are written with such depth that they could harbor their own full-length story.

THE STRANGER I MARRIED is an emotionally charged, unbelievably sexy Regency romance. It's just the book to keep you warm on a cold night! Sylvia Day proves once again that she can write erotic romance that still exudes a certain degree of grace and elegance. THE STRANGER I MARRIED is a definite Top Pick!

Julie Kornhausl