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    An Infamous Marriage

    By Susanna Fraser

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    Northumberland, 1815

    At long last, Britain is at peace, and General Jack Armstrong is coming home to the wife he barely knows. Wed for mutual convenience, their union unconsummated, the couple has exchanged only cold, dutiful letters. With no more wars to fight, Jack is ready to attempt a peace treaty of his own.

    Elizabeth Armstrong is on the warpath. She never expected fidelity from the husband she knew for only a week, but his scandalous exploits have made her the object of pity for years. Now that he's back, she has no intention of sharing her bed with him--or providing him with an heir--unless he can earn her forgiveness. No matter what feelings he ignites within her

    Jack is not expecting a spirited, confident woman in place of the meek girl he left behind. As his desire intensifies, he wants much more than a marriage in name only. But winning his wife's love may be the greatest battle he's faced yet.

    88,000 words

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateNov 5, 2012
    ISBN9781426894596
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    Susanna Fraser

    Susanna Fraser has been writing since the age of 9. Her youthful efforts featured talking horses, but she now writes Regency-set historicals with a focus on the soldiers who fought the Napoleonic Wars.A native of Alabama, she never lost her love for barbecue or stopped saying “y’all” as life took her to Philadelphia, England and Seattle, where she lives with her husband and daughter.For more information on Susanna and her books, visit susannafraser.com.

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    • 4/5
      Jack and Elizabeth were wed because of a deathbed promise to her dying husband. Jack has been gone to Canada for five years to fight for his country and now returns to the Northumberland farm that Elizabeth has been running for him. They have to deal with each other now after each living their own lives.I enjoyed this story a lot. The main characters are both interesting, and the setting realistic. Once Jack has to go fight Napoleon again, I liked how Elizabeth fit into his soldier (he's a general) life. While a romance, it's also a good retelling of the days up until Waterloo.
    • 4/5
      I received this book free from NetGalley for an honest review.

      I need to tell you that I usually do not like historical romance, but I absolutely loved this one. It’s well written both the romance and the military aspects. I fell right into it. Read it straight through and got to bed around 3 a.m.

      Jack is a soldier that is rarely home. On one of his rare trips back home he makes a deathbed promise that nets him a wife. A wife he doesn’t want or find attractive in any way. He leaves the country days after the hastily arranged wedding without consummating the marriage. Jack reasons that he doesn’t want to leave his new bride pregnant on top of all the other responsibilities she’s inherited as his wife. In the first part of the book Jack comes across as a selfish boy who gets and does as he wants without regard to others. OK maybe he is that way. After his return home 5 yrs. later due to peace he discovers his wife is strong, attractive and pissed off. He’s shocked that he could be drawn to the “mouse” he married. Except she isn’t the mouse he thought. Jack is made aware of the hurt and humiliation his actions caused his wife. As a result I was left with the impression that he grew up quickly and is truly remorseful and ashamed of his behavior. Jack spends the rest of the book trying to make it up to his wife and falling more in love with her.

      Elizabeth doesn’t want to marry Jack or be a soldier’s wife, but she made the same promise as Jack. She is both relieved and surprisingly disappointed when the marriage isn’t consummated before Jack leaves for Canada. Elizabeth’s time is spent helping to care for Jack’s ill mother, taking care of the home and managing the farm. As the years pass she realizes she’s falling in love with her husband through the letters they exchange. When Jack’s mother passes away she is visited by a woman who, I believe, is evil through and through. Elizabeth is told of all of Jack’s infidelities by this viper. Now Elizabeth isn’t surprised Jack had affairs, just that he was SO indiscreet about it. At this point, 3 yrs. after wedding, Elizabeth hardens her heart toward her husband and her letters become cold and distant. She is humiliated and removes herself from society for the most part.

      It’s the interaction between them after Jack returns home that’s the best part of this book. I got to see Jack grow up and realize his actions do have consequences. Elizabeth deals with her hurt, she doesn’t just let him off the hook, and she grows as well. Elizabeth grows in self-esteem and confidence. They truly do love each other. Then Jack does something really stupid that they have to deal with.

      This is a sweet love story with some hurt and feelings of betrayal. What I really liked was the lack of angst. Not that there wasn’t any, it just wasn’t overwhelming. The story was of love and focused on it.

      An Infamous Marriage is a 4.5 star read for me.
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    • 4/5
      An Infamous Marriage by Susanna Fraser4/5 starsSource: NetgalleyGeneral Jack Armstrong’s life is planned; he will live and die as a member of the military and there will be no one to get in his way. If only the universe had been aware of Jack’s plans then he wouldn’t find himself returning home to a woman he hasn’t seen in five years and only married as a means of fulfilling a death-bed promise made to his best friend. Elizabeth Armstrong never thought she would find herself married, widowed, married again, and the mistress of a large farm all within two weeks’ time. Yet here she is the widow of a man she dearly loved, the new wife of a man who not only doesn’t want her or the marriage but is leaving for a long campaign in Canada at the behest of the British military. Oh, and she knows virtually nothing about running a farm that specializes in fine horses. Though Elizabeth is not happy with her situation she is bound and determined to make the most of her lot and life.For five years Jack and Elizabeth exchange polite letters all the while living totally separate lives – a fact which will most assuredly come back to bite Jack quite firmly on the butt and absolutely enrage Elizabeth. Despite his feelings about marriage and Elizabeth, when Jack returns to England he finds Elizabeth to be strong, confident, capable, and attractive – the complete opposite of the woman he left behind. Elizabeth’s appearance and attitude are more than enough to entice Jack and he finds himself more than eager to finally consummate his marriage. As Jack quickly discovers, his wife not only knows about his extracurricular activities but is quite prepared to kick his ass to the curb if he can’t find a way to make matters right.The bottom line: I truly enjoyed this novel and reading about the path Jack and Elizabeth travel to find one another. As you might expect the path is neither smooth nor easy but it is one the two must travel in order to find one another and make a go of their marriage. While there are no great surprises as far as the plot is concerned, the novel is full of interesting characters, good dialogue, richly described environments, and a fair amount of naughty bits which certainly spice up the read. I found An Infamous Marriage quite easy to become absorbed in and easy to get through. I would certainly recommend this adult read to lovers of period pieces and romances.
    • 4/5
      General Jack Armstrong is coming home to the wife he barely knows. He married his best friend's widow after a deathbed promise and he left shortly thereafter for war. Their union unconsummated, the couple has exchanged only cold, dutiful letters. When the war ended, he headed home to face a reality he thought he could escape. Elizabeth waits for her husband's return in anger. The pity he has caused her to receive with his affairs while away at war has shattered the building hope she had for their marriage. Now that he's back, will she be able to forgive him.Jack learns he wants much more than a marriage in name only. But winning his wife's love is a battle he needs to find courage that he has never had before to win. Great historical romance! I had a hard time putting it down once I started reading it. Character were interested, plot was good, story was well written. I look forward to reading more by this author.I received this ebook in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.