The Pretenders -- A Refreshing Read

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	• The Pretenders Joan Wolf Grand Central Publishing, 1999 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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The Pretenders -- A Refreshing Read

Joan Wolf's first-person narrative has got to be the best technique ever employed by a romance writer. This book is another one of her winners. Both the hero and heroine are rich, likable characters, and I found the idea of them being friends before lovers interesting. It worked very well, and neither was the plot something we've all heard before. "The Pretenders" was a refreshing read. I'd recommend this if you are a reader that wants a good, non-angsty romance.

A nice read

A light engaging story with believable characters and snappy dialog. Not a lot of tension or emotion, but overall a pleasant read.

The plot revolves around two long-time friends, Deb and Reeve, who pretend to be engaged in order to convince Reeve's trustee to release his inheritance. Of course the "pretend" engagement takes on a life of its own, and Deb and Reeve soon find themselves being forced down the aisle...

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Not Very Exciting

This was a nice story, but it lacked excitement, it was low key. I did not care for the first person narrative. I think this is what took away from the story - not knowing the thoughts and feelings of the other characters especially Reeve. Even the intimacy was on the low key side. I read a book once that the first intimacy shared by the main characters took 14 pages. It was fantastic! Wish I could remember the authors name so that I could read more of her books.

Terrifically Witty!

As a lover of authors like Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell - I found it wonderfully refreshing to discover a fairly modern romance novelist who writes with subtle wit and a keen sense of the period! A definite winner in my book!

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I liked it

I do think there could have been more to this story but I did not find anything wrong with it

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The rakish and handsome Baron Reeve of Ormsby, Earl of Cambridge, falls into the worst debt of his life when his horse loses a sure-thing race. His frustration is compounded by the fact that he has the money within his grasp, but his straitlaced uncle, Lord Bradford, will only agree to give him access to his inheritance before his 26th birthday if Reeve will deign to enter into a contract of marriage for its "settling effect." In an effort to thwart his uncle's desires and still gain the inheritance, Reeve invites his childhood pal Deb, a horse-lover herself and disinherited daughter of a baron, to marry him. Lured by the offer of her own horse as well as the desire to help her misunderstood friend, Deb agrees. They promise each other faithfully not to be married: to feign engagement and then find they "do not suit" before the nuptials. And they equally promise to, no matter what, not fall in love. This, of course, is a story in which all promises are broken.

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