A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Kyraninse
Although I thought this would be a typical hate-turned-love story, I truly appreciate how Donna Hatch gave this old story an atypical spin. I enjoyed seeing Alicia's romance with her husband bloom and watching how Donna painted their emotions with a deft brush. The triangle between Cole, Nicholas, and Alica was not as well done, considering how honorably Cole had behaved in every other aspect. That did detract from the story for me although Donna did still manage to carry it beyond what I would have expected. The intrigue held me spellbound until the very end and it was an unexpected ending. I will definitely be looking for more stories from Donna Hatch in the future.
Nov 26, 2008 | 1-60154-334-4
5 = Rare - Top Pick | 4.5 = I Loved It - Top Pick | 4 = Good Solid Read
3.5 = Enjoyable | 3 Stars = OK - Needs a few changes | 2 Stars = It just didn't click / DNF
Book Blurb for The Stranger She Married
When her parents and only brother die within weeks of each other, Alicia and her younger sister are left in the hands of an uncle who has brought them all to financial and social ruin. Desperate to save her family from debtor's prison, Alicia vows to marry the first wealthy man to propose. She meets the dashing Lord Amesbury, and her heart whispers that this is the man she is destined to love, but his tainted past may forever stand in their way. Her choices in potential husbands narrow to either a scarred cripple with the heart of a poet, or a handsome rake with a deadly secret. Cole Amesbury is tormented by his own ghosts, and believes he is beyond redemption, yet he cannot deny his attraction for the girl whose genuine goodness touches the heart he'd thought long dead. He fears the scars in his soul cut so deeply that he may never be able to offer Alicia a love that is true. When yet another bizarre mishap threatens her life, Alicia suspects the seemingly unrelated accidents that have plagued her loved ones are actually a killer's attempt to exterminate every member of her family. Despite the threat looming over her, learning to love the stranger she married may pose the greatest danger to her heart.
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