The story was of love and focused on it.Īn Infamous Marriage is a 4.5 star read for me.Īn 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. Not that there wasn’t any, it just wasn’t overwhelming.
What I really liked was the lack of angst. This is a sweet love story with some hurt and feelings of betrayal. Then Jack does something really stupid that they have to deal with. Elizabeth grows in self-esteem and confidence. Elizabeth deals with her hurt, she doesn’t just let him off the hook, and she grows as well. I got to see Jack grow up and realize his actions do have consequences. It’s the interaction between them after Jack returns home that’s the best part of this book. She is humiliated and removes herself from society for the most part. after wedding, Elizabeth hardens her heart toward her husband and her letters become cold and distant. Now Elizabeth isn’t surprised Jack had affairs, just that he was SO indiscreet about it. Elizabeth is told of all of Jack’s infidelities by this viper. When Jack’s mother passes away she is visited by a woman who, I believe, is evil through and through. As the years pass she realizes she’s falling in love with her husband through the letters they exchange. Elizabeth’s time is spent helping to care for Jack’s ill mother, taking care of the home and managing the farm. She is both relieved and surprisingly disappointed when the marriage isn’t consummated before Jack leaves for Canada. Jack spends the rest of the book trying to make it up to his wife and falling more in love with her.Įlizabeth doesn’t want to marry Jack or be a soldier’s wife, but she made the same promise as Jack. As a result I was left with the impression that he grew up quickly and is truly remorseful and ashamed of his behavior. Jack is made aware of the hurt and humiliation his actions caused his wife. He’s shocked that he could be drawn to the “mouse” he married. later due to peace he discovers his wife is strong, attractive and pissed off. 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. 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.
He leaves the country days after the hastily arranged wedding without consummating the marriage. A wife he doesn’t want or find attractive in any way. On one of his rare trips back home he makes a deathbed promise that nets him a wife.
Read it straight through and got to bed around 3 a.m. It’s well written both the romance and the military aspects. I need to tell you that I usually do not like historical romance, but I absolutely loved this one. I received this book free from NetGalley for an honest review.
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