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Throwback Thursday Review: The Scorsolini Marriage Bargain by Lucy Monroe Reviewer: Holly
The Scorsolini Wedlock Deal by Lucy Monroe
Series: Purple Brides #five
Also in this series: Hired: The Sheikh's Secretary Mistress
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Point-of-View: Alternating Tertiary
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 184
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Series Rating: three-stars

Principe Claudio Scorsolini'due south time to come wife must make a suitable figurehead for his people and provide him with an heir. Claudio'due south convenient marriage with Therese is hailed a success: his subjects have fallen in love with her and she's performed her duties in the bedroom -- to Claudio's immense satisfaction.However, Therese has secretly fallen in honey with her husband. How can their marriage survive when she knows she tin can never give Claudio a child?

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This review was originally posted on June 3, 2008.

The Scorsolini Marriage Deal is the final book in Lucy Monroe's Regal Brides Trilogy from Harlequin Presents.

I'm very happy to study that Lucy Monroe didn't disappoint at all with this novel.
Throughout the other books, we caught glimpses of Therese and Claudio and nosotros knew something was amiss with Therese, and I for one, had a hard time waiting to find out what it was. Much as information technology pains me to acknowledge it, however, it was worth the wait.

Princess Therese Scorsolini knows her hubby, Prince Claudio – heir to the throne -, married her for convenience and the heirs she could produce for him. She hadn't harbored any delusions nearly her husband's feelings towards her, and that was why, when she found out she had a disease that was causing her to get infertile, she knew she'd have no choice but to offering him a divorce.

Prince Claudio knows nothing of his wife's health issues, just he has noticed her change in behavior and has made his own assumptions based on them. Terribly incorrect assumptions. When Therese explains that they must divorce, he doesn't requite her a chance to explain why, only reacts, bold he already knows the reason, that she's plant someone else. He's pissed about it, of course, and says some things to her that after come back to haunt him, but he swears his anger is justified.

Of course, eventually he learns the real reason she's asking for a divorce and besides having a lot of making up to practise, he likewise has his work cut out for him convincing Therese that a divorce isn't the manner to go.

This was a sugariness and – for me, at least – a very emotional read. LM is amazing at taking real life issues and bringing them to life in a very positive way. All women face different problems, whether they be physical or emotional and I think LM does a fabulous job of addressing them, without making me feel preached to.

I loved Therese, and I felt that her reasons for insisting on the divorce insecurities were totally valid. She stood her basis, too, when Claudio finally came to his senses and didn't cow to him. I love that.

Claudio was an crawly hero, also. I dearest how amazing Lucy is at making me detest a hero and and then fall in beloved with him. He said and did some things when Therese first asked for a divorce that made me and then angry I wanted to beat him, only one time he realized his mistakes he did everything he could to make up for his earlier stupid actions and make the heroine realize how much he truly cared for her.

I loved the entire premise of the story. The characters were wonderful, the storyline amazing and I didn't even heed the shortness of the story. LM did an amazing job of wrapping this trilogy up. The only thing I disliked most this volume was that information technology concluded. LOL I can't expect to see what LM has in store for us next!

This book is available from Harlequin Presents. Y'all can buy it hither or here in e-format.