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    Trouble at the Wedding
    Trouble at the Wedding
    Trouble at the Wedding
    Audiobook9 hours

    Trouble at the Wedding

    Written by Laura Lee Guhrke

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

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    About this audiobook

    The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and only leads to heartache. That's why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her money. He's got a pedigree and a country estate, and he won't ever break her heart. There's only one problem...

    Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, thinks this stubborn heiress is about to make the biggest mistake of her life, and he's determined to stop her. Tempting beautiful women is Christian's forte, after all. When her family offers him a nice sum of money to stop the wedding, he's happy to accept. Falling in love with Annabel wasn't supposed to be part of the bargain...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 27, 2011
    ISBN9781452674773
    Trouble at the Wedding
    Author

    Laura Lee Guhrke

    Laura Lee Guhrke spent seven years in advertising, had a successful catering business, and managed a construction company before she decided writing novels was more fun.  A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Laura has penned over twenty-five historical romances. Her books have received many award nominations, and she is a two-time recipient of romance fiction’s highest honor: the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She lives in the Northwest with her husband and two diva cats. Laura loves hearing from readers, and you can contact her via her website: www.lauraleeguhrke.com.

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    • 4/5
      Miss Annabel Wheaton grew up a poor Southern girl who unexpectedly inherited a fortune in gold mines. She doesn’t fit into the world of the privileged and has decided that the best way to be accepted is to marry a British lord. Her uncle thinks the marriage is a mistake and hires Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, to persuade her to stop the wedding by telling her the truth about arranged British marriages. Christian soon cares about Annabel and wants her to avoid the type of marriage he had with his own American wife. This story provides an unflinching look at the marriages between new American money and the British aristocracy. The characters are strong ones that you quickly care about and find yourself rooting for, especially when a scandal forces Annabel to take matters in hand.
    • 4/5
      Annabel grew up with not much money, but when her father lands a gold mine, but then dies suddenly she has a fortune in her possession. All Annabel has ever wanted for her life was to get married and have a family, and she has a chance to have a good life in England, to land a title and she knows he isn't the type to demand her heart on a platter, just her money. Annabel only wants to be happy, but doesn't need love in her life, at least that is what she thought until Christian, the Duke of Scarborough came into her life. Christian, has just become the Duke of Scarborough when his older brother passes away suddenly, after losing most of everything they had to gambling. Christian has been gambling most of his life, but unlike his brother, he knows the game well, and has the greatest luck to have never lost a fortune to it. When Annabel's uncle comes to him with a proposition, if he can convince her to cancel the wedding, he will give Christian half a million, which is enough to start to rebuild what his brother lost in a card game. What Christian didn't expect was to find love or a woman that would break the ice around the walls of his heart.I was really excited to get my hands on this newest addition to Laura Lee Guhrke's books. I have just loved every one of her stories, they always capture my attention from the beginning. Even though this wasn't my favorite of hers, I still enjoyed it quite a bit, and before I knew it I was done with it, so it did fly by pretty quick, and was a easy engaging read. Set in the early 1900's which is a bit different from her other books, but I liked the era she chooses which is the Edwardian Era, which is a later era than she usually does. However I found I enjoyed the set of the scene in the beginning. It starts out in New York City, then progresses onto a ship headed for England, and it only gets better. There was a instant chemistry between this couple that I found sizzling yet tender at times as well. There was enough steam to fog your windows in the classic way that Guhrke writes her books. The story line was fun and definitely had some shocks that will fire up your nervous system. Christian is handsome, total rake, and doesn't deny it, he is proud of it except for the fact that he hides who he really is behind that facade. Christian has certain vulnerabilites that just sung to me in a real way, my heart just broke for him, he won me over almost instantly. Annabel is very spirited and knows what she wants, she also has certain weaknesses at well, that only appealed to me. I did find her a bit over the top at times, but overall I tended to like her. She definitely stirs things up and I liked how she puts Christian off kilter in such a delightful way that was very amusing at various times throughout the story.Overall I found Trouble At The Wedding, a great additon to a full of life series that just steals your breath away. Charming characters, sensual chemistry, endearing set of cirumstances and a plot that will take you on a adventure that spans from New York to London. A breath of fresh air and I couldn't help but adore this story. A WINNER in my book!Favorite QuoteI'm not talking about love. I'm talking about something else, a feeling I'd wager my life Rumsford has never given you.""What feeling is that?"He let go of her arms and cupped her face in his hands. "This one," he said, and he kissed her
    • 3/5
      I've truly enjoyed all of LLG's works that I've read thus far, and I plan to read more. Her late Victorian/Edwardian settings make it possible for her to create female characters who are believably more modern than the standard Regency miss, and Annabel Mae Wheaton is a perfect example. She was born poor in Mississippi, but her late father left her stupendously wealthy from his gold mines in Alaska. She moves to New York expecting to enter Society, but Society wants nothing to do with her. When an impoverished English earl proposes marriage, she sees an opportunity to force her way into the upper class and ensure that her young sister never has to face the insults that have come Annabel's way.

      Annabel is smart, strong, determined, and optimistic, even as she contemplates marriage to a man she doesn't love and who does not love her. I liked her a lot. When her wedding is ruined by the drunken ravings of the rakish Duke of Scarborough, she cleverly figures out a way to minimize the attendant scandal and force the duke to make amends. Of course, she falls in love with him, and when he begins pushing eligible bachelors in front of her, she takes drastic action.

      Christian, the duke, is an engaging character, but I didn't "fall in love" with him myself. This is definitely Annabel's book.

      I must say, though, that when the scene switches from London to Scarborough, the action feels rushed. I would have enjoyed seeing more development of the characters' feelings and motivations. And the ending is downright abrupt.

      And now a word about Annabel's accent. I though it was fine that she used American slang and expressions, but stop it with the droppin' of the endin' "g"s. It was distracting and done inconsistently; she would drop the 'g' off of three words in a paragraph and leave it on in two other words. I'm a Southerner native born, and have dropped plenty of 'g's, but it just doesn't work on the written page.
    • 4/5
      I didn't read the other books in this series. I don't feel I missed anything by reading out of order.

      I enjoyed the setting and unconventional heroine. With the flood of regencies on the market, its refreshing to read about something different.
    • 4/5
      I still like the second book in this series the best so far, but this one was still a good read. I have to admit I'd probably have liked it better if I hadn't listened to the audio--I really wasn't crazy about the southern accent that the narrator gave Annabel. Plotwise, I would have liked to have seen more details about Christian's first marriage--it felt like we saw way more of Annabel's disastrous early love life and never got a solid enough grasp on his. Time was definitely spent on it, but it still felt uneven. In the end, though, it wasn't enough to really affect my enjoyment of the novel...just made it seem a bit out of balance.

      Is it a coincidence that this novel was released so close to the premiere of season two of Downton Abbey? The theme of rich American heiresses bailing out the bankrupt ton seemed awfully familiar.... :-)
    • 5/5
      This was the best book in this series. It was the most enjoyable historical romance that I've read this year.
    • 4/5
      Not my favorite Laura Lee Guhrke romance, but it had it's moments. Set in 1909, half of which is on board a large steam ship en route from New York to London. Annabelle Wheatley, an American heiress with humble beginnings and no pedigree whatsoever is determined to marry well and get herself a title in the bargain. So what if she doesn't love her fiance? Marrying him will make her legitimate in the eyes of society - until her uncle hires the rakish scapegrace Duke of Scarborough to talk her out of it. Unfortunately, they get drunk one night on moonshine in the backseat of her Ford motor car while in storage (shades of Titanic). Let's just say, it gets complicated. The wedding does not go off as planned weeks later, and she winds up having to marry the Duke instead! But, is it worth it if love isn't involved? Will these two ever realize they really are in love with each other after all?
    • 3/5
      The usually reliable Guhrke failed me here.It might be because this is a century later than the familiar Regencies. Or it might be because I don't care for this type of ploy. The characterizations are good, but this didn't really engage me.
    • 5/5
      5.0 out of 5 stars -- A Duke vs Southern Belle... OMG!!January 5, 2012By: dotland101 (as posted also on Amazon.com)Trouble At the Wedding: Abandoned at the Altar (Mass Market Paperback)When a duke met a southern belle from the US of A... God helps the duke!! He didn't stand a chance! Any southern belle can tell you that. But if you don't know any southern belle and love historical romance story, you'd better go get this book and start reading this "Trouble At The Wedding". I like it even better than the first two books in the series. Bec it's fun and cute, laced with humor of an unusual romance from an unlikely match from the opposite side of the pond. LLG certainly delivered another great HR story. Her books now are among my "Fav HR" collection. Meaning another five stars and two thumbs up.