Fake or Real

Madeline is deathly afraid of marriage and her uncle. Philip needs a wife. Can they help each other mend their journey? Will they find a way passed the sham marriage?

A well-written romance.

I really enjoyed this sweet, clean romance. It was a quick read. Madeline and Philip have struggles right from the start. But the love grew and was very sweet. And it was clean. Any intimate scenes were behind closed doors.

The subplots where interesting but didn't take up too much time or drama. Everything was solved pretty easily in the end.

I really liked this clean regency novel from Amanda Grange. The only reason this wasn't five stars is that there were some minor editing errors in the Kindle edition. The story begins with Madeline, a 21 year old woman who is trying to escape from her cruel uncle. Lord Pemberton finds Madeline running away and saves her from a threatening situation. Philip, Lord Pemberton has his own dilemma. In order to inherit his father's fortune, Philip must be married for six months and it cannot be to Leticia, a woman who he thinks will be the perfect Countess. In order to help Madeline escape from her uncle and get his inheritance, he proposes a six month marriage to her. Madeline is extremely against marriage after being imprisoned by her uncle and seeing her mother cowed by her father. Can these two have a true marriage or will they both go their separate ways after six months? I enjoyed the characters in this book. Madeline and Philip were both well written. There was intrigue as well as romance. Love this author!

4-5 stars

I loved the characters, adored the writing style and the plot was good, too.

I read some reviews on the plot saying that the whole premise of the novel was so not regency like and that's right. Annulment of marriage? Was not easy then and would have looked really, really bad if he had just put his wife aside and marry another one. Wouldn't have worked that way but I should add that this is just the way it's supposed to be like. Anyways, yes, that both of the main characters don't see that and that we've got a lawyer who would suppose something like that isn't very Regency like and doesn't put the characters in a good light.

Sure, it's a bit cliché but I liked the way everything was being delivered.
Plus, it's squeaky clean for those who were wondering.

All in all, this wasn't something new but it was the perfect read for me for the summer.

I think the rating on goodreads is really disappointing for that one. There were no major plot holes, no annoying mistakes, no miserable main characters... Don't get the average...

Anyways, loved that one!