"The Society Bride" by Fiona Hood-Stewart is a novel that explores the complexities of arranged marriages in a privileged social setting.
Ramon, a dashing young man, is wealthier than most of the men in his environment, but lacks true self-assurance. His ambitions for a career have been disappointed, and as a result, he yearns for the stability that marriage offers him. Nena, on the other hand, is a young, exotic heiress whose inheritance is sought after by a predatory crowd. In an effort to protect herself from
Ramón Villalba, a handsome dandy rich man is perfectly fit Fioná Hodd-Stewárt's tale The Society Bride if we had to make a description. Her novella presents a story about Nena, a young heiress beautiful, that should marry a business partner, Leonidas, but she prefers to find her soulmate.
What makes the story all the more captivating is that Nena could have married the preferred suitor, Rafael Torres, whose very presence made her the hair stand up on the back of her neck. Then as now Nena ticks every social page, but that romantic flesh won’t lie down. She repels Rafael’s attentions until it’s revealed that she’s courted Ramón, who is wealthy, handsome if not amenable in manner. So Fee suggests why Ramón might wish a wife of convenience:
> "He possessed empire; big afro, urbane voice, those great hands locked about the gold-braided mainmast of society? Among the best of men, Ramón could never be regarded as pretentious (*el maleducado*) – he called only what he respected.
Электронная Книга «The Society Bride» написана автором Fiona Hood-Stewart в году.
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Язык: Английский
Серии: Mills & Boon Modern
ISBN: 9781472030245
Описание книги от Fiona Hood-Stewart
Ramon Villalba is handsome, gifted and wealthy. So why would he want a bride of convenience?Nena Carvajal is an exquisitely beautiful young heiress who needs protecting from fortune hunters. It would be no hardship for Ramon to enjoy the pleasures of an arranged marriage with her. Ramon is confident he can tame his headstrong virgin wife. But Nena had expected to marry for love…
