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The arrival of Elliott Wallace, the irresistibly eligible Viscount Lyngate, has thrown Throckbridge into a tizzy. It soon becomes clear that Elliot seeks a convenient marriage to a suitable bride, and desperate to rescue her eldest sister Margaret from a loveless union, Vanessa Huxtable offers herself up instead.
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4 primary booksHuxtable Quintet is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Mary Balogh.
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I realised something about myself. I really need a dash of insanity in my romance novels. You know, the birth secret, the murder plot, the wicked stepbrother who wants to steal your lady love. That kinda thing. Mary Balogh's novels are placid like the still surface of a pond. Not bad per se, especially since they're very well written. In fact, dare I say it, she has a tendency of being long winded. At times, I feel my eyes drooping from the gentle pacing, the polite disagreements, the restrained tension .... there's a time and place for her books, and I'm in a place where slow, leisurely reads are just not my cup of tea. Gimme a murder plot, a kidnapping, a wicked mother-in-law. Anything!