
April S. (
daizee) - Canton, GA wrote on 8/27/2009...
Aidan is a great hero - a man you definitely want to be around to rescue you! All the characters have great personality and presence.
This was a great romance novel. I was able to connect to the characters and believe them. This was my first Mary Balogh and she hooked me!!

Robin M. (
robinmy) wrote on 2/28/2009...
Colonel Lord Aidan Bedwyn honors a dying soldier's request of protection for his sister by marrying her to ensure that she may keep her family home. Eve had no one else to turn to, so she agreed to a marriage in name only. But when Aidan's family hears about his new bride, their business arrangement begins to change into a real marriage.
As with most of Mary Balogh's stories, the relationship builds slowly. Aidan is transformed from a cold miliary officer to a man who is willing to give a part of himself to his new family. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
The Bedwyn Family books are must reads read them all.

Colleen H. (
senhi) wrote on 9/11/2007...
Good Read!! Balogh always writes a good tight story.
If you count the prequels One Night For love and A Summer To Remember then this is the 3rd in the Bedwyn series. Aidan's story, loved it-the whole series is great

Christine P. (
chrissy77) wrote on 2/8/2007...
Meet the Bedwyns - six brothers and sisters - men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality...Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction...where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal...and where Aiden Bedwyn, the marriage shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all...SLIGHTLY MARRIED
Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all.
Meet the Bedwyns…six brothers and sisters--men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality…Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction…where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal…and where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all.…
Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heart--and it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldier's request. Having promised to comfort and protect the man's sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protection…nor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she can't refuse: marry him…if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the transformation of the new Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eve's “business arrangement” is about to be transformed…into something slightly surprising.
This is the book but my copy has a blue cover with a woman in wedding attire on the front. Great book, fantastic read!