Her Counterfeit Husband
By Ruth Ann Nordin
- Release Date: 2012-09-05
- Genre: Historical Romance
Description
Anna feels little anguish when she sees the dead body of her husband. The young widow has no plans to mourn over the cruel Duke of Watkins, but she knows that his untimely death will put her at the mercy of his malicious younger brother. With help from her loyal butler, Anna smuggles away the body in the dead of night.
Anna hopes to keep her husband’s death a secret until she’s settled far from the reach of her spiteful brother-in-law. When she stumbles upon a wounded man who bears an uncanny resemblance to her husband and has forgotten his memory, she wonders if she’s found the solution to all their problems. She quickly convinces him he is her husband.
To her surprise, he's so much better than the gentleman she buried. After years in a cold marriage, she is vulnerable to his tender words and sweet touches. But her husband's younger brother is still on the prowl, and giving into her feelings could possibly doom them both.
Reviews
Fantastic!
5By Skiplayer1The characters were fantastic and the story was interesting and fascinating. I couldn’t put it down. The author was creative and intrepid with the storytelling. Absolutely brilliant!DON’T PASS ON THIS ONE!!
5By HCS80When I tell you this is a great book, I mean absolutely GREAT! Such beautiful characters and storyline! Kudos to Ruth!Great story
5By karri uzumakiI really enjoyed this story. The writer tell a wonderful tale.Amazing
5By Ada-anneWhen I tell you this book is good, believe me!!!Good easy read
2By Lucky Without a KA good read that was easy enough to finish in one settingHer Counterfeit Husband
5By Fan from AZLiked this book overall. The author successfully made me love some of the characters & wish ill to others.A real good story
5By Eitel19I enjoyed this book I found when I was looking for another book.Lovely!
5By Howling galeI loved it. It warms my heart🙂Her Counterfeit Husband
5By magslujanThis is a very good story, I have read some of your other books and have never been disappointed, I highly recommend this book and truly enjoyed this book and so glad it has a happy ending.So many mistakrs
3By Kimbo1216For an author this well know and with so many regency novels, I’m surprised by the number of historical inaccuracies. Even the most formal duke and duchess wouldn’t “your grave” each other to death. They’d simply be “duchess” or “duke” or more likely the duke would just be addressed by his title only (ie watkins). A lord wouldn’t introduce himself and his wife as “lord of.../lady of”...its be early of hedwrett (or whatever rank he had) and countess... An unmarried daughter of a lord would be lady first name. Not lady last name. And they wouldn’t need to look for a priest in Gretna Green. Most couples just went to the blacksmith as it was the first stop across the border. So many distracting mistakes. The overall story was intriguing, but the development was lacking. This could have been a really great story if developed more. Instead, I only had surface level investment because it basically skimmed through what should have had more detail. And there really should have been more bewilderment over the situation verses the casual acceptance we saw. I’ve read this author before, mostly her westerns I believe. Maybe my memory is faulty, or maybe I’m less picky on westerns, but I don’t recall this many mistakes. Just take some time to google and study regency times. I get it’s impossible to perfect, and we don’t know all the protocols, but we do have an idea of the basics which were largely missed in this telling.Has some promise
3By AuntSuzeNordin is a good storyteller, though very weak in English. For example, while pronounced the same, peek, peak, and pique have vastly different meanings. Nordin is unaware of this, and if you love correct English, you will find all her books annoying. This one is no exception. She should spend the money on a proofreader and/or editor to fix her many mistakes. As a historical costumer, the cover is circa 1850, not the 1815 indicated in the book. Once again, failure to pay attention to detail always detracts from historical works.
