Hidden Affections
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wonderful story
Someone wrote in another review that this book bogged down in the middle. I never saw a slow moment in the story. Someone also wrote that the story was too incredible to believe. That's why it's called fiction.
Most of us, I believe, enjoy stories like this with situations that would never happen but are fun to imagine. As improbable as it was, it made a good story. Sam and Annabelle were totally opposite in financial situations, background, and in their hearts.
Annabelle's example of unselfish giving of herself taught Sam to begin to empathize with the poor and quietly help them.
Delia Parr will become a new name to add to a list of my favorite authors.
June 1, 2013
Hidden Affections
In Hidden Affections, the reader is introduced immediately to two people in the 1830âÂÂs who are getting married under some strange circumstances: they are in handcuffs.
Annabelle Tyler and Harrison Graymore find themselves forced into marriage after the sheriff of a remote town in Western Pennsylvania finds them in a compromising (although untrue) situation. They plan to quietly have the marriage annulled once they go back home to Philadelphia, but word gets out too quickly. They are left to figure out what to do next in a society that scorns those who are divorced.
In addition to the marriage situation, all is not as it seems with these two. Annabelle has a secret of her own, while Harrison has not dealt with some things from his past. Will this couple reveal their âÂÂHidden Affections,â or will they go through with their plans to end their marriage?
From the beginning of this book, I was hooked to the story. I enjoy reading âÂÂmarriage of convenienceâ plots, and this one was even more interesting since the characters were basically forced to get married. The development that Harrison ended up being the most eligible bachelor in Philadelphia was a huge boost to the story, too. For the most part, I knew where this story was going, but there were a couple of little surprises along the way.
I really enjoyed the character of the housekeeper, Irene, in this novel. She was fun and caring and had a no-nonsense attitude that was endearing. As for the main characters, I thought Annabelle was a little too perfect, but that did kind of âÂÂset upâ HarrisonâÂÂs character, who was flirtatious and a little over-bearing.
The thing that bothered me most about this book (and I donâÂÂt think I have ever said this about a Baker Publishing Group book), but it seemed as if it needed to be edited again. There were so many run-on sentences and misplaced modifiers that it made the book extremely hard to follow.
For me, this book had a great beginning and an interesting ending, but I got a little bogged down in the middle.
August 22, 2011
history tends to repeat itself
Annabelle was looking for a fresh start, not another
husband. Due to compromising circumstances, she
is forced to marry Harrison with only one outcome -
annulment, which later becomes a divorce. This is
last thing she wants to face again. Yes, it seems history
is repeating itself.
August 6, 2011
It is often said that the truth is more fantastical than fiction. This is true â you should hear the story I heard in the office last week! â but in the case of Delia ParrâÂÂs Hidden Affections, I have to wonderâ¦
The novel is about two young people from two entirely different walks in life (one filthy rich, the other poor as dirt) who are coerced into marriage. No, not for any of the typical 19th century reasons of morality, but on account of thieves, handcuffs and pay-back. And, I think, because this is Christian fiction. Which is why the heroine has a faith in God that is convenient at best and her womanizing husband she is forced to marry no longer womanizes the moment heâÂÂs married to this woman who is known to him by name only. Of course both characters have âÂÂdarkâ secrets neither cares to share, and they canâÂÂt help but change their lives within a few months and fall madly in love.
I have truly enjoyed Delia ParrâÂÂs LoveâÂÂs First Bloom and HeartâÂÂs Awakening, but I found the characters in Hidden Affections to be unbelievable and the plot a bit fantastic. But then I like books that are at least somewhat realistic â and being handcuff to a handsome, filthy rich man so I am forced to marry him is NEVER likely to happen!
July 29, 2011
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