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The Fates have a funny way of changing one's life in the blink of an eye, or in the case of Lady Diana Fordham, a moment spent pondering a bright blue bonnet in the window of Madame Renard's millinery shop. Read the first page
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The Fates have a funny way of changing one's life in the blink of an eye, or in the case of Lady Diana Fordham, a moment spent pondering a bright blue bonnet in the window of Madame Renard's millinery shop. Read the first page
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Our hero is the Marquis of Templeton he is a spy of the scarlet pimpernel variety.
The heroine is Lady Diana Fordham, she has loved Temple for many years and has waited for 9 years for him to finish with the spying game and settle down with her (she knows he is a spy, he does not know she knows). So now she has decided that she has waited long enough and stages an elaborate hoax of an elopement so that Temple will come and rescue her.
Her father mean while offers her hand to whoever brings her back. As she is an heiress many are after her. The race is on, but although Temple will rescue her he will not marry her himself but proposes to marry her to either of 2 other suitors! To complicate things further he is suspected of the murder of the man she originally eloped with, so has the law after him. Plus some French spies also want 'the bride' for their own nefarious reasons which Temple wants to find out about.
The heroine is Lady Diana Fordham, she has loved Temple for many years and has waited for 9 years for him to finish with the spying game and settle down with her (she knows he is a spy, he does not know she knows). So now she has decided that she has waited long enough and stages an elaborate hoax of an elopement so that Temple will come and rescue her.
Her father mean while offers her hand to whoever brings her back. As she is an heiress many are after her. The race is on, but although Temple will rescue her he will not marry her himself but proposes to marry her to either of 2 other suitors! To complicate things further he is suspected of the murder of the man she originally eloped with, so has the law after him. Plus some French spies also want 'the bride' for their own nefarious reasons which Temple wants to find out about.
Your really feel for Diana as she tries at every turn to get her man and cheer when she does at the very end of a complex and compelling plot.
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3.6 out of 5 stars
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
But, did you have to make Diana wait soooo long?
23 Aug 2004
By janlouise
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I enjoyed the story and really liked Diana and Temple, both- but EB was wrong in making the time line soooo long - why not 3 or 5 years instead of 9 to 10?
This was the first EB for me to read and I definitely enjoyed her talent. I am sorry that I didn't know to read One Night of Passion first, though - but didn't find it a stumbling block for me. I was able to follow the story and get into the characters well enough. Lady Diana Fordham lost her heart to Marquis of Templeton (Temple for short) a long time ago. She had hope he would notice but he never seemed to come around. At one time she decided to move on and marry his cousin only to withdraw her agreement for engagment. Her heart wasn't in it. Now ten years later Diana sets up her own elopement with a scandrel of the Ton and everyone is shocked. Her father offers her hand in marriage to the first man that is able to bring her back. Temple has no design to go get her until his secret employer orders him to go get her and see that she is married as soon as possible. He leaves with no plans on being the one that she marries. Boy, is he fooled! Things get to hopping! Temple discovers that the French are after Diana with plans of their own, Diana's fiance is murdered, and Temple is accused of doing it. Oh... the story gets even better. In the middle of all that is going on, Diana forces Temple to admit his love for her. I think my favorite part is when Diana shows up at a Masquarade Ball dressed as a greek goddess only wearing the sheer curtains from Temple's rented room drapped over her naked body and a face mask. Boy, that caused a stir! ha, ha!!! A good read with romance and excitment to keep the story going.
This was the first EB for me to read and I definitely enjoyed her talent. I am sorry that I didn't know to read One Night of Passion first, though - but didn't find it a stumbling block for me. I was able to follow the story and get into the characters well enough. Lady Diana Fordham lost her heart to Marquis of Templeton (Temple for short) a long time ago. She had hope he would notice but he never seemed to come around. At one time she decided to move on and marry his cousin only to withdraw her agreement for engagment. Her heart wasn't in it. Now ten years later Diana sets up her own elopement with a scandrel of the Ton and everyone is shocked. Her father offers her hand in marriage to the first man that is able to bring her back. Temple has no design to go get her until his secret employer orders him to go get her and see that she is married as soon as possible. He leaves with no plans on being the one that she marries. Boy, is he fooled! Things get to hopping! Temple discovers that the French are after Diana with plans of their own, Diana's fiance is murdered, and Temple is accused of doing it. Oh... the story gets even better. In the middle of all that is going on, Diana forces Temple to admit his love for her. I think my favorite part is when Diana shows up at a Masquarade Ball dressed as a greek goddess only wearing the sheer curtains from Temple's rented room drapped over her naked body and a face mask. Boy, that caused a stir! ha, ha!!! A good read with romance and excitment to keep the story going.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kept me from getting any work done for two days!
7 Nov 2003
By A Customer
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I just finished Stealing the Bride and loved it!! What a fun book! I absolutely loved Temple and Diana and thought they were the best characters I've read in a long time. The plot line was humorous and kept the reader guessing page after page. This book gave me a really enjoyable few days, when I didn't get any work done, because I wanted to keep reading! :-)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another romantically wonderful romp from Elizabeth Boyle!
21 Aug 2003
By A Customer
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I adored the charming, scene-stealing Marquis of Templeton (Temple) from Elizabeth Boyle's previous book, ONE NIGHT OF PASSION, and couldn't wait to see who would be the lady to win his heart. Little did I know that lady would be Diana Fordham, a 29-year old hellion who had once been engaged to Temple's cousin, Colin.
In STEALING THE BRIDE, we find out that Temple and Diana are star-crossed lovers who might have had their own happy-ever-after years ago if not for the manipulations of Temple's rigid grandfather. Now Temple is a man with a secret--no mere society fop whose greatest skill is tying an elegant cravat, the outwardly affable Temple is actually a skilled spy for the Crown. When Lady Diana is reported kidnapped and suspected to be on her way to Gretna Green to wed, Temple is assigned to see her brought home . . . and married at once to the first available man he can find. Temple is certain that man will not be him, but Diana has other plans.
A delightful battle of wills and desires ensues, made all the more enjoyable by an ongoing chase by Napoleon's cronies that sends the pair into hiding and on the run across England. A wonderful romance with many surprising twists and turns, STEALING THE BRIDE is a 5-star keeper!
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