![]() And Claire seemed to be a spineless pushover when it came to her sister, but was always sooo harsh with her husband!! There was quite a bit of repetition in the novel - starting with the constant rehashing of t. ![]() ![]() not caring that Claire said "no" so many times. Hated how her sister was money hungry to the extent that she made Claire buy her things from her husband's money. Then all of a sudden, this misunderstanding was resolved out of nowhere! All of a sudden he just believes her?! Ok.I hated Claire's sister's character. First of all - the misunderstanding between the couple lasted for too long, even though it was very obvious that it was silly. Review 1: This was an OK historical romance, but it could have been so much better with some better writing and better plotting. ![]()
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