Playing with Fire
Written by Katie MacAlister
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
4/5
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Katie MacAlister
Despite her love for novels, Katie MacAlister didn’t think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. MacAlister resolved to switch to fiction, where she could indulge in world building, tormenting characters, and falling madly in love with all her heroes. More than thirty books later, her novels have been translated into numerous languages, recorded as audiobooks, received several awards, and landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. She also writes for the young adult audience as Katie Maxwell.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a surprisingly good book, when you take into account that nothing really happened. ;) It was basically the story of a man who married for convenience and ended up falling in love with his wife. . .no action, but just a very sweet book with charming characters. Really enjoyed it!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ideal Wife, Mary BaloghMiles Ripley, Earl of Severn wants the ideal wife and Mary Balogh finds her for him. The only problem for the Earl is that Abigail Gardiner is more than ideal. She is unique and the earl cannot stop laughing or loving her. Ms. Balogh has created a love story, which will bring joy and laughter to any heart. This is a book to visit again and again; a truly enjoyable read.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I love a contrived marriage plot to pieces but this book, while holding out occasional hope for being delicious fun, was boringly by the numbers even for a style of book I like to read because it's formulaic.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5First printed in 1991. I was pleased to find that this early book has the same tone and pacing of her newest books.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Earl of Severn does not want to marry the pretty, self-centered young thing his mother and sisters have picked out for him. The only way to avoid it is to find someone else--soon. His ideal wife, would be plain, meek, and unobtrusive. When distant relative Abigail Gardiner asks for his help in obtaining a position as a lady's companion, he proposes marriage instead. But Abigail is not what she seems.This is a fun read. Not as sexy as Balogh's more recent books, but it is one of her best.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This came in a glossy new cover, and I ordered it from the library, but half way through I checked the publication date and saw that my suspicions were correct - it was originally written in 1991. I now also realize it's been padded because the original book was far shorter.I found both the characters and the situation very irritating. The Earl of Severn, all because he cannot say no to his mother, proposes to a woman who he has just met, having totally mistaken her character. And the annoying Abigail, normally chatty and silly, stays quiet and sensible because she hates poverty and wants security. Well, who can blame her. But Miles is not hero material - what sort of man of 30 would find himself managed into a marriage he didn't want all because he could not say know to his mother. And he's crap in bed, and he's condescending. I imagine that eventually Abigail tells him that she's never come and the sex gets better but I couldn't be bothered to stay with it and find out, and gave myself permission to put it down. I am sounding snarky, aren't I?! But I wouldn't want to befriend either character and didn't find them or their situation at all interesting. It felt like a very early novel, Mary Balogh has written far, far better books than this. I hate it when they sneak in old novels like this, because you expect a certain level of sophistication in the writing, and that's unfair for a 17year old romance, but you don't know it's 17 years old initially - sounds like the big confusion you get in romances, which stop the lovers from acknowledging that they love each other. If the publishers stopped trying to fool me, I might love their reprints better!