by Myrna
Mackenzie
Scandal or love? Emotional, tender
second chance romance
Myrna MacKenzie's The
Heir's
Convenient Wife, the second in The
Wedding Planners series is a short marriage of convenience
romance that is not convenient marriage in the least little bit!
Misunderstandings abound as an insecure heroine and a proper high
society husband give their marriage a 2 month trial. Emotional, tender,
and sweet, with just a touch of scandal for the high society snobs, The
Heir's Convenient Wife brings romance and a bit of humor to hopeless
situations.
Regina, photographer for The Wedding Belles wedding planners, doesn't
dare tell her co-workers about her loveless marriage. Pregnant and
alone, she married Dell O'Ryan from the famous high society O'Ryan
family. A man with a sense of honor, he just could not stand by and
watch her suffer without doing something to protect her. After all the
tragedy she has suffered, Regina is finally awakening out of the
emotional darkness of the past year. Plagued by guilt, she just can't
live in a loveless marriage anymore. She can't make Dell pay for her
mistakes. The only solution to her dilemma is to divorce Dell. Dell
convinces Regina to give their marriage a 2 month try, to take things
slowly and see if their marriage is worth saving. Can Regina and Dell
find a way to put love into a marriage born not out of love?
Myrna MacKenzie's characterization adds depth to this romance while
making the plot believable. Emerging from a dark time in her life and
no longer wanting protection, Regina does not want to be stuck in a
loveless marriage. Still insecure in many ways, she strives to free
Dell of his obligation to her and do what is right for him. She knows
she does not fit into the high society lifestyle. Now that she has set
a two month reprieve, can she move beyond the idea of divorce and open
her heart to love? Kind, gentle and patient, Dell feels the need to
protect her, all the more so now that the possibility of divorce
lingers in the future. Dell's family raised him to be responsible and
to avoid scandal. He knows all the right things to do, but does he know
how to put aside everything and reel in the woman with whom he finds
himself falling in love? Can he make her the wife of his heart, not
just his name?
The Heir's Convenient Wife
is an exquisite addition to The
Wedding Planners series, building on the second chance romance
theme with a character skeptical of love also seen in Shirley Jump's
preceding romance. Myrna MacKenzie brings love to an impossible
situation and to two very different sorts of characters. Secondary
characters make for humorous moments while also revealing the character
of the hero and heroine. Myrna MacKenzie creates an unusual mix of
sweetness and emotional, psychological depth with a perfectly timed
plot that reveals a love developing gradually with patience and concern
for the other. The reader feels both the doubt and the growing love as
the two characters, and indeed the reader as well, get to truly know
one another. Myrna MacKenzie does an excellent job of combining plot
and characterization so that the reader gets inside the heads of both
the hero and heroine. Tenderness makes way for passion in a way that
provokes a wonderful mix of humor and tears of joy.
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (May 2008)
Series: The Wedding Planners
