Guest Review: The Accidental Wedding by Anne Gracie

Posted October 11, 2010 by Book Binge Guest Blogger in Reviews | 0 Comments

Publisher: Berkley, Penguin

Tracy’s review of The Accidental Wedding (Devil Riders #4) by Anne Gracie

When Nash Renfrew wakes in the bed of lovely Maddy Woodford, he has no memory. In the days following his accident, he is charmed by her bright outlook on life, but he lives for the nights, when she joins him chastely-more or less-in her bed. When his memory returns, Nash asks for just one more night before he leaves. But it’s one night too many and it creates a scandal that leaves him no choice but to offer her marriage.

With five orphaned half-siblings in her charge, Maddy needs the security Nash offers and can’t resist the promise of passion she’s experienced in his embrace. Well born, but poverty-stricken, Maddy knows she’s not the wife he planned on, but he’s everything she’s ever dreamed of.

But will passion be enough? He’s a diplomat who knows Czars and Princes and Grand-dukes and she’s just a country girl who’s never even been to a ball.

Can their new-found love survive, or will this accidental marriage destroy her dreams and his career?

The blurb pretty much describes the book so I’ll just head into my review:

I liked it. I love cottage romances and of course the amnesia bit of the story was good as well. Though this wasn’t a true cottage romance but it came close enough with Nash having to stay put in the cottage for days not being able to move from the bed or leave.

I very much liked Maddy in this story. The poor woman had gone through some horribly tough times in her life and yet she just coped. When her father died she took the children in and mothered them as best she could and was doing a find job. She took care of Nash after his accident, not in a motherly way, of course, but in a way that you could tell that she cared for him. That didn’t mean that she was pliable and controllable. In fact she really wasn’t and she spoke her mind when she had too. I very much admired her.

Nash, though indecisive about what he really wanted out of life, after meeting Maddy that is, was a great character as well. I think I liked the fact that he had to learn to trust Maddy and realized that they were a team. It wasn’t one or the other of them making decisions for everyone – they were in it together. Also, realizing that his parents’ relationship was not what true love was all about was great to see.

Overall I thought that the book was very sweet, funny and sexy. I didn’t read the first 3 books in the Devil Riders series but didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything because of it. A good standalone.

Rating: 4 out of 5

The Series:

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