4.5

The Girl with the Make Believe Husband

Julia Quinn
Audiobook
September
2021

Review:

So cute!! It was a little disappointing how long it took for them both to stop lying to each other and to fall in love. I felt like that could have been a little bit shorter. I was so sad that Thomas died, but I know they both will keep him in their memories forever. I liked how she cared for him when he had no one and how her story fits in with billies and apparently Andrews. I am not sure about the cliffhanger at the end, but it definitely drew me in. I will be reading the next book now, although it does need to be returned to the library, so I might have to read it in a little while. I can’t wait to see what Andrews's story is and where he ended up. I am not sure what the fourth book will be, but I think it will be Georgiana and Gregory getting married, maybe because somehow this connects to the original Brigerton story. This is a great book, and I will read it again.

Trigger Warnings:
Physical injury, Death of a sibling, Death of a parent recounted, Disappearance of a sibling, and War themes

Synopsis From Book:

While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie... I told everyone I was your wife When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out six months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not recall her face—and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he'd always assumed he'd marry his neighbor back in England. If only it were true... Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself—completely—to the man she loves. But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.
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