Courting Julia by Mary Balogh
by Mary Balogh
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The Earl of Beaconswood wanted his beloved step-granddaughter to be married and settled happily before he died, but when he realized it was not going to happen, he amended his will. He left his home to Julia on condition she accepted an offer from one of her five step-cousins within a month.
They all court her and offer her marriage—all, that is, except Daniel, the new earl, who has always disapproved of Julia’s wild ways just as she had always despised his stuffiness. Will he offer before the month is over? More to the point, will she accept if he does?
- File Name:courting-julia-by-mary-balogh.epub
- Original Title:Courting Julia
- Creator:Mary Balogh
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B06XT9RL4C
- Publisher:Class Ebook Editions, Ltd.
- Date:2017-04-03T18:00:00+00:00
- File Size:271.519 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Dear Reader
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Praise for Mary
- 4. Title Page
- 5. Chapter 1
- 6. Chapter 2
- 7. Chapter 3
- 8. Chapter 4
- 9. Chapter 5
- 10. Chapter 6
- 11. Chapter 7
- 12. Chapter 8
- 13. Chapter 9
- 14. Chapter 10
- 15. Chapter 11
- 16. Chapter 12
- 17. Chapter 13
- 18. Chapter 14
- 19. Chapter 15
- 20. Chapter 16
- 21. Chapter 17
- 22. Biography
- 23. More by Mary Balogh
- 24. Also by Mary Balogh
- 25. COMING SOON
- 26. Dancing with Clara
- 27. Tempting Harriet
- 28. The Constant Heart
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Courting Julia, Book 1 of the Sullivan series, was about Miss Julia Maynard, step-granddaughter to the Earl of Beaconswood, and Lord Daniel, Viscount Yorke, the new Earl of Beaconswood. Julia's father had married the Earl's daughter when she was just five years old, thus making her his step-granddaughter. He was worried about what would become of her upon his death, so he had his will updated to specify she would inherit one of his unentailed properties...IF she married one of her five step-cousins within a month of his death. One of those step-cousins included Lord Daniel, the new Earl of Beaconswood, whom she detested and who, in turn, did not care for her. Dear Lord in heaven, both the angst and the drama in this story were off the charts...and unnecessarily so! This was a badly written story, with very little relief from the tension, angst, drama, and all the other negative emotions that were poured into it. No humor was given, no light-heartedness to make the book enjoyable. There were more characters to detest than to like. Even the love scenes did not make up for all the bad scenes. Some of the things that took place were absolutely heinous, while others were just a tad shy of deplorable. The two main characters hated each other from the opening to just the beginning of the final chapter. How, then, does the author expect to turn things around in the last half of the final pages and have them finally admit to loving one another...especially after the horrible things that happened immediately before? I could not give this book any stars. It was poorly done and with even worse characters, none of which exhibited an iota of maturity, integrity, or strength of character. It was, in fact, one of the worst books I've ever read, and, knowing what is to come in the rest of the series, I will not be reading the two books that follow.