The Constant Heart by Mary Balogh
by Mary Balogh
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Rebecca Shaw was heartbroken when Christopher Sinclair, whom she had loved passionately and who had sworn that he loved her in return her, left her without explanation to marry a far wealthier woman. Rebecca has since found consolation and peace as the fiance of the local vicar, whose worthy work and dreams she shares. But Christopher, now widowed, is back and Rebecca has to keep reminding herself that he once betrayed her and must never be trusted again. Her heart, however, tells her otherwise.
- File Name:the-constant-heart-by-mary-balogh.epub
- Original Title:The Constant Heart
- Creator:Mary Balogh
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B074FFN8H1
- Publisher:Class Ebook Editions, Ltd.
- Date:2017-07-29T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:285.042 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Dear Reader
- 2. Copyright page
- 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. More by Mary Balogh
- 22. Biography
- 23. Also by Mary Balogh
- 24. ***AVAILABLE NOW***
- 25. Courting Julia
- 26. Dancing with Clara
- 27. Tempting Harriet
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First and foremost...This should not be categorized as a romance novel but rather a historical mystery, for there was little to no romance in this book. The Constant Heart was about Miss Rebecca Shaw, niece of Lord Humphrey Shaw, Baron Holmes, and companion t his daughter Harriet, and Mr. Christopher Sinclair, a widower who had been a former love interest of Rebecca's. It had been nearly seven years since Christopher had broken Rebecca's heart when, without explanation, he had chosen to marry another woman for her wealth after having professed to love Rebecca. Since then, Rebecca had found peace and consolation as the betrothed of Reverand Phillip Everett, although they had been betrothed for almost a year with no date set for the wedding. But then, Rebecca learned from the Sinclair siblings that Christopher, just out of mourning the death of his wife, would soon be returning home. Unfortunately, the author did not choose to include Christopher's POV at all in the book, so we never saw what happened from his angle. From beginning to end, there had been little to no interaction between Christopher and Rebecca. They were rarely in each other's company and, even when they were near each other, hardly any conversation was exchanged. There was only a handful of "love scenes"...if they could even be categorized as such. It was quite disappointing. There were quite a few mysteries that the author threw into the mix that caused quite a bit of confusion. In fact, there were so many the reader sometimes didn't know what was going on. There were several characters that all had something shady going on about them. It was a tremendous amount of clutter that was seriously unnecessary and took the focus off the main characters. This book was all over the place. There was way too much going on and was full of fluff. It quickly devolved and became difficult to know who was doing what. There didn't seem to be a central focal point, plot, or storyline. It was as if there were multiple books just thrown together to make one whacked-out book. There was way too much drama and over-the-top angst. There wasn't a drop of humor to ease the tension of the story. There was hardly any chemistry or passion with the main characters. The entire story was fraught with anger, hateful words, jealousy...any and all negative emotions that can be named, this book had it. I can't give this book even a 3-star rating it was so poorly done, which also means it won't be added to the Keeper for the Shelves collection. I was greatly disappointed for having wasted my time reading it.