Trapped at the Altar, Jane Feather
Trapped at the Altar, Jane Feather
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Trapped at the Altar

Author: Jane Feather

Narrator: Jill Tanner

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/22/2014


Synopsis

The first in an all-new, sizzling historical romance series from New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather. Torn between a true love and family duty Ariadne "Ari" Carfax has never been one to play by the rules; she' s an heiress to the Carfax family, banished from London when Oliver Cromwell seized the throne from King Charles, who has since gained notoriety for pillaging, thieving, and ruling the Carfax Valley with an iron glove. All too soon, Ari finds herself in her family' s legendary vise, forced into a marriage to Ivor Chalfont, Ari' s childhood friend and confidante, against her wishes. While the Carfax family has only its own interest at heart-- a union between the Catholic Carfaxes and Protestant Chalfonts will guarantee the Carfaxes' reinstatement at London court, and the rehabilitation of their noble name-- Ari cannot bear the thought of being separated from her secret lover/poet, Gabriel. She vows to fight her family-- and Ivor-- every step of the way, even when forced into the marital ceremony at her own grandfather' s wake, in a treacherous coup de etat that leaves her wed to another, and eternally broken-hearted. Sending Gabriel to the temporary safety of Lord Monmouth' s outpost at The Hague in Scotland, Ari resigns herself to her new life as Lady Ivor Chalfont-- at least until the newlyweds travel to London, and she can escape her new husband and reunite with Gabriel. As the two make their preparations to travel, however, Ari finds herself entertaining entirely uncharacteristic thoughts about her new husband: she finds that she likes him as perhaps more than a friend, after all. Not wanting to be disloyal to Gabriel, but simultaneously more and more attracted to Ivor, Ari can' t help but give into the physical pull between her and her new husband, and the two embark on a tentative, post-marital courtship that just might hold the seeds of loveuntil, that is, Gabriel spots Ari in London and makes it his mission to get her back. Ari is caught between a lover who might be better left in the past, and a husband who she just might be able to love; who will win Ari' s heart? Set in 1600s England during the tumultuous Monmouth Rebellion, this is the epic story of what happens when the one thing we think we can trust-- our hearts-- turns out to be the most duplicitous.

Reviews

Goodreads review by WhiskeyintheJar on July 16, 2014

3.5 stars (goodreads really does need to make half stars an option) ******Full Review******** “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” Ari is a young woman who grew up in a very sheltered valley having her......more

Goodreads review by Debby *BabyDee* on February 27, 2021

Audiobook Review: There are books by Ms. Jane Feather that I totally love and then there are some that are like this one. Others I've read but never audiobooks so this was first. Trapped at the Alter was an okay listen for me and I thought it could be better. I understood the plote but the heroine ca......more

Goodreads review by Monique on October 07, 2020

Ik heb de Nederlands talige uitgave gelezen : Meer dan een bruid - Candlelight Historische roman 1199 Jane Feather is een van mijn favoriete schrijfsters in dit genre omdat ze een romantisch verhaal altijd mooi combineert met historische feitjes ( ik neem niet eens meer de moeite om na te gaan of die......more

Goodreads review by Desi on September 22, 2021

Writing is detailed and has depth, the settings are very well described. Nice to have a different time period from the norm with events in the 1600s although the overall feel did not quite depict that period. Enjoyable overall. But Ivor has to be the worse H name I have yet to encounter. And he was......more

Goodreads review by Susan (susayq ~) on September 15, 2019

2.5 stars This was slow going and the main characters really rubbed me the wrong way through most of this. Ariadne was selfish and immature while Ivor was a bit overbearing. The narrator did a great job though ;)......more