Unforgiven

12% in... It’s hard to concentrate on the H and h when there is a Mr. Collins alert. The heroine’s betrothed is so obsequious and perky he puts the main couple to shame. For me, there is only one real Mr. Collins. Well, except for my Dad who was a real Mr. Collins and NOTHING like the one below. Mr. C......more

Kenneth Woodfall returns from war to his ancestral home. There, he finds that the girl he loved in childhood, Moira Hayes, has fallen on hard times and is engaged to marry a foolish prig. Sparks fly when Moira and Kenneth meet, and despite themselves they share one last waltz. Moira overhears Kennet......more

The H/h were childhood sweethearts until a series of dramatic circumstances shattered their love. We discover this story gradually during the novel. A new series of events bring them together again, which culminate with one of the most awkward and appalling « love scenes » I've ever read. One of the......more

Bless Mary Balogh for bringing her backlist titles out in Kindle/ebook format. Even books from early in her thirty-year career are better than most of the stuff I read. Unforgiven is a keeper.......more

Here's why I'm such a fan of Mary Balogh: her books are so deep, her characters so well-drawn, that you feel as if you know them by the end of a novel. This book featured a rather unlikeable hero AND heroine...yet by the middle of the book, you began to understand WHY they acted that way, WHY they t......more