A Proper Marriage

by Debbie Raleigh

Book Overview

After 40 years, Vicar Humbly is eager to retire, but before he can he must travel to the homes of three couples whose marriages trouble him--and act as Cupid's emissary. In her role as wife to scholarly Adam Drake, free-spirit Adele Morrow has conformed to a life of dull duty. Addy secretly longs to be carried off by a dashing rogue. Now it's Adam's turn to change.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821773747
• ISBN13: 9780821773741
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Vastly Entertaining

I really enjoyed this story. Adam, the vastly proper husband of the once vibrant and dashing Adele, is that rare hero in romance novels who is rich, handsome and does realize fairly early on that he has made a mistake or two in dealing with his young wife. The visiting vicar helps on that score. Adele too learns to appreciate the husband she thought was too proper. My complaint would be that Adele was too immature and really did make for a silly wife early on. But she changes her tune pretty early on so it was not an endless reading of mistakes and missed chances. Good story and I look for the rest of the trilogy.

Portrait of a Marriage

This is the story of a married couple who appear to be opposites finding a common ground. The hero, Adam, is very concerned with propriety and expects his wife to behave with decorum and modesty. The heroine, Addy, was a free spirit before her marriage but has now become a shadow of her former self and resents Adam for his restrictions and his lack of trust. Adam soon realizes that he misses his wife's vivacity, while Addy learns to appreciate her husband's stability and dependability. Both POV's are very well portrayed. I thought Raleigh did a fine job of showing how they grew to understand and love one another. The relationship is the main focus. There is very little in terms of external plot but it held my interest throughout.I also liked the device that links this book with the next two in the trilogy: A country vicar coming to Town to make sure that three worrisome marriages he officiated turn out well before he retires. The vicar was very appealing and provided the story with a gentle humor. I look forward to the next one!