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The Virgin Bride (The Australians Book 2278) Kindle Edition

by Miranda Lee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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He wanted…an innocent bride

When handsome bachelor Dr. Jason Steel took up residence in the small Australian town of Tindley, he soon knew who he wanted as his wife. Though Emma Churchill hesitated when Jason proposed, he was prepared to wait a month before she gave him her answer. The thought of making love to his virgin wife on their wedding night appealed to a part of him he'd never known existed…
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    Harlequin Presents
  5. Publication date
    November 15, 2010
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004CRTR0G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Presents (November 15, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 953 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Justirishgirl
4.0 out of 5 stars Improbable but a palette cleanser
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2018
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Is it realistic that the hero sees the heroine and decides on whim that he is going to marry her and she agrees despite erroneously believing she is in love with the town’s cheating manwhore? No, certainty not, but then again it is a Harlequin romance book and I never read them for a dose of reality. Rather it had what I wanted as a palette cleanser after reading a very depressing book that included a bad ending and a cheating hero. Jealous and possessive faithful hero who falls hard and fast but who is in denial for awhile. The book is solely from his point of view and so the reader got to experience every jealous and possessive thoughts he had not to mention his actions. Totally delicious to a reader who loves jealous and possessive heroes. Also there are hot sexy times for a Harlequin Presents. This is not a PC story as there is a forced seduction scene due to that jealousy and so if those types of scenes bother you then I suggest skipping this book.
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TnT Schmidt
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful tale about having it all
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2014
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As with most of Miranda Lee's stories Emma the small town heroine is beautiful and strong but unlike traditional Harlequin's Jason the hero is neither unaware of her true worth nor of his feelings of love for her. The story is well written, the characters are multi-dimensional, and there is plenty of passion and emotion throughout. There is even a little humor to make it complete. Perhaps because I have never traveled down under I really enjoy the Australian authors and their descriptions of the country and its residents. This one was no exception. Although all the tension came from will they or won't they make it, at no time did the author make me wish they wouldn't. Both the H and the h are characters I admired even when they act stupidly, the minor players are interesting, and the story comes to a wonderfully complete conclusion with no loose ends and plenty of tears, mostly happy.
***SPOILERS**
Without some misunderstandings there would of course be none of the conflict necessary to create suspense. This time we have a very successful, sophisticated doctor who becomes disillusioned with his big city practice and his elegant but hard lover and doctor partner Adele. Her response to the unnecessary death of a young patient opens his eyes to her true nature and to how repugnant he finds the policies of their big city practice. Leaving his share to Adele Jason buys into a small practice in a tourist town whose medical needs have increased. Because he finds true contentment in Tindley, the 30 year old doctor decides to take a wife. Naturally as a handsome bachelor he has his pick of the eligible women but only one has actually caught his eye. While treating her dying aunt he had been very attracted not only to Emma's beauty but her kindness and honesty. Hearing she was saving herself for marriage despite having been engaged to the town Lothario Dean, Jason decides Emma would make a perfect country doctor's wife. Convincing her took a bit but she finally agrees to a marriage with someone she likes and respects even though she is convinced she will never stop loving Dean. Jason thinks he is okay with that because he feels similarly about Adele although lust rather than love better describes his feelings to his former lover. Luckily Emma is very passionate and the desire the engaged couple share makes it difficult to wait for their wedding night. All is proceeding well until Adele calls to tell Jason that his brother has been admitted to hospital in critical condition. Afraid that Emma will be jealous, he stupidly lies about the identity of the caller. While he is gone he calls Emma frequently and is sure all is well on the home front even though he is worried about the form Adele's vengeance will take after the way he had rejected her at his brother's sick bed. The couple overcome Adele's lying visit to Emma and reach the wedding day without further problems. When the bride arrives late Jason realizes he has fallen in love with her and becomes eaten with jealousy. Despite their wonderfully passionate honeymoon Jason is convinced Emma was thinking of Dean rather than himself when she confesses that Dean's last minute proposal had made her late to their ceremony. Despite Emma having chosen Jason over Dean, Jason's jealousy causes him to treat her selfishly. After she has enough and leaves him, Jason confronts Dean who has been making regular visits to Emma. Learning that Dean wants Emma for money Jason doesn't know she has not because he loves her, Jason sees red and hits Dean. While Jason is being treated for a dog bite Dean runs to Emma with his lying version of events which is how Jason finds them. Desperate to save the woman he loves from ruining her life he even confesses his own feelings. Convinced she doesn't believe him he offers her a divorce but announces he will be unable to remain in town without her at his side. Jason returns to his home in devastated tears where Emma finds him after ridding herself of Dean by telling him there is no money in her trust fund after which he couldn't leave fast enough. Despite his painful arm Jason makes love to Emma and she falls happily asleep. When he is not there when she wakes up, his absence makes her realize her own love for him. A recurring theme throughout the story is something his mother always told him, you can't have everything, but Jason is sure that with Emma's love and their life in Tindley he does have everything. The birth of their daughter Juliette, Emma donating much of her three million trust fund to charity, and his brother Jerry finding a happy life running the sweet shop for her are extras the author throws in to round out the story. Because Jason and his family are so obviously happy the people agree that he will stay in town permanently and remain their doctor so they announce the wager over about how long a city boy like him would last. They gladly pay their old doctor and new partner the winnings from their bet about the city doctor's tenure. A very satisfying and humorous conclusion to this sweet tale about the simple life and its benefits.
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Cloggie Downunder
4.0 out of 5 stars sweet romance
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2011
The Virgin Bride is Miranda Lee's 51st romance novel. Owing to a crisis of conscience, Dr Jason Steel abandons the prestigious job in a gung-ho bulk-billing Sydney medical practice and Adele, the beautiful, brilliant, sexy doctor he'd been about to marry, for a share in a GP practice in the sedate southern NSW country town of Tindley. And when his patient, elderly sweet shop owner, Ivy Churchill, passes on after succumbing to cancer, he decides that marrying Ivy's niece, Emma, would be a sensible thing to do. He understands that Emma is still in love with the town's bad boy, Dean Ratchitt, even after he betrayed her with another woman, but he decides love is not necessary for a marriage to succeed. But both Emma and Jason have something to learn about trust before they can be happy. Another sweet romance from Miranda Lee.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2001
I particularly loved the hero of this novel. THoughtful without being a hypocrite. Just the way I like it. written to the taste of M&B readers so there's not much to say on the originality or the lack of but truthfully a good book.
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CEK
1.0 out of 5 stars Flat characters, improbable plot
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2012
This is a very short book, which may be part of the trouble since there's not enough information on any character. Jason moves to a small town for a decent reason, then decides he should get married. He seems to pick Emma on the basis of slightly knowing her (he made house calls while her Aunt was dying but it didn't seem significant to either of them, they were polite and drank some coffee), thinking she is sort of attractive and might look nice under her boring clothes, and basically because the woman in the local restaurant tells him a story that implies that Emma is probably lonely and desperate. Emma agrees to marry him based on thinking he is pretty attractive and being ok with his plan for a practical, loveless marriage.
They both have bad exes who move the plot along.
Even as they are supposedly falling for each other, I just didn't buy it. They have some similar tastes, including movies, are comfortable around each other, and both think the other is more attractive as they become acquainted. It was all very luke-warm and even as I read that they were falling in love, it didn't seem true.
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Anne-Marie G
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not the best.
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2005
This book is more from the male's perspective--Dr. Jason Steel, Emma has more secrets for him and the reader to discover. Slowly it gets revealed that she was jilted by the badboy of the small town that Jason has moved to. Moved to in hopes of escaping the fast paced life he was leading with his fast paced fellow doctor girlfriend. Low and behold both former flames reappear and cause mayhem in the protagonists getting together.

Of course all is happily resolved in the end. However, it is never clear why Jason has decided he needs a wife, and why specifically he wants Emma. I was never entirely convinced of their real allure for each other. I would also have liked to have seen Jason's doctor life---country wise play a greater role. Reaffirm the life left behind in more ways than the crummy exgirlfriend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2015
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2.0 out of 5 stars Emma and Jason
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2022
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Wow. This book really didn't live up to my expectations. What a disappointment. I should have known better. The story is old fashioned, with an insured heroine and an arrogant H, that wanted a virgin for a wife. Their 2 exes took up to much space in the story and I really could find their romance believable.
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