Web of Love

Mindless

This book had way too much war and way too much Florence Nightingale elements but I do like Dom. It was predictable but a simple mindless read.

Not her best work

I've read many of her books and they have all been a better read than this. The main characters' conversations are awkward, their behavior not quite believable and overall it is difficult to relate to them. The most interesting characters are the support cast- the sister Madeline, and the Earl and his wife and children. Skip this one and read the 'Simply'series. The Bewcastle family is far more interesting and believable.

Wonderful story

To be honest, I didn't think I would like this book because of Ellen and Eden falling in love so soon after the death of her first husband. I didn't think it would be believable. I liked this book best in the trilogy! The characters were so well written. I loved that we were able to get to know the characters before the Battle of Waterloo, especially Ellen's first husband, Charlie. Balogh does a great job of making the reader feel as if they are in Belgium right before the battle. It made the story much more believable! The readers is able to feel that Ellen loves both Charlie and Lord Eden.

A good read

Thoroughly enjoyed this book just as I did the Gilded Web before it. I'd like to find the third in the series. She took time to develop the characters and their relationship as well as the relationship both had with her first husband, a giving and kind person.

A reviewer

This story came out over 10 years ago in it's original version and set up stories for other family members of the Raine family. It's a good story, but annoying to pay for a book one read years ago and there is no notice on the cover that it's a reprint.

Don't get caught in this web!

I am an avid Romance reader and it takes a lot for me to close a book for good, unfinished! But I had no trouble doing just that with this book. I can't believe how long it took the actual story between the main, two characters to actually unfold. And both characters are so boring and unlikable to begin with, there's not much to the story once it does get underway. The relationship the heroine has with her husband is gross 'thank goodness the author spared us from love scenes between this woman and her portly, balding, extremely old husband - yuck!'. And the hero's personality and how he so flippantly thinks of 'falling in love' is tedious from the start. I got about three quarters of the way through this book and finally decided not to punish myself any longer. I¿m shocked to see there is a good review here for this book¿hopefully my bad one will balance that out. Don¿t waste your time. 'Web of Boredom' would be a better title for this book.

a reviewer

During the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant Lord Eden served with Charlie, the husband of Ellen Simpson. Dominic hid his attraction to Ellen because that was the honorable thing to do. While Ellen resides temporarily in nearby Brussels with her teenage stepdaughter Jennifer, Charlie is participating at the battle of Waterloo. Soon after she learns that like her mother, she has become a war widow.----------- Dominic begins his pursuit of the widow by being her friend while she grieves her loss. However, she is stunned because finds she desires Dominic much more than her feelings for her late spouse. Although she is falling in love, she has one secret that prevents her from telling him she wants him Dominic decides proper time has passed so he intends to make this woman his.-------------- This solid Regency romance is a reprint from 1990. The story line is filled with action but somewhat bogged down by too many subplots that either exclude the lead couple or slightly touch them. Not the magnificent Mary Balogh¿s best work, fans of the author will still enjoy this historical that shows flashes of the greatness to come.----------- Harriet Klausner

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