Dancing with Clara
Book description
Miss Clara Danford had no illusions about Frederick Sullivan. She knew that this handsome man was a rake whose women were legion and whose gambling debts were staggering. When he proposed marriage to her, she knew that he was in love with her fortune, and not with her.
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Mary Balogh is truly the grand dame of modern historical romance. Not only is she a reader favorite, but she has done her share of pushing the envelope when it comes to writing new and unusual romances. Dancing With Clara tackles a couple of taboos in romance—addiction and infidelity. The hero in the story is riddled with faults, and you will rip out your hair as you watch him undermine himself—and his marriage to Clara—over and over again.
I’ve read criticisms of Clara—that she is a doormat—but I think Ms. Balogh accurately represented a Regency woman when she wrote Clara’s…
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