Blog Tour, Review, & Giveaway! The Bridal Contract by Sandra Sookoo

The Bridal Contract 

by Sandra Sookoo Darrington Family, #3 

Publication Date: September 16, 2014 

Genres: Historical, Regency, Romance

Synopsis

When a bridal contract is struck, either parental outrage will void the arrangement or the love of a child will sweeten the deal.

Oliver Darrington—Viscount Tralsburg—wants nothing more than to hide out at the family property in Brighton until he can secure a sea-worthy ship and return to adventuring the world. However, being handed his former mistress’ child isn’t part of that plan. Neither is the sudden longing for his pretty Italian neighbor. Eloisa Hawthorne is in dire straits. Her older brother has gambled away her sister’s hand to a horrible man. In order to save her sister’s virtue and her future, Eloisa needs a fast fortune—or someone who can immediately cover the debt. When her handsome neighbor offers a temporary engagement contract, she accepts with alacrity. Too bad she fell in love with his dark-haired offspring. How scandalous! When the two attend his mother’s London dinner party, Oliver wishes the union wasn’t merely a lark. Eloisa fears for the adorable child’s upbringing in heathen locales, but what can she do? The contract is only for a month, and love was never an option. Something must be done to throw over convention before the moment is lost and matters of the heart are sacrificed .

Review- 4 Stars

This book started out rather slow for me but quickly picked up its pace. The way that Oliver was thrown several surprises in his life when he was home from his voyages abroad kept you wondering where the book was going to take you. I love how Oliver tried to be a hard man and not show any feelings towards anything, then one day his supposed daughter shows up and completely melts his heart and changes him into a better person. To have an encounter with Eloisa as soon as he receives his daughter and to see the way that Daniela reacts to her, makes you wonder early on if something is going to spark between Oliver and Eloisa. Oliver deciding to take care of Daniela whether she is really his own flesh and blood or not makes you see what a good man she has turned Oliver into!

I love d the historical setting and that the language reflected of this time period. It gave you that

warm fuzzy feeling of a good older story. This book ended in a HEA and I love that about it! Oliver

finally got Eloisa to give up the "ghost" of her past love and giver herself completely to him so that

they could start their life together abroad and encounter whatever was thrown at them no matter what

others said. I could tell the Eloisa was wanting to give herself to Oliver and I just wanted her to go

ahead and do it and get it over with so we could see where their life together was going to end up.

Thanks to Sandra Sookoo for a good read and I look forward to others from this Author!!

About the Author

Sandra is a writer of romantic fiction. In the past couple of years she’s concentrated on funny contemporary romance as well as Regency-era romance, but she will, on occasion, write paranormal or sci-fi. Whether you like sweet or erotic heat levels, there’s something for everyone to fall in love with. She’s also a hybrid author, choosing to publish both with small presses and doing the indie thing. Offered representation in February 2014 by Scott Eagan at Greyhaus Literary Agency for Victorian-era historical romances, Sandra’s been hard at work researching, planning and writing a new series. When not immersed in creating new worlds and engaging characters, Sandra likes to read, bake, taste new teas, watch The Big Bang Theory and Psych as well as Finding Bigfoot, and travel. Her favorite place to spend vacation hours is Walt Disney World: it’s where dreams come true and the soul can play. When she’s not writing or inventing new recipes, she spends time with her husband—goofing off and making moments count. Life’s too short to be serious all the time.  Sandra loves to hear from her readers. You can write to her at sandrasookoo@yahoo.com, visit her website at www.sandrasookoo.com, or look her up on Facebook and Twitter.

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