REVIEW - RULE'S BRIDE

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Year of the Historical

52 Books in 52 Weeks(Wk.40)

"Rule's Bride" by Kat Martin
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Unrepentant rake Rule Dewar is living the good life when a most surprising event occurs—he falls in love with his wife.
After their strategic "marriage of commerce" three years ago, Rule quite forgot about Violet Griffin, the teenage heiress to a Boston manufacturing fortune. He simply spoke his vows, took over her father's business and returned to England to resume his usual pursuits: high-priced wine, high-stakes gambling and highborn women.
Yet when Violet, now a sophisticated woman, unexpectedly appears at Rule's London town house, husbandly duties no longer seem so odious—he can't wait to take his stunning bride to their marriage bed. Violet, however, is not so easily led: she has her own ideas and is seeking an annulment to marry another. But as Rule attempts to win her over, someone else is determined to frame him for murder and keep him out of the way for good….
# Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
# Publisher: Mira; Original edition (April 27, 2010)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0778327744
# ISBN-13: 978-0778327745

MY THOUGHTS: This is the 3rd book of the Bride Trilogy by Kat Martin. It involves the DeWar brothers, Royal, Reese and Rule. It is set in the early to middle 1800's.
Each brother makes a promise to their dying father and they set out to accomplish this promise. With some trouble along the way, the promise is kept by all three brothers. Rule has married Violet Griffin, it was a marriage of convenience. Violet's father is dying and he wants Rule to marry her and take care of her and the gun business. Violet is only 16 at the time so Rule marries her and heads back to London and forgets all about her. Until one day Violet shows up in his town house in London. Violet is wanting an annulment but Rule talks her into waiting for a while so they can get to know each other. In the mean time they are trying to see their gun manufacturing company. Someone wants it bad enough to commit murder and they set Rule up to take the blame. Doe Rule and Violet sell the company? Does Rule get off the murder charges? You'll have to read the book to find out.

MY RATING: 5