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Historical RomanceRegency Romance

The Obedient Bride

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  • 1989 first published
  • 223 pages
  • ★ 3.3 (9 ratings)
  • 2 editions
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Mary Balogh and Asha Hossain's The Obedient Bride (1989) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. It is set in the Regency era. Characters include Arabella Wilson, Lord Geoffrey Astor and Ginny Cox.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 44 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 223 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Obedient Bride

LOVE WAS NOT PART OF HER MARRIAGE BARGAIN Miss Arabella Wilson knew perfectly well that the handsome, dashing Lord Geoffrey Astor was marrying her only out of a sense of duty. She knew she could be only grateful to this man who so generously offered her a life of aristocratic privilege. Surely she could not imagine she could ever claim his heart as well as his hand. Surely she could not object to his mistress, the ravishingly sensual Ginny Cox. Surely she should be content with the attentions of the gentlemen of the ton who swarmed around her. But Arabella had committed the most scandalous of sins. She had fallen in love with her own husband...
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

Characters

  • Arabella Wilson
  • Lord Geoffrey Astor
  • Ginny Cox

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Obedient Bride?

The Obedient Bride was written by Mary Balogh and Asha Hossain and first published in 1989.

What genre is The Obedient Bride?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is The Obedient Bride?

The median edition has 223 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Obedient Bride?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Viscount Who Loved Me, An Offer from a Gentleman and The Rebel Bride.

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