"To have a happy marriage they have to use The Bride Finder"
The Bride Finder is a great Paranormal Tortured Hero
Romance. Antonio St. Leger is ready to marry. But for
members of his unusual family to have a happy marriage
they
have to use The Bride Finder. All who don't, their
marriages are doomed, like Antonio's parents. So Antonio
makes a list of all the qualities he wants in a wife and
calls Reverend Septimus Fitzleger, the family Bride
Finder,
and gives him the list telling him the kind of bride he
wants. However this unusual family has a ghost,
Prospero, the ancestor responsible for the unusual
talents of this family and the thorn in Antonio's side.
With a puff of wind Prospero switches the list. So when
Fitzleger brings home the chosen bride, Madeline Breton,
she doesn't fit Antonio's list at all but she fits
Prospero's list perfectly. And you can hear the ghost
laugh. Each member of the St. Leger family has a
special
supernatural talent. Antonio considers his a curse, and
for good reason. Antonio sees glimpses of the future.
But what he sees is always something bad, like his own
mother's death. He can also move objects with his mind,
and he knows when, and who visitors are when they
approach
his home; with the exception of Madeline, he can't detect
her presence. Antonio is feared for his abilities.
People think he's responsible for the disaster's that he
sees in their lives instead of taking it as a warning to
stay away from what he sees. His mother was terrified of
him. As a child he tried to float a bouquet of flowers
to
her and she threw a vase at him that broke and scarred his
forehead (a scar he still has and still pains him), and
had
him locked out of the house. Antonio blames himself for
his mother's death. He's never been close to anyone and
he
wants to keep his family abilities a secret from
Madeline. Madeline never quite fit in with her family,
and she doesn't know what to make of Antonio. Things
definitely don't start out well. Antonio mistakes her
spinster cousin Harriet for his bride and kisses her and
sends the poor woman running for her life. He isn't the
quiet gentle man the miniature (his painting) she has
makes
her to believe. But Madeline isn't a delicate flower.
She wants her own home and family, and with Fitzleger's
help, she comes to understand what a remarkable man her
husband is. I loved this book. I think its one of the
best that I have ever read. In one of my favorite scenes,
Antonio goes to see Prospero (the ghost). He hates
Prospero but Prospero was a well known ladies man. So he
asks how he can win Madeline. Prospero acts like he's
writing some secret love potion but when Antonio reads it,
it says "Simply love her". Antonio gets so mad he thinks
Prospero's tricked him. But he finds out that Prospero
was
right. At one point in the book Antonio is talking to
Fitzleger and he remarks "It would be a wonderful thing
Fitzleger to have an ancestor that when one bid them rest
in peace they had the courtesy to do so." I think this
line really sums up the St. Leger family pretty well.
NIGHT DRIFTER is the sequel and I hope that there are more
books with this remarkable St. Leger family. I absolutely
loved this book. Sheila Bragg © Copyright October 1999
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 14, 2002
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