Reviews for A Civilised Arrangement

The average rating for A Civilised Arrangement based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-29 00:00:00 Steffen Posch So utterly sweet and romantic. An absolute balm to the heart after so many poisonous Harlequin relationships involving forced seductions, OW/OM drama, and bruising, punishing kisses. Not to say that this was saccharine and boring. The author really brought a lot of sensuality and passion to her fictional characters and the scenes between then were HAWT. Just goes to show you a love scene can be totally satisfying without resorting to conflict and antagonism! This isn't the first nanny-widower romance I have read nor is there anything earth-shattering about it. It is simply very well written, with depth, the perfect pacing, and two protagonists who are flesh and blood, complex and likable creatures. The heroine in particular was so stellar. I loved her dignity and pride. I also loved her devotion to the plot moppets of this story. It felt genuine and a big part of the story as opposed to window dressing meant as decorative background to the main romance. We don't really get the point of view of the hero until the end but it is very clear how he feels early on in the story and I was in no doubt at all about his true feelings and motivations. The way he hoodwinked the heroine into a Marriage of Convenience and organized every thing and every one until he was sure that she could not renege on her word could have come off as manipulative and offensive if mishandled by the writer but it was done brilliantly here. You really got the feeling that this was a Beta hero desperately doing everything within his power to tie himself to the heroine, not a gross, selfish jerk who was trying to ride roughshod over his "possession." My favorite early scene of jealousy is when the hero nearly cut off his fingers by aggressively slicing an apple when he thought the heroine's boyfriend was calling her at home, then when finding out it was her brother, he didn't even miss a beat and offered the heroine half of the apple with a huge smile on his face. I was hooked on him after that! A wonderful read that I would recommend to all fans of romance.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-19 00:00:00 Gary Leach ***THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SPOILERS, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK*** Ah! thankfully a story with characters with some morals and less of a trust issue. Book could have been better but it was still a sweet book. Heroine had a bit of a moral dilemma in her past. She carried a torch for someone she couldn't have. Hero lost his wife due to child birth, whom he actual didn't love and was quite depressed, which was triggered mostly by guilt! There was marriage of "convenience". However hero was actually rather sweet. (His first marriage was the real MOC if you ask me!) Heroine had morals and she genuinely loved the kid not as a nanny but as a mother and hero treated her with due respect. As far as cheating goes, I wouldn't say either of them were involved in cheating. They have handled their situation as adults. When her past came to light, hero had been slightly judgemental and slurred (oh come on people, be easy on him! poor guy was jealous as hell, not easy being married to your attractive wife knowing she cares for someone else!) at our heroine who was embarrassed as hell BUT, wait for it, he asked, no wait, requested for an explanation even promising that once it is discussed he'll never bring it up again!!! AAAAAAND he trusted her, completely. Later when he has seen the heroine with OM he didn't even worry about her betraying him and all that shit, all he cared about was if she was ok or not! What the hell? I'm still having trouble believing it! Can I clone him? Cause clearly I can't have this one as he's besotted to the heroine dammit!