Reviews for Ryder's Wife

The average rating for Ryder's Wife based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-05-19 00:00:00 Ellis Hopkins Ryder's Wife is the first in the series about two brothers. Ryder is the middle one and he adored his father and ran a flying business when in one crash, he survived and his father died. Over-burdened by guilt despite being told it wasn't his fault he ran away, leaving his business and family far behind roaming from place to place trying to forget. Casey Ruban is a heiress who lost her parents at the age of 6, and went to live with her grandfather and her two half-siblings from her mother's first marriage. Her maternal grandmother also moved in with them but Casey was more or less ignored and considered the cook and her husband her family. As she grew older and her grandfather realized that she was the only blood relation he started grooming her for the business. Now, the grandfather is dead and all responsibilities lie on Casey, but her grandfather has a clause, she has to marry within 48 hours. Casey is furious and realizes her grandfather wanted her to marry the family lawyer Lash Marlow. But Casey doesn't like being manipulated and doesn't like the guy and walks into a bar and challenges she will marry the first man who has the guts to stand up to her family. So Casey and Ryder get hitched fast. Casey is in a temper and shock and not really sure what is she getting into. She doesn't know anything about Ryder and neither does he but they work things out. She tells Ryder that he can be the family chauffeur and they go and confront the family. Ryder tells Casey he is her husband if not in the real sense but he will not be her lap-dog, Casey is shocked since she is used to responsibility, her two half-siblings are spongers who have never worked a day in their lives. The initial sense of discovery is shown well. Casey doesn't have instant trust in Ryder since she doesn't know him from Adam. But Ryder constantly takes care of her, when she is injured or even tired after a exhausting day. Now, Ryder is great, he stands up to her family and shocks the hell out of them. He stands up for Casey and makes the sister feel ashamed when she tries to come on to him, makes the grandmother loosen up and realize that she is no Queen-bee and threatens the brother, that he better learn to treat Casey better. Not that Casey needs much help, she control the purse strings and never uses it. She tries to get her siblings to do work in life and knows that they feel left-out since they are not blood born. Slowly, these two get to know each other, Ryder even pokes fun at Casey's inability to even boil water and makes her wash dishes for the first time. But through out even when they fall in love and their marriage becomes real Ryder doesn't tell her about his past. Casey knows he is a good man but she wants to know and hires someone to do it, obviously he finds out and they fight. I loved the book, how Ryder was the most amazing chauffeur, how broken up he was when Casey takes a flight and he think it has crashed. I also loved the glimpses of the Justice family and it was great to see how they were worried about their brother and Roman the brother who saves the day sounds intriguing as hell. The best part was seeing these two discover each other, trust each other and then fall in love.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-04 00:00:00 KEVIN AYVAR I had a paperback copy from when this book was first released but it has since disappeared (into the black hole of lost books - I swear I have a portal in my house ;) However, when I got the Kindle app on my iPod, one of the first books I bought was Ryder's Wife (along with the other two books in the set). It's classic 1990s Harlequin - the kind I read throughout high school and into university. It's predictable, somewhat dated, slightly cheesy (especially the cover - but then, you don't read Harlequin's for their covers!), and as formulaic as possible. It is one of Sala's older books and it shows. But despite it's faults, Ryder's Wife is one of my comfort reads. I love the Justice boys (though admittedly homebody Royal is my favourite), and their larger than life Texas personalities. I love their heroines - who, despite what's been thrown at them, don't just sit and whine. (They are kick-ass heroines with the best of them.) I also love the slightest touch of the paranormal - just enough to nudge the story into something a little extra, but have it still read like a regular contemporary.