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The leads had real fights, real bones to chew on and jumping-in-your-face-real emotions. I can't praise this story enough. Another thing that pleased me immensely was their physical description. Sabrina Jeffries keeps it realistic by describing them as sexy, but sexy for their age. The leads aren't some age defying miracles of beauty.

They're real and they're hot. And the sex was incendiary! So go, go, go, go! Pick it up and start reading! Jul 19, Julie jjmachshev rated it really liked it Shelves: Michael's identity is a surprise as is the 'incident' that began the whole charade. Charlotte's school is in danger. Her neighbor is planning to sell his estate to a horse-racing developer and Cousin Michael isn't answering her letters!

Then from nowhere Lord Kirkwood appears bearing a legacy from his recently deceased wife to the tune of 30, pounds. But in order to accept it, she'll have to spend time with him and only she and Lord Kirkwood know why that's NOT a good idea. Eighteen years ago they were in love, but a misunderstanding and a mistake caused Charlotte to unintentionally blacken his name almost beyond repair.

The years since have shown both of them the error of their ways, but it's too late now. David, Lord Kirkwood, is determined to help Charlotte save her school. After all, it was his original plan for vengence that started the whole Cousin Michael masquerade. But it didn't take long for true friendship and regard to grow and now he's afraid if she doesn't agree to relocate her school, she'll learn of his deception all these years.

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Unfortunately, passion and a murder mystery may force him to give up his secrets before he's won her heart again. Although there were times I wanted to smack Charlotte into next week for her stubborness, I still enjoyed this book. I'm sure each of us can remember a time when we made a grevious mistake, maybe not quite as bad as Charlotte's, but then again True forgiveness and love's healing are both at the heart of this story and how can I not love that?

Sabrina Jeffries writes with passion. Her characters come alive and suck me into their stories. The murder mystery was fairly easy to figure out, but the real emphasis in the story is on David and Charlotte and how they face their fears and overcome the past. Just a good read on a Sunday afternoon. Jun 09, Laura rated it liked it Shelves: When a romance novel is one of a series, you look for the threads of the core romance, the one that ties it all together, and then you hope that this one is the absolute strongest of them all and you anticipate it greatly.

This is the core romance of the School for Heiresses series. She often writes plots and situations that are the very ones I enjoy, so I keep being drawn to them, and yet she tends to have a dynamic in the relationship When a romance novel is one of a series, you look for the threads of the core romance, the one that ties it all together, and then you hope that this one is the absolute strongest of them all and you anticipate it greatly. She often writes plots and situations that are the very ones I enjoy, so I keep being drawn to them, and yet she tends to have a dynamic in the relationship that I dislike I don't like that.

The desire and lust always seems to control the woman. This really only came up in one scene in this book, but it did put a damper on an otherwise smoldering love scene. Aside from that dynamic I dislike, this is a strong book and enjoyable, but slightly empty for me. It could have stood to be longer, the mystery at the end is too quickly introduced and too quickly finished.

I would have enjoyed more denouement instead of a hasty epilogue. I enjoyed her in many of the other books, she seem strong willed without being arrogant or "too stubborn for her own good", but in her own book in which she stars, she seems more bland and I don't feel we got much of her personality.

Oct 26, Cheryl rated it really liked it Shelves: I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I have only read one other book by Sabrina Jeffries and I assumed all her books were going to be like that one, not that it was bad, just lacking something! In this book you can see where misunderstandings and lack of truthful communication can really end up hurting you and so many other people around you. This story took me on a ride with my emotions. In the beginning I felt so sorry for Charlotte and David. They were being forced to marry, it was a match I was pleasantly surprised by this book!

They were being forced to marry, it was a match that would benefit both families. Although not uncommon in that age, it was still terrifying! Then, Charlotte and David realized that they actually got along very well and had a very passionate attraction toward each other. This marriage-to-be was not looking quite as bleak as they had first thought, and I was so happy for them. Until something happened that tore them and their families apart. For the remainder of the book we see how one persons revenge for another turns from hate to love.

But Charlotte and David have built so many walls around themselves it takes a very long time 18 years to be exact for them to see it for themselves. It was heart-wrenching at times watching them come so close to happiness only to see them continue to mess it up! This book has it all; passion, deceit, murder, more passion, suspense, some humor and even more passion!! I may actually go back and read all the other books in this series now. And I might be changing my first impression of Mrs. View all 6 comments.

Jan 31, Fangirl Musings rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Sabrina Jeffries always manages to kick ass. There is something indescribable about this author's ability to create one fascinating backdrop to all of her stories. This is most especially true for Sabrina's School for Heiresses series. While having skipped around quite a bit in the series order, I still was able to find Wed Him Before You Bed Him to be, in a word, perfect.

The pacing of this particular book was the stuff of dreams! I'm not typically a fan of romances where the protagonists had a p Sabrina Jeffries always manages to kick ass. I'm not typically a fan of romances where the protagonists had a previous disastrous romantic entanglement. However, this is largely because writers of this particular kind of story always tell the romanticism after the fact, denying the reader the chance to delve into the emotionalism that takes place upon the characters initial interactions.

Such was so, so not the case for this novel. Not only did Mrs. Jeffries time-jump backwards, allowing the reader to experience the back-story first hand, but telling was placed almost perfectly into the plot time-line. Additionally, Wed Him Before You Bed Him has a true dramatic element, paired with strong romantic threads that make this book almost impossible to put down!

I enjoyed the character-driven story, as well as the interplay among the entire cast of characters! Sep 05, Ashley-Anne rated it liked it Shelves: I originally had this as 4 stars, because it's a good story and the characters are good and it's a culmination of a good series. But I recently reread it, and Charlotte made me want to rip her hair out. Her stupid hang up about control, and how she thought David wanted to control her all the time was so freaking annoying! I mean come on, I get you had a shitty home life but give me a break! You've seen plenty of other happy couples, even if you didn't have your own happy ending.

And David has be I originally had this as 4 stars, because it's a good story and the characters are good and it's a culmination of a good series. And David has been nothing but awesome to you! That being said, this is probably one of SJ's best written books and the story was quite interesting. Dec 21, Nadia marked it as dnf Shelves: I'm way too frustrated with these characters and the poor choices they make.

Speaking of giving up, I'm sorry, but Sabrina Jeffries' works just don't work for me. God knows I've tried, but we're just not meant to be. Temo che in parte sia dovuto alla traduzione, spesso disattenta con termini che non c'entrano niente con il contesto e cambi di genere.

E cribbio, come dice sempre David che sto ancora tentando di immaginare quale fosse il termine in originale per aver scelto cribbio! We finally get to know who the mysterious Cousin Michael is after all this time. Charlotte and David are perfect for each other. Too bad it takes them so long to finally end up where they could have been 15 years earlier, although who knows if their relationship would have been as strong it they had gotten together before they both grew up some more.

Mar 15, Angela rated it liked it.

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This is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. I've been looking forward to Charlotte's story, but the whole thing was a bit of a muddled mess. The back-story takes up several chapters, then there's the insta-lust thing. There's a lot of emphasis on their parent's involvement at the beginning, then it's all sort of forgotten about. It just felt like a half written book to me. Terjemahan judulnya agak aneh menurutku. Udah beda makna sih.

Charlotte Page sudah mengenal David, Lord Kirkwood, sejak mereka masih muda dan lugu, serta saling tertarik satu sama lain. Sayangnya karena sebuah kesalahpahaman membuat semuanya berantakan. Sebuah tindakan tergesa-gesa, menghancurkan nama seorang pria. Delapan belas tahun telah berlalu sejak insiden surat kabar dan tiba-tiba pria yang seharusnya me Terjemahan judulnya agak aneh menurutku. Delapan belas tahun telah berlalu sejak insiden surat kabar dan tiba-tiba pria yang seharusnya membencinya muncul di hadapan Charlotte. Pria yang telah menikah dengan anak didiknya ini memberi tahu tentang surat wasiat yang ditulis oleh mantan istrinya.

Tidak semudah itu Charlotte percaya bahwa Sarah meninggalkan wasiat untuk sekolah. Sifat istri Lord Kirkwood tidak seperti itu. Namun Kirkwood bersikeras bahwa Sarah memang menulisnya dan Krikwood akan memenuhi wasiat tersebut. Setelah mengecek keabsahan surat tersebut dan dinyatakan sah, Charlotte masih tetap bimbang. Memang benar, Sarah tidak memberikan surat wasiat. Surat tersebut dibuat oleh Kirkwood.

Alasannya adalah karena dalam kurun waktu 8 bulan, sekolah tersebut akan dikembalikan kepada sang pemilik sebenarnya, yaitu Pritchard. Yang diketahui oleh Charlotte, tempat itu adalah milik Sepupu Michael. Sedangkan Sepupu Michael itu adalah Kirkwood sendiri. Kirkwood berusaha agar Charlotte memindahkan sekolah itu dan kedekatan mereka kembali menyulut rasa yang dulu pernah ada CLBK ceritanya. Dan ketika semuanya mulai berjalan mulus sesuai dengan harapan Kirkwood, tiba-tiba muncul dugaan bahwa Sarah meninggal karena dibunuh, bukan bunuh diri.

Sialnya, Kirkwood menjadi tersangka utama. Untuk membersihkan namanya, Kirkwood harus mengungkapkan jati dirinya yang artinya dia akan kehilangan hubungannya dengan Charlotte! Tentunya Kirkwood tidak menginginkan hal itu, apalagi Charlotte sudah ada dalam genggamannya. Just like another historical romance dengan cerita sang pria menyamar atau sang wanita menyamar, pastinya penyamaran itu terungkap juga.

Yang aku sayangkan adalah why oh why the revealing part always the same with others? Agak sedikit kecewa sih. Tapi, enemy to lover adalah salah satu cerita yang paling aku suka. Aku suka sama pertentangan batin mereka.

Suka sama pertengkaran yang ujung-ujungnya antara berakhir dengan ciuman atau malah adegan 'panas'. Berdasarkan surat-menyurat Charlotte-Michael di 5 buku sebelumnya, dalam bayanganku, Charlotte adalah wanita yang tegas dan pemalu. Ketika baca buku ini, well, she's hot! Ditambah lagi ada misteri terkait pembunuh Sarah walaupun udah ketebak juga sama aku.

Suka dengan pertengkaran David dan Charlotte serta cara pria itu menunjukkan kepeduliannya pada apa yang dirasakan dan diinginkan oleh Charlotte: View all 4 comments. Jun 23, Nisha rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

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First of all, I would never have pegged Kirkwood as Cousin Michael. I actually completely forgot about him after the first book, in which he wasn't particularly striking.

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Plus he got married to Sarah and I guess in my mind, he appeared to be younger than Charlotte. I really liked Charlotte in this book. She has always appeared to be too detached, as she was a headmistress, but in this book, we got to see her as a girl and then a woman, or vice versa. David is another slightly mentally challenged First of all, I would never have pegged Kirkwood as Cousin Michael. Actually, to be honest, it was the fear of my wife seeing my gut squeezed around that microscopic thong that made me chicken out!

The next night, however, I showed Erin the underwear and asked her why my mother would have bought me something like that to wear. She instantly started laughing at me. Many couples enter marriage with a host of romanticized ideas about love and marriage. With great excitement they anticipate a spouse who will be all they ever dreamed of in a mate.

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The real question is, What happens when you are not happy? What will an absence of happiness mean for your relationship? Did I marry the wrong person? Is something wrong with me or with my spouse? Is my true soul mate still out there somewhere? Or we simply become disappointed. Our future spouses will let us down. We suddenly realize that our new spouses need some serious work. In fact, it appears that they are far from being able to fully meet our needs. We begin to see that— horrors— instead of being sold out to our ideas of marriage, our spouses entered into the union with their own goals, along with their own lists of needs and expectations.

Our goal of happiness or finding our soul mate shifts from marrying the right person to changing our spouses into the people we want them to be. We buy into the myth that if our spouses could change one or two key things, our marriages would be great. This is where the real trouble starts for many couples and leads them down a very dark path toward unhappiness, frustration, and disconnection. Most people are romantically drawn to those who gratify them, so [they] marry with expectations of being fulfilled by their mate.

That type of love is not true selfless love, but is self- centered, basing its attraction on personal gratification. I am drawn to you for how you make me feel. I know I am in love with you, because I need you so much. Is it a surprise that so many are unhappy in marriage? God created marriage with something far more wonderful in mind than simply a place where we can get our needs met and find happiness.

God uses marriage to accomplish a very important goal: The apostle Paul clearly understood this: If you miss out on this understanding, your marriage is destined for pain and frustration. But underneath them all I see growing the person God wants you to be. The goal is to see something absolutely ravishing that God is making of the beloved.

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You see even now flashes of glory. You want to help your spouse become the person God wants him or her to be. It never was designed to meet our needs. Christ is the answer. As with everything else He created, God wants to use marriage to direct us toward Himself. A great marriage is the outcome of becoming Christlike. So the real question is, How do we know if we are becoming like Jesus? The good news is that Christ Himself gives us the answer in John A new command I give you: As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

As you both become Christlike, the evidence is your ability to love each other as Christ loves you. This is exactly what the apostle Paul wrote: We hope this makes sense. But in fact He wants so much more than mere happiness for you. In other words, He wants to use your marriage to help you and others become more like His Son. It helps enormously just to know that God designed marriage— with its joys and its trials, its ups and its downs, its good times and its bad times— to help us to grow to be more like Christ.


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Especially since God will use your marriage struggles and challenges to benefit you spiritually and to grow your Christian character. Knowing the true purpose of marriage also helps to vastly increase your chances of creating a satisfying and fulfilling relationship as a couple. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. My fiance had heard about this book when I was deployed and going through our first deployment as a couple second deployment overseas for me. She was told about this book from another couple at the church we attend together and we both got the book and started reading it and discussing the chapters each week or when I could.

We both loved the advice and the topics the book had listed and talked about. We both had learned from it and will do our best to implement the teachings that each chapter talked and keep our already healthy habits of praying together over food and before bed. If you and your future spouse are looking for a good book to read for premarital counseling, this is a good one to get and read. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. Best thing you can do for your future marriage is read this book together.

Find a mentoring couple and WOW! It completely transformed our relationship into a healthy thriving God loving marriage. We went into this book, believing we got our relationship on track, but boy were we wrong-- This book completely transformed how we communicate, how we love, listen etc. One person found this helpful. This is an idea book for two persons looking to get married.

It covers a wide range of topics, it also helps to bring uncomfortable topics on the table to be discussed. I am so thankful that I bought this book as my fiance and I approach the "I do" date. This is a very good and suggested read. This is a great book for those getting ready to Wed and for those that are already married. Help to really talk about things you normally would not until they came up. This book to help us prepare for our marriage more than any other book we read, highly recommend it! The authors were not afraid to cover some of the harder topics all the while keeping each chapter interesting and interactive.

The "time to talk" questions at the end of each chapter have facilitated key conversations and have brought laughter and joy as well. I would highly recommend this to any couple planning to be married! Pretty useful in some ways, but then ends with the stuff about submission. If that's not your theology, don't hand the book to couples you counsel. I purchased one for my daughter. This book is fantastic. The chapters will hold your interest,,, they are funny in parts, to the point,,, give you lots of suggestions and tips you can use, and there are assessments you can go online and take as well, to pinpoint areas you are strong in and areas you need to grow in.

We also have marriage counseling through my church, and the content of this books goes right along with what we're discussing. I appreciate the transparency in many of he chapters, as well as the practical tips and advice. The questions following each chapter are a great way to ignite discussions and help you evaluate where you are and where you want to be as a couple. See all 49 reviews. See all customer images.

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