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Jake Howard Wife Collector Edition Anne Mather Anne Mather Collector Editions Anne Mather 9780263805505 Books

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Jake Howard Wife Collector Edition Anne Mather Anne Mather Collector Editions Anne Mather 9780263805505 Books

Jake Howard needed to marry a woman that he felt had the right family/background and when he met Helen he felt he found her. He proposes a marriage of convenience to her soon after she is left virtually penniless w/ no prospects. They have been married three years when the story opens and you actually get some of Jake's POV right from the beginning. Jake despised his wife, Helen, for agreeing to marry him and not trying to go things on her own. I didn't much care for her either. She seemed to have Jell-O for a spine! He had several OW and he even recalls one that he had shared time w/ while on business recently. He feels that his wife is cold and aloof - aren't they all - and he never even bothered to push past that barrier that she erects around herself. So of course he takes his animal urges elsewhere and has no problem w/ doing that. When he returns from his latest business trip he is upset that Helen is not there to meet him, but is instead out w/ her ex-fiancé - she can't be doing this because others will see and speculate about him! She knows about what he has been up to and he thinks that she then thinks that it is okay for her to do it too. Sauce for the goose and all. . . . .

Jake only seems to be interested in Helen because she seems to be interested in OM. He is ALL about appearances he doesn't want her to be having an affair where they will be talked about - even at the end this is echoed. He doesn't believe her when she says there isn't anything going on between her and the ex, but when did she ever give him reason to doubt her? Heck she even played true to form when she married him because she couldn't take care of herself.

It is hinted around that she is aware of him and OW and he plays like it is all in her "not so innocent mind" that has dreamed up something for him now. Jake is a womanizer that can get any woman that he wants and he even tells Helen that he could get her friend if he wanted too. Jake tells Helen that he knows she wants him and then he acts dumbfounded and apologetic when he gives in to his blink-and-you-miss-it sex scene w/ his wife! It's a wonder ANY OW would sleep w/ him!!

Jake always seemed contented enough when he visited his mother - that's because he gets his physical satisfaction elsewhere and he has the perfect wife at home! Jake explains that he has to hide his feelings. I can't buy that because he despised her in the beginning and all his actions backed that up - okay in fairness he probably hid THAT from her! She is his possession and NO ONE else touches what belongs to him while he is out dipping that wick. There is NO resolution about his OW and all of his cheating! NONE!!


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Jake Howard Wife Collector Edition Anne Mather Anne Mather Collector Editions Anne Mather 9780263805505 Books Reviews

From the back cover Jake Howard was immensely attractive, immensely rich; he had worked his way up from nothing to become immensely successful. His wife Helen was the perfect complement to him - beautiful, intelligent, well bred. To all appearances they were a perfect couple with a pefect marriage.

But appearances can be - and were - deceptive, for the marriage was in reality anything but perfect. Jake had chosen Helen purely as a lovely possession to crown his success; she had accepted him as the only alternative to earning her own living. Her only feeling for him was indignation that he should object to her friendship with Keith Mannering, while expecting her to turn a blind eye to Jake's many girlfriends.

How could such a marriage, built on such a shaky foundations, possibly last?

MY THOUGHTS Yes, did they really expect their marriage to last with the criteria above? DUH!! But of course, they supposedly fall in love and everything is hunky dory. First of I find Jake, the hero to be a bastard. I mean, I just hate it when someone doesn't take marriage seriously. He has his "lovers" and he expected her not to do the same? (Not that Helen had a lover or any intention, it was just a friendship) Basically I just hated Jake. Helen was any better either. I mean what the heck was she thinking getting into that type of arrangement?? This book was hard to read because I hated Jake so I semi skimmed this... I would have givien it a 1 star but because it inspired hatred for the hero, I had to give it a two. 0_0 This was book #32 so maybe Anne Mather was still honing her romance novel writing skills...
Jake Howard needed to marry a woman that he felt had the right family/background and when he met Helen he felt he found her. He proposes a marriage of convenience to her soon after she is left virtually penniless w/ no prospects. They have been married three years when the story opens and you actually get some of Jake's POV right from the beginning. Jake despised his wife, Helen, for agreeing to marry him and not trying to go things on her own. I didn't much care for her either. She seemed to have Jell-O for a spine! He had several OW and he even recalls one that he had shared time w/ while on business recently. He feels that his wife is cold and aloof - aren't they all - and he never even bothered to push past that barrier that she erects around herself. So of course he takes his animal urges elsewhere and has no problem w/ doing that. When he returns from his latest business trip he is upset that Helen is not there to meet him, but is instead out w/ her ex-fiancé - she can't be doing this because others will see and speculate about him! She knows about what he has been up to and he thinks that she then thinks that it is okay for her to do it too. Sauce for the goose and all. . . . .

Jake only seems to be interested in Helen because she seems to be interested in OM. He is ALL about appearances he doesn't want her to be having an affair where they will be talked about - even at the end this is echoed. He doesn't believe her when she says there isn't anything going on between her and the ex, but when did she ever give him reason to doubt her? Heck she even played true to form when she married him because she couldn't take care of herself.

It is hinted around that she is aware of him and OW and he plays like it is all in her "not so innocent mind" that has dreamed up something for him now. Jake is a womanizer that can get any woman that he wants and he even tells Helen that he could get her friend if he wanted too. Jake tells Helen that he knows she wants him and then he acts dumbfounded and apologetic when he gives in to his blink-and-you-miss-it sex scene w/ his wife! It's a wonder ANY OW would sleep w/ him!!

Jake always seemed contented enough when he visited his mother - that's because he gets his physical satisfaction elsewhere and he has the perfect wife at home! Jake explains that he has to hide his feelings. I can't buy that because he despised her in the beginning and all his actions backed that up - okay in fairness he probably hid THAT from her! She is his possession and NO ONE else touches what belongs to him while he is out dipping that wick. There is NO resolution about his OW and all of his cheating! NONE!!