The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband
by Julia Quinn
With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie. When Edward comes to, he finds the blow to his head knocked out three months of his memory-- but surely he would recall getting married!
- Spice
- 3/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~384
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband?
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: Third person, dual POV (both leads)
- Ending: Happily ever after
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- Death of a loved one
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The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband: quick answers
How spicy is The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband?
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
Is The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband a standalone?
No. The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband is book 2 of 4 in Rokesbys. Start with Because of Miss Bridgerton. The series is complete.
What tropes are in The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband?
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband features fake dating, military / soldier, hurt / comfort. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband have content warnings?
Our notes for The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband include: war, death of a loved one. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband?
If you loved The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband, try The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn, Virgin River by Robyn Carr. They share its fake dating and military / soldier energy at a similar spice level.