With His Ring

The Brides of Bath, Book 2

By: Cheryl Bolen

Narrated by: Rosalind Ashford

Glee Pembroke has turned down countless offers of marriage because she has secretly been in love with her brother's best friend, Gregory Blankenship, all her life. When she learns Gregory will lose his considerable fortune if he's not wed by his twenty-fifth birthday, she persuades him to enter into a sham marriage with her. What he doesn't know is that she plans to win his heart. She will do everything in her power to make him happy - including mimicking the ways of a “fast” woman since he's noted for alliances with women of that sort.

Why did he ever allow himself to marry the maddening Glee? He'd thought they would have great fun, but at every turn, she exasperates him. Why does she persist in wearing the bodice of her dresses so blasted low? Why do other men persist in flirting with her, his wife? And why in the blazes has his heretofore complacent life been turned upside down by this sham marriage? He finds himself longing for a real marriage, but for reasons he cannot divulge, that can never happen.

©2002, 2011 Cheryl Bolen (P)2014 Cheryl Bolen

Critic reviews

"Cheryl Bolen does it again! There is laughter, and the interaction of the characters pulls you right into the book." ( Romantic Times magazine)

" With His Ring is a good book. Once you start reading you will not want to put it down... The secondary characters are a blast. They will have you laughing right along with Glee's stunts. (The Romance Readers Connection)

"If you liked Cheryl Bolen's first installment in her Brides of Bath series... , you'll like this one. With His Ring has plenty of sensuality. (Happily Ever After)

Romantic quick read

Story: 4/5 stars
Romance: 4/5 stars
Narrator: 5/5 stars
Steamy: 3/5 stars
Overall a good quick read

love conquers all

I have read all of The Brides of Bath series which I truly enjoyed. The audio version bring the characters to life, Cheryl Bolen is an amazing author, She writes for her readers. I don't blush or have to skip over pages to avoid foul scenes. In this story, Glee Pembroke has always been in love with Blanks. when she hears he will loose his inheritance if not wed by his 25th birthday she tells him she will marry him. He turns her down but she traps him and allows her brother to find them n a compromising situation which forces Blank's to propose. Glee proves to be wise beyond her 20 years and much more mature than Blank in many ways. How long will it take Blanks to realize he has fallen in love with Glee? Please listen or read the series. It will be well worth it. Thank you Cheryl Bolen for so many enjoyable listening hours. Well done choosing Rosalind Ashford. I can't imagine anyone doing better.

Poor narrator

This is a tough book to rate. First off, I didn't care for the narrator. I'm not sure if it was her inflections, or her pacing, or her voice in general but it was distracting. The story started out decently but Glee's "trick" rubbed me the wrong way and made me not like her. Actually, I didn't care for either of the main characters.

The story was okay but not one of my favorites.

Cheryl Bolen is normally a better storyteller.

Unfortunately I have to agree with several of the other reviewers, this is an almost ridiculously silly story. From Glee's "trapping" Blank into marriage to his refusal to consummate their marriage because his mother died in childbirth, the story was rather hard to swallow.

Even the female characters from book 1, who came across as intelligent in that book, seem to have slipped into insipidity in this one. The whole conversation between the women in Chapter24, that takes place in the Pump Room, is so inane it made me roll my eyes and utter out loud "oh for deity's sake did marriage kill your brain cells".

The character of Blanks isn't any better, he's incredibly whiny and every bit as obnoxiously silly as Glee. The two of them actually made me wish for there not to be a HEA, except it would be extremely cruel to wish these two on two poor, unsuspecting, innocence people.

I truly hate leaving an unfavorable review, because I know authors worked hard on their books, but on this one Ms Bolen seems to have hardly "phoned it in".

Here's hoping this is just a case of "having a bad day" so to speak and the next book will be back to her normal standards.

Sweet and romantic story !

Sweet and funny. A fast paced story about a lady trying to make the love of her life fall in love with her. She has to face obstacles and challenges to win his love and find the happiness she always dreamt of.