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    Brighter Than the Sun

    By Julia Quinn

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    When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed, even though their match appears to have been made somewhere hotter than heaven ...

    Ellie never dreamed she'd marry a stranger, especially one with such a devastating combination of rakish charm and debonair wit. She tries to keep him at arm's length, at least until she discovers the man beneath the handsome surface. But Charles can be quite persuasive -- even tender -- when he puts his mind to it, and Ellie finds herself slipping under his seductive spell. And as one kiss leads to another, this unlikely pair discovers that their marriage is not so inconvenient after all ... and just might lead to love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061739699
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    Brighter Than the Sun
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    Julia Quinn

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn began writing one month after graduating from college and, aside from a brief stint in medical school, she has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. Her novels have been translated into 43 languages and are beloved the world over. A graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, she lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest.  Look for BRIDGERTON, based on her popular series of novels about the Bridgerton family, on Netflix.

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    • 4/5
      This was a 5 star book till about 10% away from the finish. I didn't think there needed to be a killer after Charles. I understand why he was part of the plot but felt it just made it a bit "too much" That said.. I absolutely LOVED Charles. He and his lists cracked me up! Ellie and him had wonderful banter.
    • 4/5
      I have always liked books by Julia Quinn. They are quick and funny read. Brighter Than the Sun is not an exception. It took me only one day to finish it.

      The best part in all Julia Quinn historicals are the characters. Ellie and Charles are the couple the reader instantly fell in love with. I absolutely adored all the witty dialogues and comments. Interesting secondary characters are also a great advantage of the book. All the characters are different and well-developed.

      There is also a suspense part, although a minor one. I could only wish it was more developed or completely omitted because it was neither innovative nor really necessary.

      It was nice to read another great book by Julia Quinn. Looking forward her other historicals.
    • 3/5
      I liked the story, it was sweet and funny. I was not overly fond of the continued death threats disguised as caring.
    • 4/5
      This one made me laugh!
    • 1/5
      Brighter Than The Sun
      1 Star

      Simply too ridiculous for words.

      The hero and heroine have absolutely no chemistry, constantly bicker over nothing and suffer one accident after another - you can't even blame all of them on the villain.

      Hoping the Bevelstoke series will be better.
    • 5/5
      I was hooked on HR for a very long time - this is my top book
    • 3/5
      Charles and Ellie's marriage is jinxed!!! I never have seen more jinxed couples, since the day they met a disaster was followed by another!!
      Some parts were funny but I felt that the characters took so long to fall in love!
      I got to say my favorite two characters were aunt Cordelia and little Judith!!
    • 3/5
      yay! another funny romance and no rapey or abusive scenes. oh, i did so miss historical romance. so glad this author was recommended to me.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable historical romance with lots of humor but after awhile it got kind of corny and some of the plot was over the top. After falling at her feet, Lord Charles thinks he's found a woman to marry so he can save his fortune and Vicar's daughter Ellie agrees to a marriage of convenience.
    • 4/5
      What a great story! I laughed and cried many times! Such wonderful writing and really engaging characters!! I love this authors work!!

      I am currently on a Regency kick and this one was terrific!!
    • 4/5
      I didn't think that I would get to read about the Earl of Bllington getting a happily ever after. I felt kind when Henrietta Barret (Minx) turned him down. Charles Wycomde is a very charming and lovable man. He is also compassionate, honorable and loyal. I thought he was wonderful in Minx and he is even better in this story. I was able to see into his life and the things that have made him the man he is. I also think that he is much more patient than most men would have been in similar situations. Ellie runs him a merry chase and he seems to love every minute he spends with her. That is the best foundation for a long and happy relationship after all. Even with all the mishaps that hound both Ellie and him he keeps his sense of humor. Charles does have a temper though and it is provoked more than once before the end of the story.Eleanor “Ellie” Lyndon is practical, intelligent, and talkative. She is also a caring person that loves child and can’t but help anyone in need. She is also more than a little unforgiving for the first half of the book. It takes a serious accident to make her realize that she is going to have to take steps to reform Charles’s rakish ways. I love how she goes about engaging Charles interest the first time. I wasn’t sure he was going to survive that encounter. Ellie is also very protective of those that she loves. She is also willing to learn something new which is a quality that is so rare in people.This is another quick, easy, and fun read. There are a couple of small mysteries that are quickly solved and add some very funny moments to the story. There are also so some every terrifying incidents, luckily there weren't any serious injuries. Ms. Quinn continues to write wonderful characters that make you want to visit them or invite them home form tea. It is always a little sad when you finish a book like this one because you hate to leave such a lovely group.
    • 4/5
      One of my major problems in many romance novels is the lack of a feeling that they're really rooted in a particular time. If I have to be told from elsewhere that it's a Regency Novel it does fail to impress. Also I don't really like the covers of these UK editions, but that's easily ignored.Eleanor Lyndon had a problem, her step-mother-to-be who has decided that Eleanor is to marry or to serve as an unpaid servant. Eleanor is trying to work out what to do with herself when Charles Wycombe, Earl of Billington, falls at her feet, literarally. He needs a wife before this thirteeth birthday (which is soon) and she looks like she will do nicely.This starts off as a marriage of convenience but they both find that they're more attracted than they really care to admit to. When accidents start to happen to them both they really have to wonder what is going on around them.It's light, entertaining and kept me reading. Nothing earth-shattering but I will read more of Julia Quinn
    • 3/5
      The first page of this book is a note from author Julia Quinn in which she explains that this is a "marriage of convenience" story, the type of story she's always loved and wanted to write. I, myself, am a big fan of those stories, so I was looking forward to reading Quinn's take on a classic plot. The plot left me a bit deflated, and I'm sure if any other author attempted this story, it would have earned fewer stars.Ellie is minding her own business when Charles Wycombe, Earl of Billington, falls out of a tree on top of her. Ellie doctors his ankle and helps him home. Along the way, he proposes to her. Why not? He must marry in the next two weeks, or he loses his fortune. Ellie, on the other hand, is being hassled by her soon-to-be stepmother, who gives her two choices: work to earn her keep or agree to marry one of the men she has doomed acceptable (a horrid list, to be sure). Both Charles and Ellie stand to gain much from a marriage of convenience, and so the two are soon married.In the rest of the book, the two get to know each other better, discover a plot to kill Charles and steal his title and wealth, and of course, fall in love. In the end, it's very predictable and a bit frustrating. Charles and Ellie fight constantly. She behaves like a teenager instead of the independent woman she supposedly is. There are, however, beautiful moments that make it all worthwhile, along with Quinn's talent for witty dialogue. Fans of Quinn's will likely find it moderately enjoyable, but not quite on par with some of her better works.
    • 2/5
      Making due allowance for it being an early novel [1997] I can rate it a 2 star. It does exhibit JQ's gift with dialogue which on its own hovers near a five star.However there are innumerable sloppy parts where one feels almost insulted that the author and her editor have failed in commonsense.Firstly anyone who has read the first book in this series will be left wondering why the heroines dear sister has left her as a menial drudge to her father whilst departing to warmer climes for several months with her baby and her husband Lord Macclesfield. One cannot but feel that a decent sister would have either paid for servants for her father, and certainly taken her 23 year old sister away to a role which might give her chances of marrying. A more glaring hole in a story is hard to imagine.On more practical grounds. The most obvious.- Can drunks climb 15 ft up oak trees?- Whiskey is not the drink of gentleman.- Birds do not hatch broods in the autumn.- Poor widow villagers are unlikly to have bottles of brandy.- The villain is hardly likely to sabotage a ladder on the off chance the hero may climb it to a villagers roof- Sending servants to the local town to buy berries to make jam just would not happen. In autumn the hedgerows are over-run with blackberries and there would be no effective market for them. What the locals could not afford easily would be sugar and that is what needed to be bought. If I seem slightly hard on JQ perhaps consider that it is her editor who is paid presumably to stop crass errors. James Thurber, the humourist, claims he read a French western novel where the Indians pursued the settlers into the fort. All was saved when the drawbridge was raised in their faces. Yes quite!
    • 4/5
      While not one of her very best, this is still an enchanting story from JQ. This novel lacks the sophistication that JQ develops further down the line, but Charles and Ellie are so sweet and likeable that you hardly notice.
    • 4/5
      A take on the standard marriage of convenience story, with quite funny characters. I liked how the plot didn't hinge on misunderstandings, rather it is a sweet story of two people getting to know each other.My goodness, what a rotten cover! Thank goodness this was an ebook, or I'd have had to fight off nausea while reading.
    • 4/5
      Second and final book in Lyndon Sisters series. I like Ellie. She is a very strong female character who only got married because it served her purposes. Of course, it was to a drunk guy that fell out of a tree...
    • 4/5
      Julia Quinn is one of my favorite romance authors, and this was pretty good, with interesting characters, but it definitely dragged a bit towards the end. Still a good read, though.