The Bargain by Mary Jo Putney

The Bargain

Mary Jo Putney with Emma Newman (Narrator)

11 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added

fiction romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
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Description

The Bargain is an expansion and rewriting of The Would-Be Widow To keep her fortune, a beautiful heiress impulsively weds a penniless officer dying of wounds received at Waterloo. But when the blasted man hasn't the grace to die, she suddenly find...

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Community Reviews

3.44
based on 122 reviews

Moods

emotional: 87%

lighthearted: 62%

hopeful: 37%

relaxing: 12%

Pace

55% of readers chose medium
44% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

16% of readers chose Plot
83% of readers chose Character
Plot
Character

Strong character development?

37% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

88% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
77% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Yes
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

37% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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