The Wrong Bride

The Windsors

By: Catharina Maura

Narrated by: Sebastian York, Lucy Rivers

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Duet narration by Sebastian York and Lucy Rivers

She’s his fiancée’s younger sister. He’s the man she’s always loved.

When her sister doesn’t show up on her wedding day, Raven has no choice but to take her place — but marriage to Ares Windsor is nothing short of torture.

The elusive billionaire media mogul is the man she’s always loved… yet he’s only ever had eyes for her sister.

Married to him at last, Raven is determined to win him over.

After all, everything is fair in love and war.

And this?

This is war.

Publisher's Note: this book contains a lot of angst. As mentioned in the blurb, the heroine is marrying her sister's fiancé. If this is not a theme you'd enjoy, then this book might not be for you. This is a standalone with a guaranteed happily-ever-after, and no cheating.

©2022 Catharina Maura (P)2022 Catharina Maura

Speechless

OK I'm not going to lie I pick this up because of Sebastian and Lucy narrating I love them both they can do no wrong. The blurb in it I probably might not even pick it up but a friend of mine said she was going to listen to it so I thought what the h***. The roller coaster this story took me on oh my gosh I am going to have such a freaking book hangover from this. In fact I have never read anything from this author so now it makes me want to go pick up other books from her because this is the kind of stories she writes I'm all in. The emotion the rollercoaster the twist turns on I just don't know what to say I'm speechless. I highly recommend

Started Strong…

…but near the end it felt like the towel was thrown in—tropes were disregarded and/or muddled in favor of rushing the cheesiest of HEAs. That said, the majority of the book was enjoyable and the narration was great. All in all, not worth a credit, but decent enough to purchase if ever included in a sale or promotion.

A must listen.

A roller coaster of emotions. I cried I laughed I jumped of excitement. Must read.

Riveting

I found the story fun to listen to. The narrators are splendid. Want the rest

Fantastic read!

This book was well written. I loved the characters and the love story. Narrators were amazing as always. I enjoyed them speaking in their roles throughout the book, it helped to stay focused on the story and not how one sounds speaking as the other characters.

Slow build good twist

Not a fan of the narrators otherwise good. Slow built but great twist. Decent character development

Added to my favorites

I really enjoyed this book. This wasn't your typical love story. It made you have different emotions throughout the book. Some characters were liked, while others were just hated! It showed having it all... doesn't mean you have it all together. I would have loved if there was more back story about Raven; this could have given her more depth and explained her insecurities. The only thing that could have made this better for me was if she retired because of motherhood.

Messy, angsty, dramatic—but entertaining!

The Wrong Bride is the first book in Catharina Maura’s Windsors series and this one is messy, angsty central! This one has an arranged marriage between the heroine and her sister’s former fiancé, the hero! It’s also friends to lovers and she’s best friends with his sister as well.

“I saw him first, but she’s the one he never looked away from.”

Raven has wanted Ares Windsor since the first time she saw him, but then he fell for her sister Hannah instead. The Windsor family is used to having arranged marriages so their grandmothers arrange a marriage between Ares and Raven’s sister. It was supposed to be Raven at first but then Ares and Hannah fell in love. But now Hannah wants to focus on her career instead of the obligations that come with being married to a Windsor and she calls off the wedding right before it’s supposed to take place. So their grandmother says she doesn’t care which sister Ares marries but the wedding is aril happening and Raven finds herself walking down the aisle to the man she’s always loved…even though he’s still hung up on her sister.

Raven is a model and fashion designed and Ares is part of the wealthy Windsor family. They have to stay married for 3 years and give it a real chance, can’t be apart for any more than 3 consecutive nights, and have to share a bedroom. Her sister Hannah causes issues too since she still wants Ares to wait for her and get back together once his marriage to Raven is over, but Raven is determined to win his love in the time they have. This does have age gap as well (he’s 10 years older) but it didn’t feel like it. They’ve been best friends for years and she’s best friends with his sister as well. This book is so messy and dramatic (a bit predictable), but I was here for it. I did enjoy getting to know all the family members and their dynamics and can’t wait to get into more of the series now.

Captivating

It has been a while since I have been so emerged into a story. I could not stop listening.

Lovely Read!

No matter how sad it got, there was also joy in what they achieved. Happiest ending ever.