To Right a Wrong
The wrong person at the wrong place at the wrong time describes Anna’s predicament as Mark Raynor’s fiancée. After a near fatal accident, Anna found herself not remembering who she was while in the care of Emmy and Claire, who insisted that Anna was “Annabelle”, their nephew Mark’s concert pianist fiancée.
Unknown to the three women, “Annabelle” was just a person that Mark made up so that his aunts would not play matchmakers while he was on vacation at Little Brook. Not wanting to hurt his aunts’ feelings, Mark went along with the mistaken identity of “Annabelle.”
But someone knew who Anna really was. And though a mutual attraction had developed between Mark and Anna, trust issues have to be resolved between the two before they could move on.
***MY TAKE ON THE STORY***
The premise is common enough – an amnesiac falling in love with someone when their past was a complete mystery to them. Even the poor girl/rich guy cliché was there; and of course, the very lovable but quite meddlesome aunts. Even the beautiful other woman and the positively evil other man.
But, the book still turned out to be an enjoyable and awesome read. The author fleshed out the characters very well that you can actually see and hear Emmy and Claire fussing on their favorite nephew. Anna’s amnesia, which was the center of the story, was not seen as a handicap but as a chrysalis that held the beautiful person that Anny was truly was.
Mark’s ambivalence was also real. An attraction he cannot deny, a gut feel that told him Anna was for real but logic dictated that he did not trust her.
Another thing that struck me was the timelessness of the story in terms of being “contemporary.” The ubiquitous cell phone was there, but no phone call was even made. Fax and email were mentioned, too. But, the tech stuff did not seem force. In fact, if we really look at technology history, “Accidental Engagement” can very well have happened starting 1990.
I guess that’s why I like the story and enjoyed reading it. There was no jarring thing that makes you feel it was reissued or that 10 years from now, it will be dated.
This book is rated PG 15 due to some adult situations. There are no sex scenes in this book
