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The Last Groom On Earth

Silhouette Desire No 986

by Candace Camp

Published 1996192 pagesISBN 978-0-3730-5986-7

HERE COMES THE GROOM? So what if everyone thought Bryce Richard would make the perfect husband? Angela Hewitt had fought enough childhood battles with him to know better. But when her sexy nemesis came to her rescue, she suddenly felt like a damsel in distress - heart palpitations and all! Now she was dreaming of forever with the last man she'd ever marry! Bryce wondered what had come over him - kissing Angela of all people! He wasn't even sure why he was trying to help out this reckless, exasperating, irresistible woman. Falling in love with her was out of the question! Bryce wouldn't marry her if...if... Well, okay, maybe he would... (goodreads.com)

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Who it may suit

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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The Last Groom On EarthCandace Camp
Powerful4.6/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA shorter read192 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1996
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3730-5986-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL10735942M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.

Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.