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Book Review of A Reliable Wife

A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife
Author: Robert Goolrick
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Hardcover
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Inital premise sounded interesting. Wealthy man seeks mail-order "wife". We've read stories like this before. However, once I actually had the book in my hands and began to read, I was bored silly by the author's tone and pacing with regard to Ralph Truitt. This is what ruined it for me. The idea that two people enter into a heavily sexual relationship doesn't bother me; stilted, bad writing does.