Flora Kidd's "Stay Through the Night" is a short, enjoyable romance filled with tropes that make a classic HP so much fun:
--A wealthy, arrogant hero, whose brutish ways are just a defense mechanism for his troubled past.
--A virginal heroine who's intelligent, a working woman, moral & strong-willed.
--A married older sister trying to get her hooks in the hero.
--Blackmail, kidnapping & a quickie marriage to avoid scandal.
What's not to like?
Plus, this drunken confession of love from the stoic, brutish hero really got me...
"You're warm and soft and rounded," he murmured. Again his speech was a little slurred and she wondered if he were lightheaded. "I've been looking for someone like you for a long time, a long, long time..." He broke off and stiffened.
"Who was that talking?" He demanded suddenly, very clearly and coldly.
"You," [she informed him.]
*SIGH*
3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4
Genre: Romance
--A wealthy, arrogant hero, whose brutish ways are just a defense mechanism for his troubled past.
--A virginal heroine who's intelligent, a working woman, moral & strong-willed.
--A married older sister trying to get her hooks in the hero.
--Blackmail, kidnapping & a quickie marriage to avoid scandal.
What's not to like?
Plus, this drunken confession of love from the stoic, brutish hero really got me...
"You're warm and soft and rounded," he murmured. Again his speech was a little slurred and she wondered if he were lightheaded. "I've been looking for someone like you for a long time, a long, long time..." He broke off and stiffened.
"Who was that talking?" He demanded suddenly, very clearly and coldly.
"You," [she informed him.]
*SIGH*
3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4
Genre: Romance
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