Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
I have to say: Enya’s review of Silk and Secrets is masterful. I am in awe of her prose and perception. I’ve never read this book but I will now! In her DIK review, she wrote:
The romance genre is a funny thing. It is the only genre that I know of whereby, of the three narrative components (plot, setting, and character), reader expectations limit and predicate two: Plot and character. The plot limitation is, of course, the Happily-Ever-After. But the character limitation is more personal – I defy any romance reader to read a romance novel and enjoy it fully when they cannot identify with the heroine. Hence, heroes get away with promiscuity and moral ambiguity, while most heroines (poor ducks) languish in various states of Normal Perfection: A difficult line to tread, to make a heroine interesting enough to read about, but human enough to relate to. But then along comes a book like Silk and Secrets, which makes me realize that there are compensations for us peons: if we do not embody the heights of female perfection, neither do we crash spectacularly when we fall.
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We didn’t love this but it’s freakin’ Caroline Linden whom, usually, we do.
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Caz gave this one a B. She wrote:
Maggie Delamere is the resident playwright at London’s Imperial Theatre, and has already staged a number of successful burlettas there. Her most recent – The Shattered Heart – was her most popular yet, and public and theatre management alike are clamouring for the sequel. But Maggie is suddenly and unaccountably suffering from writer’s block, which becomes worse when the management tells her that she has two weeks in which to deliver, or the theatre will have to be closed. Concerned just as much for the actors and staff who rely on the work her plays provide as for herself, Maggie is in a horrible position. The one person she believes will be able to help is a man from whom she has resolutely kept her distance and for whom she has little time; Cameron Charlton, Viscount Marwood.
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Lisa adored this one. In her DIK review, she wrote:
This is a fun, lighthearted romp of a romance between two imperfect people who have to learn how to love each other to achieve their goals. Corrie is a great, ambitious heroine; Ford is cocky, but not appallingly so. The romance is delightful and builds slowly in a way that keeps the reader turning the pages. In the end, it’s a winning combo that leaves everyone wanting more.
The book also happens to be filled to the gills with action, which meshes quite well with its steamy romantic action. If you’re a fan of The Mummy at all, you’re going to love every bit of it.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.