Claudia Jameson

A fine example of an Harlequin Presents, except without a totally chauvinist hero. The dude, Arturo, is maybe a little autocratic, but is otherwise a nice guy. The lady, Carol, is also nice, if maybe a little too self-sacrificing in the beginning. Overall I enjoyed reading it (more than I've enjoyed reading some other HP's recently) except that one of the background characters uses a racial slur for no apparent reason, beyond that she wants to be shocking (which is just an inference, since it's addressed in no way by the text). I'm being slightly more lenient because this was published a long time ago and I do think I understand the reasoning behind it, but I would have liked at least one person to be like "hey, not cool".… (mer)

Enjoyed this story of a woman who finally comes out of her shell after years of dealing with the aftermath of a near rape as a young teenager. She meets a man who falls in love with her and will just not give up on them being together. This book took place over several months so the story of her coming to love him and trust him was believable. In this one the hero was steadfast throughout and the heroine was the one who had problems and misgivings and who nearly broke them up. As an aside, the hero was Dutch which just seemed odd since it didn't play into the story at all so there wasn't really any point to it. The book is well written and the plot makes sense.

Thanks a bunch Willa for sending it to me.… (mer)