![]() ![]() Her brother has to finish his expensive education, her mother has to be spared from doing her share of contributing to the family piggy bank, she has to marry a peer (even when she has no dowry) – she has to have these things, I suppose, and she has to be the one to do everything because she’s so noble that way. ![]() For me, this lack of pragmatism on the heroine’s part has me rolling up my eyes more than once.Īnnabelle Peyton, stuck with a list of typical Regency era heroine dilemmas, wants the world and the moon. It’s a conflict that will be riveting if there is an actual conflict rather than the heroine’s willingness to go great – and bizarre – lengths to carry out outlandish plans because marrying such a wealthy and good-looking (and well-educated and well-behaved) man who is also hygienic is unthinkable, just as becoming his mistress is unthinkable. On his part, he wants her to be his mistress and he is willing to wait until she’s desperate enough to take him on as a protector. This story has our noble heroine not wanting to consider this dude with the mostest as a potential hubby even as she is attracted to him and the bills need to be paid. Then again, this hero also has to be the most wealthy, most virile, most good-looking dude with the mostest that the only thing that’s missing is a title. ![]() As per the author’s last few books, this one has a hero who is not of noble birth. Secrets of a Summer Night is the start of a new series from Lisa Kleypas. ![]()
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