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Dear Ms. Napier:
This was a bit of a surprise to me given how explicit it is. It read more like a Blaze at times than a Harlequin Presents. I also thought that it had a bit of a different HP feel. I wonder what those who don’t like HPs would feel when reading this one. The heroine, Veronica Bell, a New Zealander, was in Paris for Bastille Day before she heads to the South of France to fill in for her flighty sister. While staying at a rental flat in Paris, Veronica would, from time to time see this very gorgeous Frenchman. She decides, on her last day that she wants to finds someone to spend Bastille Night with. Gathering her courage, she goes to the cafe where she often sees him reading his newspaper and proceeds to pick him up. I can’t actually remember the last time I read about a woman propositioning a man and in such a straight forward way. He makes her work for it too. I have to admit I think that this scene set my …
I was enthralled with the first half of your recent book, The Spymaster’s Lady. A smart hero, a plucky (in a good way) heroine and beautiful prose had the book well on the road to being a solid A for me. Unfortunately, in the second half of the book the heroine underwent what seemed to be a radical personality transplant, becoming incredibly, implausibly naïve and helpless. Further developments and revelations in the latter part of the story brought my grade down even further – the second half was a C (it would’ve been lower if I hadn’t still been impressed with the prose), and my grade for the book ended up averaging out to a B. A respectable grade, but one that didn’t really reflect my frustration with what felt like the sabotaging of a story that the potential to be great.
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